With independence, not even a year in, the hopes of the families of 39 Jamaicans and one Australian were dashed when a multi-pronged search for a fishing boat brought to life the real nightmare of losing loved ones. The story in July of 1963...
A tattoo artist has turned himself into a "human Satan". Michel Faro do Prado, 44, who hails from Brazil, attached silver tusks to his teeth, had a finger removed, and also had the end of his nose taken off, in his quest to look like the...
A woman has changed her daughter’s name from Alexa after she was bullied at school for having the same moniker as the Amazon Echo. Both the Amazon Echo and Dot are automatically set-up to respond to the word, which prompts them to carry out...
A Catholic priest claims demons have been contacting people by text. Stephen Joseph Rossetti performs up to 20 exorcisms a week to free people and their surroundings from "demons and satanic evil" and insisted the number of calls he's...
A woman had a tiddlywink stuck up her nose for 37 years. Mary McCarthy, from New Zealand, explained that her nostrils were "constantly leaking" and that she had previously been diagnosed with a chronic sinus issue. McCarthy's...
A psychic parrot predicted that England would have beat Denmark in Wednesday’s European Championship semi-final. Eva the parrot has apparently guessed correctly on four occasions thus far. The seven-year-old blue and gold Macaw previously...
WASHINGTON, DC – Protectionism is on the rise in many parts of the world, and the COVID-19 pandemic is only partly to blame. This is hardly a new phenomenon. When I was Indonesia’s trade minister a decade ago, trade liberalization...
NEW YORK/NOTTINGHAM – The July 1 agreement by 131 countries to establish a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% for multinational corporations (MNCs) and reallocate taxing rights is a step forward. But the deal as it stands represents...
SEATTLE – When an infectious disease strikes, every day matters. The longer it takes to spot, investigate, and contain an outbreak, the more lives we may lose. That is why we must prepare our public-health data systems for the next pandemic...
LONDON – As many countries cautiously reopen classrooms, schools remain crucial barometers of our progress toward ending the COVID-19 crisis. We need to keep children healthy while protecting their right to an education, but the pandemic has...
PARIS – Although countries like Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States have done particularly well getting COVID-19 vaccines into arms as fast as possible, vaccine hesitancy remains a serious hurdle. In the US, it has already...
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 case of George Thomas, who alleges abuses by an agency of the Government, caught national attention last week and The Gleaner believes the matter should be investigated, not just in the case of the farmer spouting allegations, but in any other...
Radio Jamaica is celebrating 70 years of existence and the story of its growth, from the first voice coming over the airways under its brand, Dennis Gick, to the myriad of personalities who carry its flame today, the story makes for fascinating...
Everything he touched turned to gold, and just as he did in life, the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Emmanuel Brown, took centre stage 22 years after his passing on International Reggae Day. The occasion was the unveiling of a documentary on the...
The Gleaner broke to the World, the story of United States sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson’s adverse analytic finding and eventual one-month suspension. But the story doesn’t end there, as the substance she was banned over was...
Many have spoken at length about the selfish and borderline cruel impact vaccine hoarding by big, powerful countries can have on developing nations. Tangible evidence of that cruelty is on show, with The Gleaner highlighting the threat of the...
There aren’t many women who have run below 50 seconds over 400 metres, below 21 seconds over 200, and below 10 seconds over 100. Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson has joined rarified air and ace pundit Hubert Lawrence seems to suggest more...
The cries of chicanery from farmer George Thomas over the alleged behaviour of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC) in getting him to sell his property for less than what he believes it is valued at has pushed some...
The RJRGLEANER Honour Awards 2020, set for airing on TVJ, on Thursday at 8:35pm is promising to highlight the work of those who have braved the pandemic to make a difference in the fight to help the country recover. The theme of resilience offers...
The name Norman Manley elicits a sense of pride among Jamaicans from either side of the political divide. Manley, Jamaica’s first Premier, was a Rhodes Scholar who became one of the leading lawyers in the country before entering...
The 1966 Miss St James, then 20-year-old Jean Ann Young was crowned exactly 56 years ago today. Pageants have a long history in Jamaica, with the country using its parishes to come up with beautiful women for international competition from the...
Japan, like China, for long swathes of history, has trended towards encircling itself with its culture and seeing foreign relationships as something to fear. That trend changed after seven years of occupation following World War II. Today, Japan is...
The late Ian Boyne, famous for the long-running ‘Profile’ on TVJ, had always shown a penchant for progressive discussion on social issues. In this article from all the way back in 1989, Boyne shows a grasp of worldwide trends and an eye...
Almost 100 years later, the question of whether 33 men had to die, drowned in a pipe at the Power Station of the Electric Tramway Company, still lingers. So too does the pain of the family members who had to watch as their brothers, sons, nephews...
