Health Minister Zane DeSilva last night apologised for using the “insensitive and incorrect” term “jewing down” in the House of Assembly.
The Progressive Labour Party MP uttered the phrase during a parliamentary debate on Friday but withdrew it minut...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
High costs have forced the Sunshine League charity to scrap its residential foster care for children at the end of this month.
Five full-time staff have also been made redundant, and 13 part-time employees have lost their jobs. Assisted by Child and ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
June 15, 2011
Dear Sir,
“Cannabis Perinchief hints leniency for small quantities”
Omigosh! At last brain wins over brawn. We need more Perinchief talent in Cabinet. So I hope some money shifts along with the policy because Health will need it. This i...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
Government's decision to investigate the Operation Ceasefire as part of the effort to combat gang violence should be welcomed.
This newspaper has long advocated this programme, as has the Opposition, and especially Opposition Senate Leader Michael Du...
Despite repeated calls from all sections of the community for us to work together as one people to tackle the serious problems of the day, we still have negative political and racially divisive attitudes injected into almost every situation. These hi...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
Victor Scott Primary’s PTA is hoping the community lends a hand in its effort to ease the financial strain on students’ families.
The school is to hold a talent show tonight, Victor Scott’s Got Talent.
Students involved will be presented with new to...
Deputy Speaker Randy Horton has pledged to report back to MPs on the findings of the parliamentary committee on crime before the House of Assembly adjourns for the summer.
He told the House on Friday there had been “some disquiet” about when the joi...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011 | CATEGORY: Crime | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Sunshine League is to stop offering residential foster care for children next month.
The “excessively high costs” of the programme were cited as the reason for the change in a press release issued by the charity this afternoon.
Five full-time sta...
While most 11-year-old boys are playing football or video games, a special group of Dellwood Middle School students are mastering the art of mathematics.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity started an impressive programme last October teaching M1 students ho...
When father-of-two Lawrence Fox first heard he was going to be a father he felt absolute elation.
“I was overwhelmed with joy, and thanked God for the opportunity to shape the mind of one of the greatest gifts a parent could ever receive,” he said. “...
