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JUTC warns it will pull Above Rocks buses amid any threat of violence
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says it will be forced to pull its buses from the Above Rocks route in St Andrew if the police confirm any threat of violence against its drivers or vandalism of its vehicles. In a statement Monday...
CommentsComic book genius and Spider-Man creator Stan Lee dies at 95
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionised the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died...
Comments- Daniel Pryce appointed Integrity Commission interim executive director
- Green promises action on Youth Parliament recommendations
- Parent shot dead at Lannaman's Prep School, classes suspended
- Some Southern California fire evacuations lifted
- UPDATE: Hunt on for wanted man 'Cruz' following shootout with army
Dull debates - First-time MPs dismayed by 'boring', 'parochial' discourse in Parliament
First-time lawmaker Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn has admitted that she sometimes gets bored listening to debates in Parliament.Cuthbert-Flynn, the former star athlete-turned-politician, asserted, too, that not enough legislation is being passed and...
CommentsPastors urge women to choose partners carefully
WESTERN BUREAU:Following the murders of 43-year-old Dionne Smith and her 16-year-old daughter, Jay-Shenel Gordon, committed by Smith's common-law husband in September, two pastors are urging women to leave abusive relationships and to be careful in...
Comments- Editors' Forum | UWI community film project reaps 'phenomenal' rewards
- J'cans urged to recognise importance of veterans efforts 100 years after end of Great War
- 'Six Great Jamaicans' brought back into spotlight
- Thousands of birth, other certificates unclaimed from RGD - Persons urged to collect or will have to reapply
Weed Ed | Preserving ganja’s sacredness amid mass commercialisation
In 10 years, the global marijuana culture will hardly resemble anything persons grew up knowing. By 2028 most countries would have decriminalised or legalised the plant. Ganja will be a widespread commodity, with its byproducts dominating the food...
CommentsWeed Ed | #GanjaFacts
The establishment of Rastafarian beliefs and practises in the 1930s was strongly influenced by Indian culture. Leonard Howell, the founder of Rastafari, is known to have socialised with Indian indentured workers who introduced ganja seeds to the...
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Don't rush it, ISSA! - UWI researcher urges caution with student-transfer regulations
Dr Rachael Irving, research fellow at the University of the West Indies (UWI), thinks ISSA should wait before implementing its new transfer regulations. In the interim, schools with modest track and field programmes could be strengthened before the...
CommentsMorris goal sinks MBU
Portmore United's Ricardo Morris has expressed his delight after he netted his first goal of the season to carry his team to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Montego Bay United (MBU) in their Red Stripe Premier League encounter at the Spanish Town Prison...
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JCPS in trouble - Sugar marketer loses client base, winding down operation
Sugar marketer Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited (JCPS) is laying off its entire staff as it contemplates winding down the business, Chairman Karl James confirmed on Friday, even as it looks to the Government for help.James blames the agency's...
CommentsNCB claims top spot in regional market after $28b record profit
NCB Financial Group has been solidly ensconced at the top of Jamaica's commercial banking market for several years, but having just hit another profit milestone and with nearly $980 billion in assets, its managers believe they are well placed to...
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A joyful farewell for Elva
If was a send-off fit for the 'Queen of comedy', that unfolded at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium last Saturday afternoon. The late Elva Ruddock gave the world the gift of laughter, so even as loved ones gathered to celebrate her life, mourning was...
CommentsCinema Seen | 'Overlord' - action horror at its finest
It starts out as a routine mission. In 1944, a year before WWII ends, United States military forces are sent to dismantle a German signal jammer located in a church. They are to get in, take out the device, and get out. However, when only a few...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Don't divest all tourism assets to foreigners
THE EDITOR, Sir:Tourism, in particular, has focused on developments that involve foreign direct investment, largely in all-inclusive resorts or enclave tourism developments which exclude the majority of our locals from even coming into contact with...
CommentsScrap NIDS and improve TRN
THE EDITOR, Sir:I respond to Paul Haye's article 'Stop fighting against NIDS'. While there is some value to having an improved system of national identity for controls and security, these systems must work effectively with other systems to be...
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Trump's new move to limit asylum challenged in court
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States. The plan was immediately...
CommentsDeath toll from wildfires hits 31 at both ends of California
PARADISE, California (AP):Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The overall death toll from the outbreak of...
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Something Extra | Monday
It was a grand affair when the Appleton Estate Reggae Album, 'Heart of Jamaica,' produced by the legendary Mikey Bennett, was officially launched. In attendance were some of the entertainers listed on the album as well as media personalities, well-...
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Cops partner with stakeholders to clean up Half-Way Tree
The Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) partnered with several stakeholders in a clean-up operation in Half-Way Tree on Friday. That exercise is a start to what, the PSTEB said,...
CommentsColorado marijuana sales exceed US$1B through August
A Colorado report shows marijuana sales in the state have exceeded $1 billion as of August of this year, with tax revenue from those sales reaching $200 million.
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Editorial | How many more Whitfields are there?
Michael Abrahams | A rational look at corporal punishment