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* American company - based in Buford Georgia, seems to be going after as much as 1,078 acres south coast property..read more here.

* Jamaica yesterday secured its second medal, a silver, when Nickel Ashmeade finished second in the men's 200m on the fourth day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Zawisza Stadium in... read more here.

* The value of family
published: Saturday July 12, 2008

The Editor, Sir:

A few days ago my wife and I met with a young woman who is the victim of a number of unfortunate choices. How we wished we had access to your Letter of the Day on the value of the family.

Jamaica needs to be forcefully reminded of the values derived from proper family living. In addition, Jamaica needs to be reminded that this is still achievable, even where bad choices may have been made in the past.

commitment

The social experiment with family life is parasitic in that it depends on heterosexual relationships for survival. Thirty-five years ago my wife and I got married in Kingston. That understanding of commitment has shaped every area of our lives and is now influencing our three adult children.

Today, our world is a better place to live because millions of us rejected the social experiments and chose a path that is compatible with our biological makeup and could duplicate itself.

We are, etc,

DAVID & LAUNA CORBIN

daunacor@aol.com

Miramar, Florida

Jamaica Gleaner Commentary
published: Saturday July 12, 2008

The value of the 'workhouse' There was a time in Jamaica when someone who was sent to prison would be referred to as "gone a wukhouse". Wolf, wolf: Duppy know who fe frighten One of the stories I was told as a child was of a little boy who kept frightening his relatives and friends about a wolf, which was in their neighbourhood. More than a century of creole politics Charles Evans letter on July 9, prompted me to write this letter.I came across an interesting piece of work on the Web by Lena McCourtie... Living along divided lines I once believed the national motto spoke to an innate inclination to work together. But now, besides alluding to ethnic groups, it is inconsistent with the air of disunity...