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A majority of Jamaicans 18 years and over have voiced strong support for the country to replace the United Kingdom (UK)-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). An RJRGLEANER Communications Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll...
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ANGELINE JACKSON’S ministry is centred around affirming members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) community, by providing an environment where they feel free to express their spirituality, regardless of their sexual...
The process of ‘delayering’ and ‘reset’ at Jamaica’s largest bank, the National Commercial (NCB), is well under way as two more top executives under the NCB Group have departed. Steven Gooden, chief executive officer of NCB Capital Markets, and...
A teacher left devastated after phishers emptied her savings of $1.8 million and took out a $1.6-million loan on her account is not only blaming the National Commercial Bank (NCB) for her loss but is demanding a reimbursement of her life savings. “...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Ronald Thwaites believes that while Jamaica’s education sector has come a far way since 1962, more effort must be made to ensure that the issues affecting the quality of education students receive are fully resolved. While...
DR BRIAN James, president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), has raised concern about how the global health care industry’s operations contribute significantly to the climate change crisis. James, who was speaking at the recent ‘Science...
Cardiologist Dr Bryan A. Smith has been appointed a Presidential Fellow for 2023- 2024 in the United States. Dr Smith, who is of Jamaican descent, follows in the footsteps of Dr Garth Walker, who was named a White House Fellow in 2021-2022, and...
An overwhelming majority of Jamaicans believe that term limits must be introduced for prime ministers and members of parliament (MPs), while a significant number believe that elected officials should serve no more than two terms in office. The...
Investment company Cornerstone says “out of deep respect” for Rita Humphries-Lewin, it offered to reverse her $2-billion purchase of shares in the company. The private firm made the assertion in a media statement dated September 26, in which it...
The search is on for a new CEO at Jamaica’s largest bank, the National Commercial Bank (NCB). This comes after yesterday evening's announcement that Septimus 'Bob' Blake has tendered his resignation. The outgoing CEO told a stunned gathering,...
A policeman who was allegedly having an affair with the second wife of Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald had reportedly posted a picture on Facebook of himself inside the businessman's bedroom. The policeman was also reportedly...
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has recommended that the Transport Authority (TA) take steps to recover improper payment of $11.5 million to former managing director of the company, Willard Hylton. The recommendation is contained in a special...
IN A heart-wrenching incident that left a tight-knit community in mourning, a father and his three-year-old son lost their lives because of a fire that partially destroyed their family home in Portmore Gardens, St Catherine. The grief-stricken...
THE GOVERNMENT’S plan to relocate coaster buses on the Constant Spring and Red Hills roads routes to drop off and pick up passengers in the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, has been pushed back. Instead, managing director of the Transport Authority...
DOUBLE MURDER convict Mervin Cameron has launched a constitutional challenge to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn being granted approval to remain in office until she is 65. Cameron filed a suit today in the Supreme Court and...
THE PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has called for experts to conduct more research to assist in saving the nation’s agriculture industry from the adverse effects of climate change. Speaking on September 21 at the Science for...
