The Ananda Alert Secretariat has recorded a decline in the number of children reported missing.Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, said 1,674 children were reported missing in 2017, representing a...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):Former Pakistan spin wizard Mushtaq Ahmed could play a pivotal role in helping to develop the region's spin assets in the future, says West Indies' director of cricket, Jimmy Adams.Media revealed on Monday that Mushtaq had...
Frustrated with selling life insuranceI am a 27-year-old UWI graduate. I received training and worked with a brokerage for two months in pursuit of a job as a sales rep for life insurance. I signed a precontract for a period of six weeks during...
THE EDITOR, Sir:We know this saying like a poem: "The heart of man is desperately wicked." Yes indeed, it's true.There are times when the prime minister reshuffled or rearranged his Cabinet - making specific changes, by putting some members in...
JAIPUR, India, CMC:Superstar Chris Gayle was restricted to single digits for the second time in as many innings as his Kings XI Punjab crashed to a 15-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.Chasing 159 at Sawai...
Vladimir Putin on Monday launched his fourth term as president with an ambitious call to vault Russia into the top five global economies by developing its technological products and agricultural exports.Putin, who has sought to restore Russia's...
The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), in partnership with the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), hosted a two-day conference and training session at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel in Montego Bay from April 17-19, 2018. The conference aims...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The police may be making attempts to ramp up measures to rid the streets of young men who clean windshields in an effort to earn a living, but what efforts are the police making to rid the streets of policemen who are unable to...
On the quest to make agriculture 'sexy', the Nutramix team, in collaboration with Flair, has reached out to hear the stories of women who are in unique and empowering positions within the field. This week, we introduce Dr Sydonnie Thompson-Gyles,...
PROMOPagePagePagePagePage G3: "Without even me making a general judgement on the poor state of the JCF's reaction time to active shooting in progress, it is obvious that the high concentration of security personnel in the ZOSOs and the areas of...
The 250-acre DaCosta Farm has come a far way from its origin as a fish farm, to it now being a must-go-to attraction for persons living in and around Kingston."We started first as a fish farm, where we would export fish to Europe, until we lost the...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I support Peter Espeut's reasoning in his column 'Fake news and the gay agenda' (Gleaner, May 4, 2018).There is something Mr Espeut's tends to miss, though, in refuting gay advocates' insistent claims regarding 'privacy of their home...
THE EDITOR, Sir:In the early part of 2017, I was out of the country for some time. As a result, my life certificate was received late by the Accountant General's Department, although I usually sent it by mail, without any problems. On my return to...
INDORE, India, (CMC):Chris Gayle notched yet another half-century to extend his purple patch of form, but Kings XI Punjab slipped to a six-wicket loss to the beleaguered Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.Sent in at the...
KOLKATA, India (CMC):Man of the Match Sunil Narine grabbed a brace of wickets and then struck a timely cameo to help Kolkata Knight Riders dispose of West Indies counterpart Dwayne Bravo's Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the Indian Premier...
A cracked window forced a Southwest Airlines plane heading from Chicago to New Jersey to land in Cleveland on Wednesday, just two weeks after a jet engine blew apart and broke a window in a deadly accident aboard another Southwest flight.There were...
(AP):Formula One (F1) announced yesterday that it wants to stage a street race in Miami starting in 2019, and the city commission has scheduled a vote next week on a proposal to formalise plans for a 10-year deal.The series has long sought to...
THE EDITOR, Sir:What a difference school makes! Sometimes practitioners at certain educational institutions wonder why it is that some parents and children shun their place of learning and this is one of them. I was passing a certain upgraded high...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Gleaner columnist Patria Kaye Aarons wrote a column about her recent experience dialling 119 and other numbers when faced with an accident emergency, April 30, 2018, "119, I'm more confused". What was described, would leave any...
More than 700 people who are usually unable to afford regular healthcare services were assisted recently at Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica and the Lions Club of New Kingston's 10th annual health fair.The health fair, which was held on the grounds...
The executive director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), Ivan Cruickshank, is supporting the call by Nicolette Henry, minister of education, Republic of Guyana, and chair, PANCAP regional coordinating for increased domestic...