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  • Donation aids wiring project in Jamaica

    Saturday May 25, 2013 JAMAICA -- Bette and Russ Dawson decided to donate funds for underground wiring, which was recently added to the scope of work during sidewalk construction. "We gave it in honor of the Benefit Society," said Bette, who is the treasurer of the organization. "Next year will be the 100th year anniversary." On May 21, the Reformer reported that the burying ...

  • One Jamaica Foundation undertakes school project

    Gareth Davis Sr, Gleaner WriterBUFF BAY, Portland:THE ONE Jamaica Foundation, a civil society group, directed its resources to the building of a classroom and the erecting of a perimeter fence at two schools in Portland on Labour Day.Headed by Ann-Marie Vaz, the group started its Labour Day activities at the Hart Hill Basic School near Buff Bay, where residents, including tradesmen, turned out ...

  • Economic Growth Projected in Jamaica After Months of Contraction

    Kingston, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The national economy will grow between 0.5 and one percent in fiscal year 2013-2014, says the director general of Jamaica's Planning Institute, Colin Bullock. He said, however, that during the first quarter of this year the economy shrank 0.7 percent compared to the same period in 2012. He explained that several billion dollar investment projects will help ...

  • UPDATE John Boehner’s Daughter Marries Jamaican-born Dominic Lakhan

    House Speaker John Boehner's daughter, Lindsay Boehner, 35, and Dominic Lakhan, 38, wed at Sundy House in Delray Beach on Friday, May 10, 2013. ...


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Movie Review

Idle Hands

Some 12 years ago, Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" (1987) featured a hilarious sequence in which the hero's right hand became possessed by an evil spirit, forcing him to cut off the offending appendage with a chainsaw, at which time it ran around on its own. The sequence played like a twisted variation of slapstick comedy; Roger Ebert compared it to the antics of "The Three ... ...

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