THE EDITOR, Sir:I read with interest an article by Simone Morgan-Lindo titled 'A river to soothe the soul' in THE STAR of Monday, June 25, 2018.I am, however, puzzled as to the location of 'Miners River'.Clarendon has a major river, the Rio Minho (...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The donation and personal visit made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to Tahjay Rowe and his mother was a good and refreshing gesture, on his part. What is not a good and refreshing thing, however, is that, after the court saw it fit...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Mr Ruel Reid's haughty responses to questions in interviews are not going unnoticed. With so many former information ministers/personnel having behaved in a similar manner, it leaves one to wonder whether such behaviours come with...
The Jamaica Moves Road Tour will make its final stop in Portland, culminating the yearlong series of medical screenings, health education and physical activity sessions under the Ministry of Health-led initiative.The road tour, which kicked off in...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The Gleaner, on Tuesday, published a story 'PNP: Cooperation could cease - Opposition demands firing of Wheatley or else ...' I honestly did not know what to make of the story. The opposition leader gave the prime minister an...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said that the ministry, its agencies and partners in the public sector are engaged in the country's largest public-access beach-development programme in history."As many as 10 beaches are being targeted across the...
As Red Stripe celebrates 100 years, let's continue our walk down memory lane, for more of the history of the Real Jamaican Beer, through the Gleaner's archives.
In recognition of his contribution to nation building in the areas of business and philanthropy, Gary Craig Hendrickson, chairman and chief executive officer of Continental Baking Company Ltd, more popularly called 'Butch', was, last week, bestowed...
THE EDITOR, Sir:We write in response to a letter to the editor published in this newspaper on Thursday, June 28, 2018. The letter was captioned 'NCB must apologise'.On Monday, June 25, 2018, we experienced downtime and the inability of ABMs and POS...
British Prime Minister Theresa May dug in her heels on Monday after the resignation of two top government ministers over Brexit negotiations whipped up a storm that threatened to topple her fragile minority governmentForeign Secretary Boris Johnson...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I have read Michael Abrahams' column 'Validating a dangerous dude' (Gleaner online, July 9, 2018) and I must agree with him on at least one point: There are a lot of beliefs and some Christians add or even take away from the Word of...
Their meeting was simple enough. One morning, two youngsters came upon each other in the offices of West Indies Mineral and Table Water Company."Good morning, can I help you?" said the first young man."I ... I've come to work," the newcomer...
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), trod carefully when asked about the secretariat's financial health as he contended that it was not broke. The operations of the CARICOM Secretariat have been...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I must express disgust about a practice I have been observing for a while among some higglers in both the designated and non-designated market areas.Some of them seem to be of the opinion that consumers either have no (real) use of...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Peter Espeut is not credible on the issue of accountability. He is a Roman Catholic deacon, and his church covered up crimes against children over decades. An Australian archbishop sentenced for covering crimes against children...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I read Michael Abrahams' Gleaner online column titled 'Why the Bible is a dangerous book' (July 2, 2018) and some of the responses that followed. Abrahams does appear to be on a campaign to bash religion, the Bible and anyone who is...
THE EDITOR, Sir:National Commercial Bank (NCB) has been in Chapelton for a number of years, since the days of its precursor, Barclays.We have recently been advised that as of July 16, 2018, their teller service will be removed, and all banking must...
WESTERN BUREAU:Jamaica and Guyana have jointly committed to engaging and developing agricultural trade as part of national economic growth, following talks between Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Guyana's President David Granger at the...
MOSCOW (AP):England coach Gareth Southgate basically picked his team's path toward the semi-finals by sending out a squad of reserves that lost to Belgium in their last match of the group round, when both sides had already qualified for the knockout...
