Residents gathered at National Heroes Circle asking for peace. Representatives from both PNP and JLP were present and agreed to live peacefully. There was also a call for training and employment to occupy the members of the community....
Popular actor Sidney Poitier visited Jamaica for a little under 24 hours. He came to get his nephew settled in a school in Mandeville. The actor shared that while he did not get a chance to explore the island, he loved what he saw and said he would...
There were mixed emotions all around as the election results were announced. The preliminary counts saw PNP winning 17 of the 31 seats. The leaders of both parties comfortably retained their seats but several of their colleagues were not as lucky....
A member of the Coffee Industry Board disclosed that Japan has made the biggest coffee order Jamaica has received. It was also said that the buyers demand is greater than what is in fact available on the island. A total of 1,400 bags have already...
Brian Donohue – who studies maths at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville – got a jackpot-winning lottery ticket from the Bank A Million draw as a gift from his mother during the festive period. The ticket was from the December...
Dr Mustafa Ali – who was walking to work in Trollhattan in Sweden – spotted that an elderly man had collapsed outside his home shovelling snow and explained how the drone was summoned to assist the ailing man. Dr Ali said: “I...
Gioacchino Gammino – a convicted murderer on Italy’s most wanted list – was arrested in the Spanish town of Galapagar, where he had set up a new life. The former mob boss was rumbled after a picture showed a man resembling him...
Cows stuck inside for winter have been given virtual reality goggles to make them think they are outdoors. The bovines are believed to be happier and are producing more milk since the goggles have been fitted, tests on a farm in Turkey have shown....
Experts at the University of Geneva have been looking into the impact of fitness on learning outcomes by observing 193 students, aged 8 to 12. By studying both their grades and fitness levels, they found a connection between improved...
NEW YORK – My book, A World in Disarray, was published five years ago this month. The book’s thesis was that the Cold War’s end did not usher in an era of greater stability, security, and peace, as many expected. Instead, what...
SÃO PAULO: The protection and conservation of biomes, especially tropical rainforests, is critical to achieve climate goals, especially in countries with abundant forest cover. Nevertheless, the latest monitoring data show significant...
AUSTIN: With the anniversary of the January 6 riot now over, let’s focus on the big picture. The great anomaly of the 2020 US presidential election was that Joe Biden won the national popular vote by seven million votes, yet came within 43,...
NEW YORK : Although COVID-19 has been hard on everyone, it has not been an 'equal opportunity' disease. The virus poses a greater threat to those who are already in poor health, many of whom are concentrated in poor countries with weak...
CAMBRIDGE: As 2021 drew to a close, Russia had massed troops near its border with Ukraine; China had flown military jets near Taiwan; North Korea was still pursuing its nuclear-weapons programme; and Taliban fighters were patrolling the streets of...
How about compulsory voting? Jamaica Gleaner 8 Jan 2022 ELECTIONS ARE in the air once again, with local government polls expected to be held by February 27. Already, we see party workers rallying against moves by party officials to replace a local...
WAR OF WORDS Councillor calls for calm as Holness hints Currie-led Accompong Maroons could become guerrilla threat Jamaica Gleaner 10 Jan 2022 Janet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: THE LOCAL government representative for the...
Teen twins assisted a mother in delivering her twins in an emergency delivery. Responding to screams from the mother, the 18-year-olds sprang into action when they could not get any help. After the babies were born, they admitted they got a little...
MAROON TRAUMATISED! Woman bemoans shooting of son in Accompong; rues indifference of Chief Currie Jamaica Gleaner 8 Jan 2022 Hopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer LATOYA BLAKE, the mother of six-yearold Tyrece Wint, one of the two boys who were...
Thousands of doses of vaccines were affected late last year as a wire was cut to the cold storage facility. The Nationa Health Fund (NHF) has placed three senior persons on leave and have since added extra measures to ensure there is not a...
Prime Minister Holness is deeply concerned about the level of crime in the country. He says attaining peace is critical to achieving the 2030 vision. Mr Holness says that there is a crime plan in place and that there is money behind it. Holness...
Boy with sickle-cell disease among New Year’s gun salute victims Jamaica Gleaner 5 Jan 2022 Andre Williams/Staff Reporter andre.williams@gleanerjm.com Jahvan Wynter, the nine-year-old boy who is the victim of a gun salute. IF BATTLING...
Jamaica Gleaner 4 Jan 2022 Gareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer gareth.davis@gleanerjm.com HAVING BEEN out of school for almost two years, last week’s late notification that face-to-face lessons would have resumed on Monday resulted in...
Police acted on information that suspicious men were seen in the vicinity of the military firing range at Green Bay. There was a gun battle when the lawmen reached the scene, leaving five of the gunmen dead. Published Friday, January 6, 1978 Five...
The symbolic fusion of the legal branches was a proud moment for all those in attendance at the No.1 Home Circuit Court. All attorneys are now members of one body, with an equal opportunity to display their talents and share their expertise....
The chief justice and president of the Court of Appeal were sworn in, in a historic ceremony. Both men used the opportunity to pledge their loyalty, commitment, and ambitions for the country. Justice Row,e in his address, appealed to the Bar...
