Usain Bolt Homecoming Celebration Sept 20th

The Hart Hill Usain Bolt Homecoming celebration is to be held in Usain Bolt' s hometown of Sherwood Content in Trelawny on Saturday September 20. National Meats/Hart Hill has come forward to help the people of...

The Labor Day Story Gets Lost In the Celebration

North America celebrated Labour Day  amidst concern about  jobs cuts and reducing employment figures. Although the Democratic Presidential candidate has categorically said that he will stop the outsourcing and increase job prospects. Labourers all over the...

Mexican Tonala Artisans to New York

I visited Tonala Jalisco many years ago, shopping to decorate my house, I saw so many beautiful things I couldn't make up my mind on what to buy. I finally bought an exquisitely and delicately  painted...

Children feel 'hurt' on their national day

" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The...

Beau Thomas Brister (7weeks old) celebrating Independence Day

Beau Thomas Brister (7weeks old) celebrating Independence Day, Birmingham,AL. Beau is our first son. Elana, Beau, and I are living in Birmingham,AL while I attend Samford University for Nurse Anesthesia...

12 Injured at Iowa July 4 Fireworks Display

At least a dozen people suffered injuries when the fireworks display at last night's 4th of July celebration in Charles City, IA malfunctioned. " Fire Department spokesman Erick Whipple says something...

Canada Day Fireworks

I'd taken the ferry over to Halifax, Nova Scotia and picked out a nice spot on a set of stairs so that I could have an area to lay my camera down. I needed a flat surface to take long shutter-speed pictures on,...

Gotham laments closure of popular Meatpacking District eatery

LINK TO FULL STORYhere's an excerpt from my story at EDGE NEW YORK...On the Wednesday evening before Gay Pride weekend in the city, the Meatpacking District was alive with activity. Finely dressed pedestrians made their way along cobblestone streets while window shoppers...

As Catholics flock to Sydney, brothels bracing themselves for a potential flo...

"SEX workers are bracing themselves for a rush of business next month - when thousands of devoted Catholic pilgrims flock to Sydney to see the Pope. From July 15-20, over 200,000 pilgrims will descend on the...

Irish Town Honors His Goatness

" "King Puck" is one of the last regents of Ireland, though his reign is a short one -- from August 10 to 12 every year. Nevertheless, the small Irish town of Killorglin (about 100 km. from Cork) has been...

Poor O Canada -- will no one ever learn the words?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor It's not a French or English thing!  It is a Canadian I am too busy with my own selfish little world  to bother to learn the words thing. That is only a small...

¡Podemos! I Was In Spain When They Won The Euro Cup!

A whistle blows, signifying the end of one of the most important sporting events in Spain in almost 100 years, and the little boy screams for joy as his father hoists him onto his shoulders to do a victory lap...

Today is Juneteenth - Marks End of US Slavery

Today is Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the US.  On June 19th, 1865 Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, TX with news the war had ended and all slaves would now be free.  Today is also...

Ron Paul to hold rival event during GOP convention

"Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is planning a daylong rally in Minnesota during the Republican National Convention that could draw attention from the presumed nominee John McCain.The Texas congressman...

Pride in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade enjoyed a large turnout, with thousands of people showing up to celebrate not just the parade but the opening of Tel Aviv's first gay community center."Thousands of people attended the...

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