Jamaica Mortgage Bank began operations with $14 million. The institution was mandated to provide support for middle-income residents with interest in condominiums as this was an impossible reach for most. Published Friday, January 21, 1972 Mortgage...
Dozens were killed in a horrific crash on the runway in Montego Bay. The plane reportedly had engine issues and had to be diverted before landing in Jamaica. Four passengers who were on board decided not to get back on the flight after realising...
Sean Connery, more populary known as James Bond, has had a very fulfilling career. His trip to Jamaica to film Dr No added to his superb experiences all over the world and also brought Jamaica into the spotlight. Published Monday, January 15, 1962...
The National Security Minister, Dr Peter Phillips got the support of the private sector regarding his crime plan. The stakeholders shared that though the plan seemed solid, the implementation and timeframe would be very important in its success....
Lights, cameras, action as the filming of Dr. No got on the way in Jamaica. Sean Connery, who plays James Bond, was thrilled to be in Jamaica and even more thrilled to be working Ian Fleming.
Kitten Kay Sera - who bills herself as “the pinkest person in the world” - has made history by tying the knot with her favourite colour in a Las Vegas ceremony. Kitten, who says she had spent over £1 million on pink things, took...
NASA has issued a warning about asteroids heading for Earth. Astronomers funded by the space agency have discovered that objects heading towards earth at night can appear stationary because of the way the planet rotates and orbits the Sun. This...
Jason Kirck was suspended as the coach of the girls' team at Sacred Heart Academy in Connecticut after his players beat their opponents by 92 points to four earlier this month. The nature of the win was deemed unsportsmanlike by the school and...
Zane Wedding initially suspected that he had water trapped in his ear after going swimming but decided to consult a specialist when the wriggling sensation continued. He was then informed by the doctor that the insect had been living in his ear for...
Experts at Cardiff University asked 43 women to look at a number of images and rate the attractiveness of the opposite sex in face coverings and those without. The pictures showed men wearing different types of face coverings such as a plain cloth...
CAMBRIDGE : The coronavirus is everywhere: in the air, on surfaces, in our respiratory tracts, and, over the past week, at the US Supreme Court. On January 10, key elements of US President Joe Biden’s controversial “vaccine-or-test...
NEW DELHI: The question of how best to control inflation is back on the economic policy agenda, and opinion is divided about how to address it. The mainstream view emphasises the need for tighter monetary policies and regards higher interest rates...
WASHINGTON, DC : The first anniversary of the mob attack on the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, is coinciding with a new and dramatic phase of a...
MADRID – The commemoration of the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump showed that the extreme political polarisation that fuelled the riot also frames Americans...
CAMBRIDGE: Along with the rest of the world, entrepreneurs have spent the past dozen years living in an unprecedented financial environment. Responding first to the stubbornly slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, and then to the recession...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more. Take a look at this week past's line-up of cartoons as...
Many questions to be answered about the PM's Cabinet Since the announcement of the reshuffle, there have been several questions for the prime minister (PM). It is worthy to note that while the questions have been coming from different places,...
PNP WILL PAY FOR SOE VOTE Jamaica Gleaner 17 Jan 2022 Erica Virtue/Senior Gleaner Writer FORMER PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) chairman Phillip Paulwell believes the Opposition will suffer consequences for its decision not to support the...
Holness declares $192m in assets Jamaica Gleaner 16 Jan 2022 The Holness family appears to be doing well with its investments denominated in the US dollar as liabilities have fallen, income grown and asset values increased in 2020, over the figures...
BRACING FOR THE WORST Hospitals under intense pressure from fourth wave of COVID Jamaica Gleaner 15 Jan 2022 Tamara Bailey/Gleaner Writer THE FOURTH wave of COVID-19 has left the Mandeville Regional Hospital and the University Hospital of the West...
$1b for police motorbikes, supplies Jamaica Gleaner 14 Jan 2022 Editorial@gleanerjm.com AS JAMAICA grapples with the soaring homicide rate, Dr Nigel Clarke, the minister of finance and the public service, announced on Thursday that t he Government...
Runaway teen a victim in St James double homicide Jamaica Gleaner 13 Jan 2022 Hopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer hopeton.bucknor@gleanerjm.com A HEARTBROKEN Albert Reid struggled to recognise the lifeless body of his runaway 15-year-old daughter...
FRAUD ALARM Education ministry under fire as report cites millions at risk in accountability breakdown Jamaica Gleaner 12 Jan 2022 Edmond Campbell/ Senior Parliamentary Reporter AUDITOR GENERAL Pamela Monroe Ellis has issued a stern warning to the...
SAME DECK OF CARDS Chang, Montague escape cut; Malahoo Forte gets ministry Jamaica Gleaner 11 Jan 2022 Edmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter UNDER-FIRE NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Horace Chang and Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague are...
THE MAROONS of Accompong celebrated the 231st anniversary of their treaty with the British January 8 with the ancient on music of the "gumbe" and the famed "Abeng" which once rang out through the hills warning the warriors of...
