Eva Schloss (nee Geiringer), not yet 16, and her mother, Elfriede, whom she also called Mutti, were taken by SS officers to a women’s concentration camp at Birkenau in Poland. Her brother and father were taken to...
A woman had to be rushed to hospital after being accidentally shot by a licensed firearm holder on the grounds of the Sovereign Centre in St Andrew this morning. Its reported that the gun owner opened fire on a windscreen wiper which hit the woman...
Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul H Williams
The Baha'i Faith was born in Iran, when it was known as Persia. It evolved out of the Shi'ite branch of the Muslim faith. Two people, The Bab and Baha'u'llah, "divine messengers", are credited as the herald and the founder of the faith, respectively...
He lived a tormented life, for the most part. His classmates had no mercy on him, his neighbour laughed behind closed doors, and his work colleagues whispered about him, about his name.His name was Ethelbert St Aloysius Hogg III, but he was...
Published:Thursday | December 1, 2016 | 12:33 PMPaul H Williams
Last week, Part II concluded with the Six-Day Way of 1967. It was one of the major confrontations between the Arabs and the Jews over Palestine, over which both fractions have been making religious and historical claims, even long before the Israeli...
Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 2:21 PMPaul H Williams
The following is the first of a four-part summary of Fred W. Kennedy's historical novel, Huareo, Story of a Jamaican Cacique, published by Ian Randle Publishers. This 2015 fiction is based on the life of the Taino chief, Cacique Huareo, who lived in...
Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 7:05 AMPaul H Williams
The destination was Time and Patience in St Catherine, to talk about Independence and Emancipation.But, at Time and Patience, it seemed as if everybody was busy. We saw nothing to sink our journalistic teeth into. There was absolutely nothing to...
On Saturday, May 16, The Gleaner published a story titled "No regrets" - about Alexander Lee, who is a great stepfather to his common-law wife Patricia Watson's eight children. This story caught the attention of...
Published:Thursday | April 23, 2015 | 6:21 PMPaul H Williams
STEWART TOWN, Trelawny:IN AUGUST last year, the Jamaica Environmental Trust (JET), supported by the Tourism Enhancement Fund, launched its Clean Coasts Project.The aim of the project is to address the issue of poor solid-waste management in Jamaica...
