Claplunk! The loud noise outside jolted Uncle Cecil from his sleep late one rainy Sunday night. "Mi swear ah one ah di hog dem get weh inna di yard," said Uncle Cecil, relating the story of that night. ...
AFTER THREE years as host of News Talk 93 FM's 'Saturday Night Takeover' show, disc jockey Tony Gallimore believes he has the formula to overcome his status as dancehall radio's dark horse, once he gets more time...
We all hear the strong advertising campaign promoting safe sex and condom use. This week, I'll start my own campaign against viruses - Internet viruses.
Crime in Jamaica rises and falls with the sun. Like creatures of the night, the underworld springs to life under cover of darkness. But even without the problems we inflict on ourselves, nature can close in on us, too. Through negligence, another life was snuffed out on December 8, 2008. This is a fireman's account of events that transpired.
Drop, cover and hold!Drop, cover and hold:Practise the drop, cover and hold procedure until it becomes second nature: Drop: get under a sturdy piece of furniture, making yourself into a little ball (do not go under beds or other objects that could...
If ever there was a work of great literature tailor-made for adaptation into a video game, it would be Dante Alighieri's Inferno from The Divine Comedy , a three-part poem. It has hell's signature foreboding, and a litany of monstrous entities that any game developer needs for a good head start.
A heart attack is known as an 'event', but this is one event you never quite plan for. You never know when your day will come since heart problems are not limited to senior citizens and inactive people. Statistics indicate that cardiovascular disease is increasing and may manifest itself in various forms, from high blood pressure to heart failure.
It has been 10 years since her last album, but critics are raving about Soldier of Love singer Sade's new set which was recently released by Sony Records.Caroline Sullivan, writing in Britain's Guardian newspaper...
It's close to 10 o'clock Monday morning in Tawes Pen, Spanish Town and Colleen Sheperd is just getting out of bed. Sauntering out of her small home in one of the high-rise buildings for which the area is known, Colleen is an alarming sight...
Dread And Alive, the comic hero series by American cartoonist Nicholas DaSilva, will be released on February 27 by Arcana Publishing. The series is built around superhero Drew McIntosh...
The National Dance Theatre Company's (NDTC) new season will go on as planned in April despite the death of professor Rex Nettleford, its founder and creative force.Bridgett Spaulding, the NDTC's secretary/treasurer, told The Gleaner that associate...
Doc, I am really frightened. I am a 20-year-old guy and I've noticed a painful lump near my testicle. Maybe it's caused from the fact that I got hit down there in an accident around two weeks ago. But I am fretting it might be cancer, because several people have told me where cancer of the testicle is common in young guys.
I have been reading your articles each week and I find them helpful and encouraging. I am having marital problems. My husband and I have been separated for three months now and I am depressed about the situation. I feel like my world is crumbling around me.
Screech! I stepped on the brakes with great force, and lunged forward as the car came to a stop. It was late Saturday night, while travelling along Highway 2000, when I spotted her. She was a beauty standing next to a black station wagon parked by the side of the road....
Remembering Rex February 3, 1933 - February 2, 2010. Rex Nettleford was widely regarded as a renaissance man - one in a long line of Caribbean intellects who came of age in the period of British rule.A Rhodes Scholar, he attended...
Dear Mario: Q I have heard an old wives' tale about taxi drivers and other motorists mixing the different grades of gasolene - 87 and 90 octane - and coming up with a fuel that is less expensive than 90 but burns better than 87. Is there any truth to this?
He Says/She Says is all about placing celebrities in hypothetical scenarios where various comments or questions are posed to them, either from fans or the opposite sex.
