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Samuda shocked at murder of lecturer Samuel Martin
Minister with responsibility for education Karl Samuda has expressed shock at the murder of St Joseph’s Teachers’ College lecturer Samuel Martin. He said the ministry will dispatch its trauma team to the institution on Monday to conduct...
CommentsMan surrenders in relation to deadly St James hit and run
The police are reporting that a man has turned himself in to investigators in relation to Tuesday’s hit and run which claimed the life of two-year-old Sasha-Gay Dennis and the injury of her 10-year-old sister Hanesea Palmer. Their mother...
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New City Review - Holness orders study on Bernard Lodge buildout; backs housing in Kingston, MoBay, Mandeville
Public outcry about costs of the proposed Bernard Lodge city in St Catherine, as well as travel concerns and potential environmental fallout related to urban sprawl beyond the margins of Kingston, has caused Prime Minister Andrew Holness to order a...
CommentsNot even Hercules can clear court backlog - prosecutor - Taylor paints dismal picture of Easter term as 1,000 old cases compound workload
With the nation’s courts still hobbled by severe backlog, 1,024 cases have been traversed into the new Easter Term of the downtown Kingston-based Home Circuit Court as only 91 cases were disposed of in the previous term, much to the dismay of...
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Earth Today | New Green Deal gets thumbs up from J’can pros
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN involved in the local environment sector have applauded the New Green Deal, a United States Congressional resolution that lays out a plan to tackle climate change and which has been the subject of much debate between the...
CommentsEarth Today | Wisynco celebrates Earth Day 2019 with ‘Bokkle Wars’
In celebration of Earth Day 2019, the Wisynco Group launched its internal recycling challenge, dubbed ‘Wisynco ECO Bokkle Wars’. Led by their team of environmentally dedicated ‘Eco Troopers’, the company’s staff members were urged to take in their...
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Here we come! - Windies name World Cup squad
BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Dynamic all-rounder Andre Russell was yesterday named in West Indies’ 15-man World Cup squad, but speculation over the anticipated return of several veteran T20 stars proved pointless as they were overlooked for the ICC...
CommentsI will work even harder - Powell - Jamaican vows to bounce back after disappointing omission from Windies CWC squad
Jamaican all-rounder Rovman Powell said his omission from the West Indies 15-man One-Day International (ODI) squad to this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales is a major wake-up call for his career. The 25-year-old Powell, who made...
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Boeing’s troubled jet derails forecast
Boeing estimates that it will spend US$1 billion to fix the 737 Max and has pulled its forecast of 2019 earnings because of uncertainty surrounding the jetliner, which remains grounded after two crashes that killed 346 people. The estimate was...
CommentsProven Global goes ‘live’
Proven Wealth Limited has launched a platform that allows Jamaican investors more options to live-trade US stocks at cheaper prices, becoming the second local broker known to offer such services. “Customers are demanding this,” said Johann Heaven...
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Kes The Band rocks Tuesday On The Rock
If Kes The Band intended to prove the power of soca by introducing a new element of live bands, multiple genres and satisfied revellers to the Jamaican carnival season, then they succeeded. For the inaugural instalment of Tuesday On The Rock in...
CommentsSumfest goes ultra, not about 100 artistes
Josef Bogdanovich, CEO/founder of Downsound Entertainment, organisers of Reggae Sumfest, is a happy man. Tickets for the July 14-20 event are selling as fast as fans of headliner, Buju Banton, can say ‘Long Walk to Freedom’. Sumfest saw a whirlwind...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Deterioration in Jamaica’s ease of doing business
THE EDITOR, Sir: Next month, the World Bank and International Financial Corporation will commence collection of data that will be evaluated for publication in their 17th report on the Ease of Doing Business Index: Doing Business 2020. In the...
CommentsFae Ellington is doing a good job on ‘Profile’
THE EDITOR, Sir: Veteran journalist and lecturer, the very tolerant and easy-going Fae Ellington, who replaced long-standing host, the late Ian Boyne, on the personality TV show Profile, which is aired at 6:30 p.m. on Sundays on TVJ, is doing a...
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An upbeat Kim arrives for Putin summit
VLADIVOSTOK (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped off his khaki-green armoured train in far-eastern Russia on Wednesday, smiling and upbeat ahead of a much-anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked...
CommentsJapan apologises to forcibly sterilised people
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government apologised yesterday to tens of thousands of people who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law which was designed to "prevent the birth of poor-quality descendants," and promised to pay...
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Something Extra | Thursday
It was a time of exciting engagement for many who attended the recent Sterling Asset Management Huddle for the Jamaica Airline Pilots Association A at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston. The vibe was good and guests turned out looking business...
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The Wrong Mr Right
Handsome, sweet, smart and charming. All these characteristics mark the making of a beautiful relationship. There's just one problem. Something doesn’t feel right. And it's in no way the fault of either parties involved: it really wasn't meant to...
CommentsTryall Club's Richard Ferdinand celebrates birthday in style
Tryall Club's Director of Club Operation, Richard Ferdinand, combined work with his recent birthday celebration at the Tryall Club. After an electrifying fashion show production at the Tryall’s 1834 Great House, with designers Keneea Linton and...
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Vegan by choice
No stranger to the media, Ama Donna, also known as the Ital vegan goddess, was excited about sharing her story with Food. Donna grew up eating meat like the average Jamaican, and as she got older, she gravitated to Rastafarianism in the early ’80s...
CommentsDelicious delights from Chef Wenford Simpson
With more than two decades of culinary artistry under his belt, Wenford Simpson continues to please gustatory cells worldwide. He is now preparing to release his first cookbook in a few weeks. But first, Chef Simpson is giving you a delicious...
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Editorial | Mr Shaw’s hollow argument
Mark Wignall | The politics of guns, gangs and death