MONYMUSK, Clarendon:On Monday, the Clarendon Parish Schemes Association, formed four years ago as a National Housing Trust initiative to strengthen the bonds in the various schemes in the parish, took to the streets of Monymusk.Chair of the...
When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day, their plans come to nothing.-Psalm 146:4 NIVt is the norm to attend a thanksgiving service and hear the preacher making references to the departed, implying that they are in...
The Errol Rattray Evangelistic Association (EREA) has partnered with the May Pen Minister's Fraternal and the Ministry of National Security to launch Operation Hope in Clarendon.The crime prevention initiative, which was launched at the Grace...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in his Budget presentation yesterday, made a believer out of Dwight Phoenix that politicians are not “fuddy-duddies”, who lack creativity. Phoenix, who was among six young men who watched the presentation...
There are many people suffering from mental health conditions in Jamaica and the sad reality is that their sickness is often not recognised for what it is.Even persons' own family members often misinterpret sudden changes in behaviour as demon...
Jamaica continues to grapple with the problem of crime even while solutions are being explored to solve the problem.Town-hall meetings have been held, as one security minister after another tries to find a solution.There have been several...
These days, Damekie Davis is well aware of her self-worth. A member of the Pure In Heart Ministries International, she gives her time generously to encouraging other women through the She's Royal Movement.She motivates women to value themselves and...
This is the final in the series of articles on 'a higgler's life'.Determination and resilience are two traits that propel mother-of-four Shawn Ferguson.As smile flashed acrossher face as Rural Xpress approached her sitting beside her Toyota motor...
Clarendon-born attorney Mark Douglas is now in contention to become one of four commissioners of the Sunrise community in Western Broward County, Florida.The 55-year-old city is governed by four commissioners and a mayor.Should Douglas succeed in...
With Jamaica's family structure in trouble, there have been discussions far and wide about reviving community parenting and getting children involved in church from an early age, among other suggestions.But for founder and chair of the National...
Gospel singer Kevin Downswell is getting ready to launch his third album, All The Way, on June 4 at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St Andrew. For him, this is a living testimony about the way he has given of himself to the ministry and...
For more than 27 years Babeth Morrison has been selling in the market. A mother of 11 children and charged with the responsibility of raising them alone, it is a huge challenge and one she tries to deal with as best she can.This meant exposing her...
Now in his fourth year at the University of the West Indies, where he is pursuing his ambition to become a neuro-surgeon, Yemalla Edwards is giving God thanks for opening doors for him.Today, a three-time recipient of the Peace and Love Academic...
Cutting Edge Oasis Medi and Surgi Centre, located in Cedars, Mocho, Clarendon, has added another arm to the services provided in the parish.Persons who are physically challenged can now be transported in comfort, along with an aide, to an appointment...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:With a daughter who is in her first year at the University of Technology pursuing law and two other children attending Clarendon College, vendor Payter-Ann Morgan does not have time to indulge in self-pity.When the Gleaner news...
SANDY BAY, Clarendon:Custos of Clarendon William 'Billy' Shagoury has expressed concern about the abandoned toll road exit in the Nineteen Miles area of Sandy Bay, Clarendon."The situation is a problem and if it is not addressed, one of these days...
Who can forget that memorable scene in the movie A Few Good Men, with Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson? Unfortunately, real life cannot be dismissed like the movies. Truth is cleansing, but it can also come with negative repercussions. Some thriving marriages have been known to crumble when one partner gets 'too much information'.
Pepita Little has been known to many television viewers as the bubbly personality who hosted Intense and at one point Digicel's Chill Room during the Rising Star competition.However, she had some real 'intense' emotions going on in her personal life...
"Now therefore, listen to me, my children. Pay attention to the words of my mouth: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths. For she has cast down many wounded, and all who were slain by her were strong men."...
My youth why u pants fi tighter Than MineAnd why u pants no de a you waistline?Hipsters a fi gyal dem designMe and u nuffi ina di same kind- Woman Tings from dancehall artist Ce'cile...Late last year, Family and Religion highlighted women who 'dress...
"Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonour to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair...
Pastor Rodney Joseph is thankful for second chances. Eleven years ago, he thought he would have been stuck with the task of raising his two sons alone. Almost 17 years into his marriage with Ann Marie Annikie, he took her to the hospital and got the...
Torrye Brooks is fired up and living a victorious life as a Christian. The special love she has found with the Lord is even more meaningful because for several years, she had been focusing on the wrong kind of love.As she told Family and Religion,...
The Longville Park Citizens Association, through its recently formed Human Resource and Welfare Committee, is seeking to improve the welfare of residents through various initiatives.President Baldvin McKenzie, said the committee is dedicated to...
Thirty-seven-old Keisha Wint's blank stare was in stark contrast to the fiery passion in her voice as she blurted out, "I would rather die than not have my son with me!"The mother of two, who now lives with her son in the community of Warwick, in...
