To this day, opinions on the government’s decision to destroy the homes of squatters in two shanty towns in West Kingston are still split. Did the government do the right thing to allay the violence that had raged in the community, or did...
Two-thirds of couples start out as friends, a new study has found. Research conducted at the University of Victoria in Canada surveyed almost 1,900 students and adults and found that the majority reported that their romances began as friendships....
An 18-inch long goldfish was found in a lake in Minnesota. Officials in the US state are asking residents not to dump their unwanted pet fish into lakes after a number of large creatures were removed from the water in the city of Burnsville. The...
A disgruntled wedding guest has slammed the bride and groom for serving too much cheese at their nuptials. The woman upset her boyfriend’s mother and her new husband on their wedding day when she took aim at their choice of menu after it left...
A mum has been putting non-alcoholic vodka in her children’s lunch boxes. The woman has been slammed online for appearing to give her children zero percent vodka to take to school with them, after she uploaded photographs to social media...
A woman has seemingly captured a UFO on camera. Shaneika Joyner and her six-year-old daughter India were stopped at traffic lights on Highway 52 in Goose Creek, South Carolina, when they spotted a mysterious object flying through the sky. The...
SIRACUSA – When G20 finance ministers meet in Venice on July 9-10, they should adopt a plan to immunize the world against COVID-19. Every vaccine-producing country will be in the room: the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union...
CAMBRIDGE – The advanced economies will bounce back more quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic than low-income countries. Still, they face an important and interconnected set of challenges in the years ahead: climate change, inequality, new...
MUMBAI/SAN FRANCISCO –When COVID-19 arrived, firms, workers, and consumers had to adapt quickly in order to continue operating under the constraints that the pandemic imposed. As vaccines enable a resumption of more “normal”...
NEW YORK – Democracy is back on policymakers’ minds. US President Joe Biden plans to host a summit on the theme, and invitations to a host of events on democracy and human rights fill my inbox. This renewed focus is not good news....
NEW YORK – Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, argued that the pursuit of private interests – profits – will invariably promote the common good. That may be true in some situations, but obviously not always. Just as banks...
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...
The murder of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse left, not just a bitter taste, but a sense of uncertainty surrounding a nation that has been through so much it may not have the right to remain standing. The response has to be regional and The...
The knowledge that there are Members of Parliament being investigated for acts of corruption, unfortunately, isn’t surprising. However, the truth of that, without the knowledge of who those being investigated are, casts the pall of doubt on...
There have always been questions about dress in Jamaica. What is appropriate and what is not for what scenario. But the issue isn’t as simple as that. First, there were allegations a few weeks ago that Wolmer’s Boys’ School were...
The existence of prostitution in Jamaica has been, for some, the source of embarrassment, but others believe, the women who exchange a service for money need to be protected, as the illegal nature of the world’s ‘oldest profession...
Now that the entertainment industry has been re-opened, with some restrictions still in place, there are those who worry over the potential for another spike in COVID-19 cases that would put strain on an only just recovering medical fraternity. But...
Kingston and St Andrew without the Hope Zoo is an idea too strange to fathom. But after a downturn in activity since the entrance of COVID-19, that may be a reality Jamaicans may have to terms with. Published July 8, 2021 Hope Zoo faces closure...
Jamaica may have been saved the worst when it was hit by Tropical Storm Elsa last week, as the hurricane categorisation it had picked up never lasted long. Still, the toll on the finances of the country is not insignificant with The Gleaner...
Jamaica lost a giant in his field last week with the passing of actor/comedian Volier Johnson. Johnson gave more than 50 years of his life to being a thespian but still, fellow actors and entertainers felt the loss came too soon. Such was his ever-...
Michael Manley’s official visit to Cuba was a resounding success on the face of it. Two strong Caribbean nations looked set to join forces in a show of the power of what bilateral relationships in the region could achieve. Manley had also...
There were rumours that Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, was a communist. Manley believed in Jamaica’s ability to become a self-sustaining nation and he looked to Cuba as a shining example of what Caribbean people could achieve. But...
Five days into the search for a missing fishing boat with 40 souls on board, the sighting of a life jacket believed to have come from the boat leaves a sinking feeling for Jamaicans who had hoped against all odds that there were survivors....
The toll on the families of those lost at sea is immeasurable and The Gleaner in 1963, commiserated with those for whom the nightmare of not knowing was just as traumatic as it must have been for those whose stories have a question mark at its end...
Floating debris, familiar cargo, bore witness to the increasing likelihood that there were was no more to be found of the 39 Jamaicans who had gone missing on the fishing boat, Snowboy. Published July 6, 1963 'SNOWBOY' BELIEVED LOST...
