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Why Jamaica has brought forward CSEC exam dates
Karl Samuda, the minister with responsibility for education has sought to explain why his ministry accepted a request by the Caribbean Examinations Council to bring forward the date for external exams. More than a week ago, Samuda had said the...
CommentsWoman charged with murder after allegedly pouring hot oil on taxi operator
A 32-year-old St Andrew woman is now on a murder charge after allegedly dousing a taxi operator with hot oil during a domestic dispute. The police are yet to finalise a date for the first court appearance of the accused, Melissa Sinclair...
Comments- Auditor General calls for truth and reconciliation session over CMU report
- Two more COVID cases push tally to 590, gov't reports 34 additional recoveries
- Tech-rights group sues Trump to stop social media order
- Gov’t still committed to reviving rail service - Montague
- Cops challenge constitutionality of appeal hearing via Zoom
Teen suicide shocks family - 17-y-o emotionally scarred after tragic fall left her limping in pain
MATERNAL INSTINCT jolted Joan Watson into realising that something was wrong when her 17-year-old daughter Chrisey-Ann Davis had not returned from her room some time after eating a meal on Monday evening. Little did Watson know that the desperate...
CommentsCampbell, Buchanan deny Phillips ouster plot
With loyalists of People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips now on edge and preparing for another round of internal schism, two signatories of a controversial letter are insisting that the correspondence is not a launching pad for...
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Cross Roads cop dies on the job - Fought through pain to complete final shift
Near-four-decade veteran District Constable Morris Walker was scheduled to proceed on retirement on June 29 but won’t get an opportunity to bask in the fruits of his labour. It was a sombre mood at the Cross Roads Police Station in Kingston on...
CommentsVaz, BPOs to meet on work-from-home model
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has signalled to the Government that it has no objection to operators in the BPO sector being granted a special extension to its...
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Hit clubs where it hurts - ... Lowe wants harsher penalties for racial abuse
NATIONAL DEFENDER Damion Lowe believes that football’s governing bodies need to enforce harsher punishment on clubs for incidents of racism by fans. Lowe was speaking recently during a Gleaner Instagram live interview, where he discussed a wide...
CommentsCampbell looks forward to England series - Blackwood, Bonner also named in West Indies 15-man squad
Opener John Campbell, middle-order batsmen Jermaine Blackwood and Nkrumah Bonner are the only Jamaicans named in the West Indies’ original 15-man squad for the three-Test tour of England, which will bowl off on July 8. The Gleaner has learnt that...
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Poultry producers overrun by chicken
Big poultry companies Jamaica Broilers Group and Caribbean Broilers say they are likely to still be holding record-high inventory of chickens for the next six months. That might have been good news in normal times for a country that favours poultry...
CommentsCaribbean Cement predicts big drop in annual sales
Caribbean Cement Company Limited, CCCL, expects its annual sales to drop by up to 20 per cent due to COVID-19. The projected fall in sales comes with the economic slowdown and health measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “The forecast we...
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Industry players urged to explore other platforms
WITH COVID-19 bringing the entertainment sector to a halt with travel restrictions and a ban on public gatherings, industry professionals have been keeping in touch with their fans via online platforms. Locally, Instagram and Facebook have been the...
CommentsBenjy Myaz digs deep in ‘Rootsy Rhapsody’
Singer and musician Benjy Myaz’s newest project, Rootsy Rhapsody, recently encountered a derailment owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the entertainer is taking this in his musical stride and continues tapping to the beat. After all, Rootsy...
CommentsLetter of the Day | The risk of opening our borders
THE EDITOR, Madam: It is a matter of concern that the country’s borders will reopen to allow persons of unknown COVID-19 status to freely enter and move among our people. Colleagues of mine have expressed their frustration at having worked hard to...
CommentsTime for permanent curfews
THE EDITOR, Madam: Our economy has taken a drastic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. We must not only find innovative ways to stimulate our economic recovery, we must find ways to make it stronger and more resilient. The past two to three months...
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Showdown - Law-and-order president vs protesters
WASHINGTON, United States (AP): Hours after a carefully orchestrated declaration by President Donald Trump to send out the military and “dominate the streets”, American cities were engulfed in more violence and destruction that overshadowed...
CommentsEU, UK leaders to meet as post-Brexit talks stall
BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union’s top executive and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet this month for talks that could give new momentum to the stalled post-Brexit negotiations. As a fourth round of talks between teams of negotiators...
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Continue breastfeeding during COVID-19 pandemic – WHO, UNICEF
A NEW report by World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has revealed that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes,...
CommentsHelp expose and resist tobacco industry deception – PAHO
AS COUNTRIES across the globe observed World Tobacco Day on Sunday, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging young people in the Americas to recognise, expose and resist the deceptive tactics used by the tobacco industry and its allies...
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Something Extra | Wednesday
Magnum gives back. Dancehall artistes Ding Dong and Spice, with the support of corporate sponsors Magnum Tonic Wine and Grace Foods, were able to assist more than 500 residents of Nannyville Gardens in Kingston and Old Braeton in Portmore, St Catherine. The residents...
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Editorial | BPOs face threat from AI
Elizabeth Morgan | Marking ACP Day: Transforming the group