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Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

We continued our series on First AngelsJa Successes yesterday, featuring Danielle Terrelonge Irons, founder and CEO of DRT Communications Limited, a marketing communications agency and the first company in the Caribbean to offer technology-driven...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KAMPALA(AP):Uganda's president says he loves President Donald Trump and that he should be praised for not mincing words."I love Trump because he tells Africans frankly," President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday, shortly after the US ambassador...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):Russia is ultimately to blame for any use of chemical weapons in Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said yesterday amid reports of a suspected chemical attack this week near the capital, Damascus.Tillerson said Russia is violating...

Published:Monday | January 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, Professor Archibald McDonald, is promising that this year's staging of Research Day will seek to present solutions, based on research, on some of the issues facing the country....

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2018 | 12:00 AMAvia Collinder/Business Reporter

Microfinance lender Access Financial Services Limited (AFS), which made two acquisitions in the last two years, says that it will continue to buy up other operators as part of its growth strategy in 2018.Last November, the company also added another...

Published:Sunday | January 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott/Gleaner Writer

Amid the consistent complaints from fresh university graduates about the low wages being offered in the job market, a senior business executive is imploring them to take advantage of every employment opportunity, despite the initial low remuneration...

Published:Sunday | January 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

One thing I've learnt during my lifetime is not to judge others.I see readers' eyes rolling into their foreheads: "Yu gwaan! Yu judge all di time inna dese columns." No. What I'm relentless and unapologetic about is analysis beyond superficial;...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke/Gleaner Writer

Singer Spiritual reserved his most flamboyant foot movement for the encore song, Give Thanks of Praise, of his approximately one-hour performance at Pulse's Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, headquarters on Saturday night. After Tommy Cowan's...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Reaching Individuals through Skills and Education (RISE) Life Management Services, a non-governmental organisation, established in Jamaica in 1989 as Addiction Alert Organisation, has been changing lives for the better through educational,...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

When the Jamaica football squad flew out yesterday for a friendly match in Turkey, one of the happiest men in the touring party was assistant coach Donovan Duckie.Duckie, the Waterhouse FC coach, is still celebrating his appointment as assistant...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

On Sunday, the Kingston waterfront came alive as Grace Foods launched its latest brand campaign, 'Flava with a Beat' to customers and media at a private event with a special guest performance by dancehall entertainer Ding Dong, front-and-centre as...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:First, let me say from the start that I am protesting on behalf of a female healthcare assistant who is very closely related to me.As most of us know, the Golden Age Home, in Vineyard Town, is a residence for seniors. I am not sure...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke/Gleaner Writer

Kingsley Goodison, who for 20 consecutive years has staged Tribute to the Greats honouring standouts of Jamaican popular music's earlier years, saw a lot of famed performers during his long association with Clement Dodd's Studio One. While many of...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke/Gleaner Writer

On Saturday night, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia 'Babsy' Grange was the guest speaker at a concert by reggae singer Spiritual, and she used the performer's similarity to another Jamaican artiste, as a starting point to...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp/Gleaner Writer

Holy Trinity High's Manning Cup coach, Devon 'Pablo' Anderson, could be on his way out of the central Kingston-based institution after attracting interest from several schools.Anderson has drawn attention because of the work he has been doing at...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

As a high-schooler, the longest distance you could get Kemar Leslie to run (competitive or otherwise) was the 1500-metre race. Fast-forward to 2018, and you will notice that he's the face you see crossing the finish line first at most 5K races...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

1. Overusing mouthwash, orusing one that's too acidicOne of the toughest environments for your teeth is a dry mouth. That's because saliva has a combination of minerals, enzymes, and oxygen compounds that keep the pH balance in your mouth neutral -...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Researchers have found that persons who drank eight to 12 eight-ounce glasses of ice cold water per day had a higher metabolic rate than those who drank water at room temperature.Your body may burn a few calories heating the cold water to your core...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), says that the preliminary assessment of an investor perception survey initiated by CEDA in the final quarter of last year, shows that nearly half of the...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Land being cleared for development at 1A-1B Oxford Road in New Kingston will house a boutique hotel, according to documents obtained from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA).The state regulator, however, has asked the design...

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