JOHANNESBURG (AP):Up from Soweto township to become a leading anti-apartheid activist and then wealthy businessman, Cyril Ramaphosa has been a central figure in South Africa's tumultuous history before becoming the country's president yesterday....
The Government has allocated more than $16 billion to repair and widen roads in the new fiscal year.Details of the planned spending are included in the Estimates of Expenditure for 2018-2019 tabled in Parliament yesterday.Among the major projects...
After over two decades of personal success and building up other key contributors to the local music industry, it is not an overstatement to recognise Delly Ranx as an icon. Two of his greatest assets are his keen eye for talent and his knack for...
PARKLAND, Florida (AP):Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent on violence."I'm going to be a professional...
P J Patterson, a former prime minister of Jamaica, offered the current incumbent, Andrew Holness, valuable advice recently at the height of the controversy over his appointment of Brian Sykes as the acting chief justice in a context where a clear...
WESTERN BUREAU:Buoyed by the universal endorsement of more than 100,000 Jamaicans in a single week, organisers of the ILoveMobay campaign are predicting a major turnaround in the once fading fortunes of the island's tourism capital.Launched on...
For 65-year-old Gleaner columnist Peter Espeut, the 25 years of service which yielded more than 1,200 weekly columns has been an honour and a privilege and, should he be blessed with longer life, who's to tell if he won't "write a second 25 years...
Racing fans could not have asked for an easier banker to start tomorrow's Sunrise-6 at Caymanas Park.The opening event is a 1600 metres race in which the Wayne-DaCosta-trained three-year-old colt WITHOUT EXCEPTION will be seeking his fourth win in a...
Pumping increased resources into crime fighting, pledging to table a raft of legislation to boost the national security and justice sectors, and completing major infrastructure projects in health were among some of the crucial areas featured in the...
Andrew Anguin, Red Stripe's senior marketing manager for Caribbean imports, says that his company is serious about coming to the assistance of Jamaica's bobsled team in light of their most recent issues at the Winter Olympics, adding that this was...
Coach of the Arnett Gardens Red Stripe Premier League outfit Jerome Waite says that the club is still hunting the $1 million incentive for the team that finishes the preliminary stage on most points.Portmore United are in pole position on 53 points...
Yesterday's ceremonial opening of Parliament was marked by the traditional pomp and pageantry, including a parade by the Jamaica Defence Force's First Battalion, the Jamaica Regiment.While the governor general, members of the House of...
The spotlight will be on the boys' 400 metres on today's final day of the Digicel Anthrick Corporate Area Development meet as the quarter-milers ran meet records on Day One of the two-day meet.The ever-improving Evaldo Whitehorne of Calabar led the...
Western Bureau:Carifta Games 1500 metres champion Shaqueena Foote of Petersfield High sent a strong signal to her rivals after breaking her own Class Two 1500 metres record at yesterday's Digicel Western Athletics Championships at the Montego Bay...
The Jamaica Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (JBSF) has received a much needed gift – a sled courtesy of world-renowned beer brand Red Stripe, just days ahead of their participation at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea...
To kick-start Cardiovascular Week, which officially began on Monday, the team at Partners Interventional Centre of Jamaica transformed the courtyard of the Medical Associates Hospital into an oasis washed in red for the grand opening of Jamaica...
The Government is projecting to spend approximately $773.7 billion in the new fiscal year which begins on April 1. This is $31.8 billion less than the $805.5 billion budgeted for current fiscal year which ends on March 31. On the recurrent or...
The Clarendon police are investigating the discovery of the body of Esron Laing, an accountant from Rocky Point in the parish about 6 a.m. on Thursday. The body appeared to have gunshot wounds. A Range Rover, which is said to be that of...
PARKLAND, Florida (AP): Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz has been denied bail in connection with the shooting at a Florida High School on Wednesday that left 17 people dead. He briefly appeared in a Florida court today to answer to 17...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP): Ethiopia's prime minister announced Thursday he has submitted a resignation letter after the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century, saying he hoped the surprise decision would help planned reforms...