Jamaica’s famed coffee industry facing hard times
BRANDON HILL, Jamaica (AP) — A few years ago in this mist-shrouded mountain town, steep slopes were quilted with some of the world’s most valuable coffee trees. Farmers scrambled to increase acreage and pickers painstakingly filled wooden boxes with ripened…
The Editor Speaks: Missing and my pet hate – bloggers!
An astounding 2,300 persons are reported missing in the USA EVERY DAY! But only a tiny fraction is from kidnappings and even less ending in murder. By the end of 2005 there were approx 110,000 persons still actively missing. This…
Cat-in-the-Hat kids say “Happy Birthday”
The children of Launch Pad Enrichment Centre in Savannah joined others from around the world in wishing children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, a great big “Happy Birthday.” Since 1957 when…
MOTHER’S HEARTACHE
Nathan’s family arrive to join in search for son The mother of Nathan Clarke, who vanished a week ago, has thanked the people of Cayman for helping search for her missing son. Elizabeth Clarke told a candlelight vigil she was…
A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory
MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea…
UK’s Tate buys eight million Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Tate gallery has bought a work by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made up of eight million porcelain sunflower seeds — a portion of the 100 million he brought to London in 2010. Tate said Monday that…
New Mexico crews try to reach child’s body in hole
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Crews are trying to reach a child’s body, believed to be that of a missing 4-year boy, discovered wedged into a deep and narrow hole in the backyard of a southern New Mexico home. Carlsbad police…


























