Sex in recession - Prostitutes slash prices - Parlours see 50% decline - Layoffs hurt businesses
The economic meltdown that has triggered massive layoffs and production cutbacks in the formal business sector has spread to the illegal sex industry as prostitutes and sensual massage parlours have reported at least a 50 per cent decline in profits and clientele...

Bye-bye, Bush!
George W. Bush was the worst president in the history of America. The economic breakdown affecting everyone today stemmed from his presidency. He was deficient in helping people. He had promised to assist Africa with AIDS control and it didn't work out. ...

Best & worst Bush memories
I have no good memories of the Bush administration, none at all. When I see Bush on the television, I switch the channel. In terms of the worst, I would have to say the 9/11 (terrorist attacks on the United States of America on September 11...

Four Portland victims buried
The grief of 12-year-old Lisann Lewis was shared by scores of mourners who crammed the Comfort Castle Seventh-day Adventist Church at the funeral of four persons who died in a truck crash last December. "Daddy is gone, I want my father," cried Lisann...

Preschoolers soaking up Spanish
"Buenos dias, Buenos dias. ¿Cómo está? ¿Cómo está? Muy bien gracias, muy bien gracias, ¿Y usted? ¿Y usted?" This was the greeting The Gleaner received last Wednesday upon entering class K-2 at the Stella Maris Preparatory School on Shortwood Road in St Andrew...

Four honoured for excellence in early-childhood education
Four educators who are passionate about education and continue to go beyond the call of their duties were, last week, presented with the International Excellence Award For Teachers in Early Childhood Education. The International Excellence Award for Teachers...

Obama and US elections
In Barack Obama's remarkable book The Audacity of Hope, the president-elect of the United States of America shares his vision on reclaiming the 'American Dream'. The book is remarkable for its historical understanding of the issues in America and the desire for the development...

Gaza truce called, troop pull-out begins
GAZA CITY (AP): Israeli troops, some smiling and dancing, began to withdraw from the Gaza Strip yesterday after Israel and Hamas militants declared an end to their three-week war. However, neither side achieved long-term goals and the burden of consolidating ...