New UNFPA report shows that the global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, when they want. When people lack choice, it can have a long-term impact on...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Over the last 10 months, I have been to hell and back with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). After receiving an exorbitantly high light bill more than 12 times my usual amount last year December - I visited the Spanish Town...
THE EDITOR, Sir:A recent drive through Cassava Piece has influenced the writing of this letter to raise concern for persons who live in this area and for the schoolchildren who must negotiate the existing narrow roadway with heavy traffic flow and...
THE EDITOR, Sir:"Mi feel legal!" the young man screamed in ecstasy as he walked in Jamaica's first-ever LGBT Walk for Rights on Sunday, October 14. The half-hour Walk along 'Bottom Road' was the highlight of the fourth Montego Bay Pride, which aims...
President Donald Trump has said that the US is asking Turkey for audio and video relating to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi "if it exists".The president yesterday called Saudi Arabia an important ally, noting it is an important customer...
Janet Jackson will receive this year's Global Icon Award at MTV's European Music Awards.The 52-year-old singer who also received the Icon Award at this year's Billboard Music Awards will be honoured at the star-studded ceremony on November 4 in...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC):Test discard Jermaine Blackwood struck his second Regional Super50 hundred and third of his List A career but had his effort upstaged by rain as the contest against Leeward Islands Hurricanes finished in a disappointing...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua,( CMC):West Indies fast bowling legend Sir Andy Roberts joined scores of cricket fans on the streets of the capital city last weekend in a promotional drive to get fans upbeat ahead of the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup next month...
eMed Spa (an aesthetic medical facility) recently hosted its official opening in the company of family, friends, clients and industry practitioners. The eMed Spa by Plastic Surgery and Family Medical is owned and operated by a suite of doctors,...
A protest by tens of thousands of people across Haiti turned violent Wednesday as anger grows over the alleged misuse of funds from an oil assistance programme sponsored by Venezuela.Gunshots rang out while protesters threw rocks, blocked roads and...
MOSCOW (AP) :An 18-year-old student strode into his vocational school in Crimea, a hoody covering his blond hair, then pulled out a shotgun and opened fire yesterday, killing 19 students and wounding more than 50 others before killing himself.It...
The EDITOR, Sir:The recent article in The Sunday Gleaner about a mother from Portland who had to transfer her daughter from her dream school because of the state of transportation, where girls are forced to sit on the laps of boys, is appalling....
BERLIN (AP):A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based September 11 suicide pilots as they plotted attacks on New York and Washington was deported on Monday from Germany to his homeland.El Motassadeq was convicted...
Dear Mom, you taught me everything besides how to live without you. I never imagined the day would come when phone calls, vacations together and family gatherings with you would cease; but, thanks for equipping me with tools necessary for survival...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina:Ackera Nugent appears set to capture Jamaica's first medal at the Youth Olympic Games when she races in Stage Two, Heat Three of the girl's 100 metres hurdles today at 2:45 p.m. (12:45 p.m. Jamaica time).Also, Jamaica's World...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force used a strong batting performance to help propel them to their fourth successive win of the Regional Super50, courtesy of a 70-run victory over West Indies B at the Queen's Park Oval...
Deprived of a seat inside the stadium through no fault of their own, a small band of loyal England supporters watched the game from a hilltop overlooking the virtually empty ground.There wasn't much to see.England and Croatia played to a 0-0 draw in...
The agricultural sector can produce and make more local foods available to support students through the School-Feeding Programme, stated Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw."There are several agricultural products in which we have already achieved 100...
