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Stocks Round Up | 40 stocks advance, 33 decline and 10 trade firm
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index advanced on Thursday with an advance/decline ratio of 40/33. The JSE Combined Index declined by 2,781.85 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 369,233.93. The JSE Main Market Index declined by 3,387.45...
CommentsWHO in Europe says lockdowns should be 'last resort'
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) —The World Health Organisation in Europe on Thursday said nationwide lockdowns should be treated as a "last resort option" even as it noted that the continent was back at the pandemic's "...
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Back to school - 17 institutions to reopen in two-week pilot November
WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 6,000 students from 17 schools in nine parishes are to return to face-to-face learning on a phased basis as more than 50 per cent of the country’s pupils have difficulty accessing online education amid the coronavirus...
CommentsSlain retired cop was child predator, say daughters
The family of a retired district constable who was brutally murdered on Monday afternoon has painted him as a serial child predator who had absconded bail after being charged with assaulting a 12-year-old girl. At about 2:30 p.m. on Monday,...
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Earth Today | IWEco: Putting people at the centre
THE INTEGRATING Water, Land and Ecosystem Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) project is putting the region’s people at the centre of its activities as it moves to preserve Caribbean ecosystems and sustain livelihoods....
CommentsEarth Today | Saint Kitts & Nevis launches new civil society initiative
SAINT KITTS and Nevis’ Department of Economic Affairs and Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) and the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) have announced the launch of the project, ‘Enhancing Caribbean civil society’s access and...
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Morrison makes Saudi list - ... JFF confirms camp for 5 local players named in squad
One-time Manchester United promise Ravel Morrison is one of four new call-ups to a national senior team that features five local-based players, with Jamaica set for a double date with Saudi Arabia on November 14 and 17. As the Reggae Boyz get ready...
CommentsDetailed planning key to safe tour - Grave
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC): Cricket West Indies has praised the work of its medical and planning teams for successfully coordinating with Cricket New Zealand to execute the upcoming tour, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. West Indies...
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Mexican president pledges to ban outsourcing of jobs
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed Tuesday a blanket ban on subcontracting or outsourcing of jobs by private companies, saying the practice has been abused to avoid paying employees’ the benefits they are due by law. The...
CommentsEFresh expands to Bahamas
Food distributor Everything Fresh Jamaica Limited, EFresh, has gotten the nod from the Central Bank of Bahamas for the acquisition of a 60 per cent stake in a company it took a bet on in early 2019. Details of the transaction were not disclosed,...
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From Bach to Marley - Former lyric tenor Aaron Nigel Smith transformed by ‘Natty Dread’
Trained as a classical musician, Aaron Nigel Smith’s path in music was set. “If someone put a drum or a guitar in my hand and told me to ‘jam out’, I couldn’t do it,” Smith told The Gleaner as he recalled his childhood. “All my knowledge was...
CommentsPrestige holds on to love despite ‘bumpy’ personal journey
Reggae artiste Prestige built his recording career on an anti-war and spread love agenda back in the 1990s, which soared with his debut Big Time Murderer, recorded on the music powerhouse label Black Scorpio. Back then he was popularly known by the...
CommentsLetter of the Day |Millennials are frustrated
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am a millennial from rural Jamaica who graduated university three years ago, and sometimes I wonder if the considerable amount of time I had spent gaining an education, professional experiences and general skills that are...
CommentsTalkback Thursday| My room became a pool
THE GOVERNMENT is now tallying the losses caused by several days of heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Zeta in Jamaica. We asked our followers how they were affected by the weather system. Everything in my house wet up - @...
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Media election planners prepare for a night of mystery
NEW YORK (AP): This coming weekend, CNN’s Sam Feist will distribute to his staff copies of the testimony news executives gave to Congress when they tried to explain how television networks got 2000’s disputed election so spectacularly wrong. It’s...
CommentsCabinet approves proposal to criminalise protests
HARARE (AP): Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved proposed legislation that would make it a crime for activists to make “unsubstantiated claims” of human-rights abuses, hold anti-government protests that could draw international attention, or speak...
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Something Extra | Thursday
How much do you miss events and outside? Let us count the ways. Fame FM’s Fame Frequency virtual party series has been entertaining Jamaicans during the curfews and gathering restrictions, giving them an opportunity to flex their party muscles from...
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Golden Krust goes Beyond Meat
When spicy filling meets perfected pastry, you know it’s time for a fresh-from-the-oven patty. The hot and enticing treat, indulged in as a snack or a full-fledged meal, resonates in the heart of many Jamaicans, from ‘yaad’ to abroad. It also...
CommentsTaste the Caribbean - Breezes Island Grill bringing authentic, diverse flavours to New York
No sentiment has rung truer for the food of the tropics than, “You have to taste the culture to understand it.” One restaurant in the diaspora that has been using indigenous herbs and spices to create euphoric waves of fresh and bold flavours is...
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Editorial | Start national consultation on education
Glenn Tucker | Back to school in a pandemic