Street boy finds a home
A happy end might be in sight for a situation involving the Government's Possibilities Programme, which reportedly rejected a street boy brought in more than a week ago.The case of the youngster was brought into the public sphere at a ceremony...

Bailiffs face extinction
The Corporate Area bailiff and his staff have very little work to do these days as "touts" have descended on the courthouse and taken over the bailiff's job of serving summonses in civil suits.

Henry to announce plans for Corporate Area bus routes
Minister of Transport Mike Henry is slated to announce his ministry's plans to deal with the impending gap, which will be created by the withdrawal of the Ezroy Millwood-led National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS), from the Metropolitan Kingston...

E10 concerns still on the front burner
The decision to move to E10-87 and E10-90 gasolene is continuing to be a source of contention with gas retailers and former president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers' Association (JGRA) being the latest to trade words on the issue...

Walker lauds customs - Says Jamaica's food is safe
Director of customs, Danville Walker, has lauded the customs department for its vigilance in preserving and ensuring imported food was safe for human consumption. The customs boss was guest speaker at a Jamaica Food Security exposition...

Positive parenting - FIGHTING FIGHTING to see my sonto see my son
Q. My wife is giving me a fight. She will not allow me to visit my son without supervision. I was in the United States (US) and was deported for overstaying my time. I was there for 10 years. Now I am home and trying to get my act together...

Power blazers for successful parenting - Building strong communication links
Early childhood educator Colleen Thompson created a Powerpoint presentation which takes parents on a journey of building communication links between them and their children. The materials she said, were necessary to achieve this are prayer, praise, patience and perseverance....

Responses to teacher abuse
Our Positive Parenting blog was active last week with visitors responding to reports of a teacher who snapped at a four-year-old child because he was having problems with the numeral '2' and the letter 'S'.

BABY FAT - Losing the baby fat
Extra rolls on the tummy, creases on the thighs, and dimples on the bottom, are all so adorable on an infant. However, we are not talking about our babies, ladies, but our bodies! Not so cute on us now, is it?