Balotelli, De Rossi missing for Italy - ROME (AP):Mario Balotelli is out injured and Daniele De Rossi has been dropped due to a code of ethics violation for Italy's friendly at World Cup holder Spain on Wednesday.Missing two key starters,...
Former Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Chris Tufton, says small business operators who borrow money from microfinance lenders must be careful to understand the terms and conditions of those loans before signing up.Tufton, in a release...
Funds set aside to assist drought-affected communities - The Government has allocated more than J$20 million to members of parliament and local representatives to truck water to residents in drought-affected parishes across western Jamaica.Ian...
IF there was a prize for the group of lawmakers who approve the most nonsensical provision, the current Parliament would appear right on track to claim that reward.For, having faced stiff opposition to the criminalisation of art, arising from the...
As smiling children sit bright-eyed in the colourful classrooms of the Lakes Pen Basic School, principal and teachers reflect on the progress they have made over 10 years, progress that would not have been possible without the help of the Digicel...
Anna Lee Clarke and Jenielle Brown are winners of the Scotia Mutual Fund and Scotia Mint Education Wealth Plan bursaries.Two medical students at the University of the West Indies, 27-year-old Anna Lee Clarke and 20-year-old Jenielle Brown...
It was enough to bring tears to your eyes and a smile to your face simultaneously. Testimony after testimony from young Jamaicans was enough evidence that the St Patrick's Foundation is fulfilling its mandate....
The Gleaner Company hosted its annual Advertising Awards ceremony last Thursday at The Jamaica Pegasus and we have all the highlights from the event. Flow hosted a 'Scandal' viewing party for its staff and select special guests...
Many controversial proposals - including one allowing limited access to medical marijuana and one prohibiting the governor from expanding access to Medicaid - are expected to be debated on the floor of the Georgia House of Representatives today.The 30th...
There will be a sigh of relief from several paediatric cancer patients as the sale of RBC Royal Bank (Jamaica) and RBTT Securities Limited to Sagicor Group Jamaica will not affect the RBC/RBTT Children's Cancer Fund....
A top Ukrainian opposition figure assumed presidential powers yesterday, plunging Ukraine into new uncertainty after a deadly political standoff - and boosting long-jailed Yulia Tymoshenko's chances at a return to power....
Oscar Pistorius' thousands of supporters dominated social media discussions about his guilt or innocence and are vocal in their love of the fallen golden boy.They are called the Pistorians, and as their hero begins his trial for the murder of girlfriend...
BRUSSELS (AP): NATO has registered a first in its long history, with five women among the defence ministers who turned up Wednesday to attend a policymaking meeting at the alliance's headquarters....
She is the first female principal of the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS), following in the footsteps of four illustrious male predecessors. But she's not intimidated, largely because she was on familiar territory. ...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Well said, Ronald Mason, in your Sunday Gleaner column of March 2, 2014 titled 'That screeching environmentalist', directed at environmentalist Diana McCaulay.
A special cohort of calculus and college math 1A students at the University of Technology got to experience an exclusive music therapy session at the Black History Math Research Workshop last month....
Years ago, and it feels like centuries, one had to do something worthwhile to be famous.Discovering a cure for a long-troublesome disease or helping to change the lives of people by influencing the passage of legislation were things...