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AP’s top editor calls for probe into Israeli airstrike
The Associated Press' (AP) top editor today called for an independent investigation into the Israeli air strike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing AP, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media. She says the public...
CommentsExplosion at propane station kills two in Haiti; several others, including children, injured
Haitian authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to an explosion at a propane gas station in the community of Delmas, on the outskirts of the capital Port-Au-Prince, late yesterday. According to police reports, the neighborhood...
Comments- Bull Bay to get new police station; 125 year-old building to be demolished
- St Ann woman to answer house-breaking, arson and threat charges
- Severe cyclone heading towards southern India; four dead
- Minibus driver in April crash that killed five to return to court in July
- Guyana says more than 100 young boys abused in first quarter of 2021
‘IT’S ALL A BIG LIE’ Premium
A day after Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith named former Senator A.J. Nicholson as the People’s National Party (PNP) official who sent her threatening and harassing emails in 2014 and 2018, Nicholson has called her out, challenging...
CommentsWhat is the JLP doing about George Wright?
In the event the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) has forgotten, it is now a month since it promised that its “requisite organs would promptly meet” to discuss George Wright’s membership in the party and to determine its “next steps” once a...
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Mandeville’s mother to many
For Wendy Freckleton, giving back to the community has always been second nature. In 2018, the mother of one and president of JN Circle, Mandeville, took over the reins of the non-profit organisation Candle in the Dark Ministries. With years of...
CommentsEducation ministry maintains block on basic CAP, COS info
The education ministry has blocked the release of basic information that could provide more details on how more than $7 billion in vocational programmes for students was administered and spent since 2010. The Sunday Gleaner has been denied access...
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Blue and white delight!
Jamaica College (JC) produced a gritty last-day performance to capture the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium yesterday. JC finished with 328.5 points to bring the Mortimer Geddes Trophy back to Old Hope Road...
CommentsTina Clayton proud of twin Tia’s redemption Premium
After Edwin Allen High School’s Tia Clayton false-started in the Class Two girls’ 100m final at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) on Thursday, her twin sister Tina who won the title said that she was confident...
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JamTeas considers carve out, listing of manufacturing operation Premium
The owners of Jamaica Teas Limited are planning a restructuring of the group to carve out the manufacturing unit, the main component of the business, as a stand-alone entity. The company would then float the manufacturing operation on the stock...
CommentsManpower expands into distribution Premium
Catching a wave generated by client requests and a chance meeting at an expo in Colombia, Manpower...
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Pageant commentator names Miqueal-Symone Williams best bet for Miss Universe Top 21
One pageant critic has named Miss Universe Jamaica (MUJ) Miqueal-Symone Williams as a standout and a shoo-in for the top 21 candidates in tonight's Miss Universe competition. "When the picture-perfect images match the woman walking on stage, that...
CommentsReggaeton originator talks about Trump commuting his life sentence for murder
In January 2021, hours before demitting office, former US president Donald Trump cleaned house with a sweep of more than 100 pardons and commutations, some more controversial than others. Among those that came up for media spotlight was the...
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Pope Francis raises alarm about Italy’s precariously low birthrate
ROME (AP): Pope Francis added his voice Friday to the chorus of alarm about Italy’s falling population, calling for government policies that provide the necessary financial stability to encourage young people to stay in Italy and have families....
CommentsInternational briefs
Media demand Israel explain destruction of news offices News organisations demanded an explanation on Saturday for an Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the offices of The Associated Press (AP), broadcaster...
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88-y-o artist finishes year of pandemic ‘daily doodles’
WESTMORELAND, New Hampshire (AP) Much like the round clock faces, gears, and planets that often populate his artwork, Robert Seaman has come full circle. Seaman, 88, has been drawing since he was a boy, and at age 60, left a real estate career...
CommentsMeeting Ground – honouring and celebrating mothers
In the collection of poems below, we hear from daughters in awe of their mothers, sons missing theirs, and mothers taking us into their childbearing confidences, as Meeting Ground expresses gratitude on Mother’s Day. – Ann-Margaret Lim Mother in...
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Evergo charging stations launched in Jamaica
InterEnergy Group, through its innovation division, InterEnergy Systems, debuted the eco-friendly subsidiary with an official introductory event in the Dominican Republic and Panama. InterEnergy has already installed over 150 charging stations in...
CommentsA supportive mother and plant enthusiast
Stephanie McConnell is a lover of motorsports; her involvement in this sport developed because of her son Fraser McConnell’s interest in go-kart driving at a tender age. Apart from being a supportive parent, she devotes her time to being a plant...
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Rashaun Stewart | Cyberbullying: The silent epidemic
Technology is exponentially pushing the bounds of possibility and changing the face of human interaction. Smartphones and social media have experienced explosive increases in popularity in the last decade. With the rise in use of these platforms,...
CommentsAshleigh Onfroy | Cyberbullying: How far is too far?
Social media has become a vital online space where many youth have voiced their opinions, networked, shaped their personal styles and formed ideas on the world in which they live. It enables simplified avenues for income through social media...
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A silver spoon but not a silver platter for Nicholas Kenneth Benjamin
Nicholas Kenneth Benjamin might have been born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, but his iconic father Kenneth, founder of the security company, Guardsman, is not one who believed in handing his son life on a silver platter. He had to...
CommentsPreelabs Limited: Translating vision to reality
“I LIKE to solve problems. I like to make things. I like to make things that solve problems.” Yekini Wallen-Bryan knows these statements might sound cliché, but they have been his truth since he was a child. The minute he becomes aware of a problem...
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Editorial | We haven’t forgotten George Wright
Andrew Holness | Jamaican interests being protected in Montego Bay Bypass project