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A dream come true - Desperate mom gets new house from FFP

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue

Semone Butler, the Redwood, St Catherine, mother who made the headlines after she was captured by a Gleaner photographer taking her 17-year-old daughter through floodwaters in May rains, is celebrating after Food For The Poor (FFP) made one of her...

Second-quarter profits decline despite revenues growth at Grace

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMNeville Graham

Food and Financial conglomerate GraceKennedy (GK) took an expected hit to its bottom line, posting a second quarter of 19.1 per cent decrease in profitability.Net profit for the period ending June 2017 stood at $2.2 billion, representing a decrease...

Carolyn Cooper | Time for Dancehall Sumfest

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Last Sunday morning, at about 8:30, I had a revelation at Reggae Sumfest. I had suffered two consecutive nights of sleep deprivation. That was probably what inspired the vision. It came to me in a flash that it was time to rebrand the festival as...

Ronald Mason | It stinks

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

There are so many things happening concurrently in the Jamaican society and specifically in the body politics that there is a stench across the country. Persons who have been elected, persons who are identified with, and persons who have...

Poems

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Emancipation I recall Marley would say,None but ourselves can free our minds,But are we still enslaved,To a green field of dollar sign?We no longer cut the cane,Or work within the house,But when a commercial plays,We cannot do without.No one has a...

JPS to spend US$100 million to reduce energy costs

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the island's sole distributor of electricity, said it will be doubling its expenditure on energy projects by December this year in an attempt to drive down the cost of energy.JPS views the investment as key...

Available Vehicle Technology Geared Towards Road Safety

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

School is out, but Malta and the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining are keeping road users in the know with tips and advice on how to stay safe this summer. Look out for the Malta ROAD SCHOLARS road-safety series for more...

Buggery splits Church! - Rift over anal sex law forces Council of Churches to call for special sitting

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMRyon Jones

The 13-member Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) will be holding a special sitting in the coming weeks to hopefully arrive at a uniformed position on the repeal or retention of the buggery law.The special sitting was deemed necessary after The Sunday...

British songwriter, singer, scout local female talent

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMShereita Grizzle

Carla Marie Williams, British songwriter and singer, who has worked with the likes of BeyoncÈ, Britney Spears and Mariah Carey, was recently in Jamaica scouting for talent and hoping to expand her 'Girls I Rate' initiative.The latter is a campaign...

The Music Diaries | Alpha continues rich musical heritage

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMRoy Black

The Alpha Boys School, located at 26 South Camp Road, Kingston 4, has made a dramatic transformation from the days when Sister Jessie Ripoll saw the need for orphaned and underprivileged girls to be housed and cared for.The idea was later expanded...

Past Festival Song winners unhappy with competition's cancellation - Say impact of decision can be far-reaching

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMStephanie Lyew

It is unfortunate that one of the longest running events for Jamaica's Independence celebrations, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Festival Song Competition, has been cancelled for 2017.For persons in and around the Jamaican...

'Slow Whine' enters Jamaican market with six-night festival

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

It is well known that dancehall has always clashed with its corporate sponsors. At one point, there was an impasse where certain acts were banned from performing at events in which a coalition of sponsors had invested their dollars. Up to last week...

Editorial | Airlines don’t fly on sentiment

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Businesses, unfortunately, can't survive merely on sentiment. If they could, Air Jamaica would still be 'the little piece of Jamaica that flies'. Few enterprises enjoyed such national romantic attachment.Unfortunately, like most state-owned firms,...

Daniel Thwaites | Love among the ruins

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

I'm reading the Gleaner editorial 'Conjugal visits as prisons collapse' and thinking: So what exactly is the incentive to avoid a life of crime now? There's little chance of being apprehended. If apprehended, there's little chance of being convicted...

Muslim blessings from UK religious and cultural diversity good for Jamaica

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Umair Khan, missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Jamaica, is convinced that the island stands to benefit from cultural and religious diversity, and that is what his group is trying to bring to the island, which is highly...

Roper under fire - Buggery stance could cost prominent churchman his place in Evangelicals group

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMRyon Jones

The Reverend Garnett Roper, president of the Jamaica Theological Seminary, has found himself in trouble over his decision to declare his support for the decriminalisation...

Tony Becca | A season best forgotten

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The Senior Cup cricket season is over, and congratulations to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), to captain Damian Gray, fast bowlers Sheldon Cotterell and Reynard Leveridge, and all-rounder Joseph Palmer, in particular, who ripped through Melbourne's...

Lots of tickets remain for Mayweather vs McGregor fight

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LAS VEGAS (AP):It's supposed to be the hottest ticket in sports. So far, though, fans aren't exactly storming the box office to buy tickets for Floyd Mayweather Jr's fight next month with Conor McGregor.A check online yesterday revealed hundreds...

Fresh faces: Half of US roster could change for WCup

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 2:13 PM

NEW YORK (AP):US coach Bruce Arena has used 48 players during a 14-game unbeaten streak since replacing Jurgen Klinsmann last November, including seven who made their national team debuts.There could be many fresh faces for next year's World Cup,...

Cross Roads blaze

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Several motor vehicles were destroyed yesterday as fire ravaged two garages in the Cross Roads area of St Andrew.Firefighters were assisted by a team from the Jamaica Defence Force to put out the blaze which raged at the adjoining premises on...

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