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Rowley declares May 23 national day of prayer
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Dr Keith Crowley has declared May 23 a National Day of Prayer, as the country continues to grapple with the corona virus pandemic. According to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), the service will...
Comments#Champs 2021 | Tia Clayton gets redemption in 4x100m final
The Edwin Allen High School team of Aliyah Clarke, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Tonie-Ann Forbes won the Class Two Girls 4x100m title while lowering the record to 44.81 seconds at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at...
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It was AJ!
Though retiring from politics, long-time People’s National Party Senator AJ Nicholson is back in the spotlight having been named by Kamina Johnson Smith as the one who sent her emails which she found to be threatening and harassing. During Friday’...
CommentsGo to medical report
Prominent attorney-at-law Bert Samuels says the medical report in the case of the 13-year-old St Ann girl who was allegedly buggered by five males should give a clear picture as to where the truth lies. In a major development yesterday, the...
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One woman’s kindness makes a huge difference for children in Waterhouse
Melissa Powell has been making a huge difference in her community of Waterhouse, St Andrew. Powell has offered up her yard as a makeshift homework centre, creating a positive and necessary facility for children in her community to learn despite the...
CommentsWe stand in solidarity with our J’can sisters
FLORIDA: Recent news of attacks against females in Jamaica have raised concerns among Jamaica-born women in the Diaspora. This, despite assurances from the island’s constabulary that visitors to the country are rarely targeted as victims of...
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‘It’ll be a dogfight’ Premium
Kingston College (KC) head coach Leaford Grant and Jamaica College (JC) principal Wayne Robinson said it is going to be a dogfight to decide the winners of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Athletics Championships (Champs) title this year. KC, the...
CommentsCC’s Morale booster Premium
Clarendon College’s (CC) throws coach Davion Chanteloupe could not have asked for a better result in the Class One girls’ discus final on the fourth day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National...
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Evergo Jamaica to roll out 60 EV charging station network Premium
Evergo Jamaica, through its parent company InterEnergy Group Limited, is investing roughly $150 million in the rollout of 60 electric vehicle charging stations across Jamaica by year-end. The company has already installed four charging stations in...
CommentsWIHCON to plug demand for low-income homes with prefab, container units Premium
Housing developer West Indies Home Contractors Limited, WIHCON, is pumping funds into research and development around prefabricated steel and container homes as more affordable options for homebuyers at the mid- to lower end of the residential...
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No virtual Reggae Sumfest; Bogdanovich eyes October date
There will be no virtual staging of Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica’s premier reggae and dancehall festival, this year. However, if the entertainment sector opens up “enthusiastically”, the organisers are ready to claim the Heroes Weekend in October as...
CommentsD’Angel pulling out all the stops for IRAWMA on Sunday
Armed with her latest single, which some may say is aptly titled Good Gal, dancehall diva D’Angel is ready for a takeover of the stage at the 39th International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) on Sunday at 8 p.m. EST, live from Jamaica. The...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Impatience and misplaced priorities leading to marginalisation of young men
THE EDITOR, Madam: The number of theories given for the failure of boys and young men in education and workplace realms have been more than we care to recall. Notwithstanding, the phenomenon of young males marginalisation continues like wildfire...
CommentsMissing the simplicity of life
THE EDITOR, Madam: I never realised that Tony Deyal and I shared so very much in common. I used to consume my press so quickly, I would get a pain in my head. The ice cone man was always outside my primary school in Porty (Port Antonio). We...
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Japan expands virus emergency ahead of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (AP) Japan on Friday further expanded a coronavirus state of emergency from six areas, including Tokyo, to nine, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga repeated his determination to hold the Olympics in just over two months. Japan has been...
CommentsGas crunch from cyberattack intensifies in nation’s capital
Gas shortages at the pumps have spread from the South, all but emptying stations in Washington, D.C., following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasolene pipeline. Though the pipeline operator paid a ransom,...
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Editorial | Champs, Olympics and overcoming uncertainties
Ronald Sanders | The stark choice – vaccinate or suffocate