At what stage do you think children should be introduced to agriculture in our school system?Dawnette Kerr, library assistant"From grade four, at the primary school level, so they will become well-rounded students. Therefore, when they get to high...
Published:Thursday | March 31, 2016 | 12:00 AMClaudia Gardner
Farmers in western Jamaica have said they are in full support of the decision by the Ministry of Agriculture to put an end to the long-standing practice of having members of parliament decide which farmer should get assistance from Government.While...
Six months after the opening of its new Fidel Castro Campus in Montpelier, Lambert Robinson, principal of Anchovy High School, in St James, says the school's transition from a double shift to a single shift institution is progressing smoothly."We...
Many health enthusiasts advocate the use of honey over sugar. Given that honey contains sugars and is more expensive is switching worthwhile? Is it as healthy as these persons make it out to be?The use of honey for food and medicine goes back very...
Published:Thursday | March 31, 2016 | 12:00 AMOkoye Henry
The Andrew Dixon Foundation, which is on a mission to rejuvenate baseball in Jamaica, has gained some traction in the western end of the island through a partnership arrangement with he Negril Education Environment Trust (NEET) to host a series of...
The Silver Sands-based Ryan Keating Foundation, in collaboration with Jamaicans Against Poverty, has to come forward in support of constable Georgette Gardener, the policewoman who was shot and injured while carrying out traffic duties along the...
Published:Thursday | March 24, 2016 | 4:36 PMOkoye Henry
The charitable organisation, We Care for Cornwall Regional Hospital, got several thousand reasons to be thankful recently, when they became the happy recipient of a $500,000 donation from the Fairview, Montego Bay, branch of Fontana Pharmacy.The...
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMMichelle Parkes
All of us occasionally deal with being stung by an insulting remark. Sometimes we don't think of the perfect response until several days after the initial insult. Or we may instantly fire off a sharp retort which leaves everyone around us stunned,...
Stakeholders in the resort town of Negril are calling for the disbanding of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), which, it says, has been derelict in carrying out its duty to conserve Jamaica's natural environment.The calls are being...
Published:Thursday | March 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
With environmental experts aligned to the United Nations saying that Negril's breakwater could lose its scenic seven miles of white sand beaches to erosion within a decade, preserving and protecting the beaches has become a priority issue for...
Informal solid waste sorters at the Retirement Dump in St James, say they are hoping that, the Government will put measures in place, to assist them to regularise their operations, as well as get other unskilled young men involved in the trade.Prime...
The divestment of Jamaica's landfills is nothing new, it was on the table from as far back as 2000, when the National Solid Waste Management Policy was drafted by the Ministry of Local Government.The policy, which also includes the proposal for the...
What are your views on the recent announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the government plans to divest Jamaica's waste disposal site to private investors?George LeonFarmer"I would support it 100 per cent ....as it is, it is draining...
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2016 | 5:13 PMOkoye Henry
Chantel Reid, a twenty-four-year-old third-year trainee nurse at the University Of Technology (UTech) School of Nursing in Montego Bay,St James, is on a mission of self-fulfilment.The ambitious young woman, who is from the volatile Norwood community...
Rhodes Hall High School crowned themselves champions of the Hanover Youth Debate Competition when they upstaged last year's champions Green Island High School in the final, which was held recently at the National Centre for Youth Development's (NCYD...
Do you believe the new Government should discard the existing Montego Bay Development Plan and initiate a new one?Cylena WrightStudent, Montego Bay community College:"I believe that the new Government should maintain the current policy with regard...
Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMAdrian Frater
With three of its members of parliament (MP) in the newly formed Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration, critical stakeholders in Montego Bay are envisaging an immediate halt to the city's flagging sphere of influence as a premier...
Despite the recent change of government, in the aftermath of the 2016 general election, the much-touted Montego Bay Action Plan, which is a joint initiative between the St. James Parish Council (StJPC) and the International Development Bank (IDB),...
Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 4:30 PMAdrian Frater
WESTERN BUREAU:It would appear that the questionable sand mining, which has outraged the Negril Chamber of Commerce and has seemingly left the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) with much to explain, is not the only major issue at the...
Gloria Henry, the president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and noted Montego Bay family therapist Dr Beverly Scott believe that urgent action needs to be taken to arrest the current lack of civic pride which is behind the...
We all want to be healthy. Some of us do not invest much effort to become healthy, but some invest quite a lot. One way that some persons seek to gain health is to detox. Toxins are in our body and they can cause harm, so some suggest special diets...
Being a teenager has never been easy, but that's a fact that many of us forget after we become adults. Most teens are adult size, but they still haven't mastered adult skills.Parents can help their teenagers by listening and answering questions as...
