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Following a successful month of weekend volunteer clean-up days on Port Antonio’s legendary Navy Island during March, organizers have decided to do a once-a-  
Portland has produced its fair share of outstanding Jamaicans, and one of them was laid to rest on Saturday last, in the church yard in his native district of Friendship. A prior engagement kept this writer form attending the service, but it had been the talk of the area all…
“I will rise like an eagle, I will move mountains. I am preserved. I am a miracle." -Words of Portland’s own Heavy Weight Champion Trevor Berbick.
RUBY Martin, who was best known for her campaign to save the Ward Theatre in downtown Kingston, was the consummate organiser. So much so that two weeks ago, she called up persons who knew her best and planned her own funeral service.
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