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Gunshots disrupt classes at St Jago High School

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison

Classes at St Jago High School in Spanish Town, St Catherine have been disrupted because of gunshots. This morning, activities at the school were halted after gunshots rang out in the vicinity of the institution. Police personnel from the St...

Kern blames increase of illegal guns for upsurge in crime

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Former Member of Parliament Kern Spencer is decrying the proliferation of illegal guns across the country. Spencer says this is responsible for an upsurge in crimes in the usually quiet rural community of Balaclava in St Elizabeth. The former...

Kern Spencer's father attacked, injured by gunmen in Balaclava

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The father of former Member of Parliament, Kern Spencer, escaped major injuries last evening after he was attacked by gunmen as he returned home in Balaclava, St Elizabeth. Seventy-year-old Daniel Spencer sustained injuries to his abdomen after a...

Shaw predicts 105% debt ratio

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson

Finance Minister Audley Shaw expects Jamaica’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to fall towards 105 per cent by the end of the fiscal year. The quicker fall is in part due to the recent round of currency appreciation...

Ganja valuing $16.3m seized at Port Bustamante

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The police have made another major drug bust. This time, investigators have recovered 4,083 pounds of ganja, which has an estimated street value of $16.3 million at Port Bustamante in Kingston. The Narcotics Police says they are following strong...

​Remittances to Caribbean islands reached record high in 2016 – World Bank

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): While remittance flows decreased worldwide for a second consecutive year in 2016 – remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, however, rose to a record high. This is based on recently released data from the World...

Trinidad increases Jamaican bananas order

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Agriculture Minister Karl Samuda has welcomed news that Trinidad and Tobago has increased its weekly order of Jamaican bananas. Jamaica began exporting bananas to the twin-island republic in December, following the signing of a six month contract....

Daughter of slain Canadian couple facing challenges getting their bodies home

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The daughter of the Canadian couple found dead in their home in St Thomas says she’s facing difficulty bringing their bodies back to Canada. Eighty-one-year-old Melbourne Flake and his wife 70-year-old Etta, were found dead on January 9. Their...

Men charged in Green Pond High student's murder for court today

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The two men charged with the 2017 murder of 15-year-old Green Pond High School student Shineka Gray are booked to return to the St James Circuit Court today.   Gregory Roberts and Mario Morrison were given the new court date when they...

BPO firm ACCT opens new facility

Published:Wednesday | January 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMMark Titus/Gleaner Writer

President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Gloria Henry says local players must adopt to the rapid changes on the global outsourcing landscape and move to include higher value added services to their offerings in...

'Reggae Larger Than Life' packages music knowledge

Published:Wednesday | January 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke

As I read through Shaun Cain’s Reggae Larger Than Life: The Ultimate Reggae Music Fun and Games Book, I fought – successfully – to push the word ‘trivia’ from my mind. For while that is the accustomed terminology for...

BPO fastest growing industry - ACCT to add up to 800 jobs in 2018

Published:Wednesday | January 24, 2018 | 12:00 AM

With the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector literally bursting at the seams with some 53 registered companies and accounting for more than 26,000 jobs, Advanced Call Centre Technologies (ACT) are doubling their efforts in a very big way.With...

No suspension of trade - Samuda

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMChristopher Serju/Gleaner Writer

Government has no intention of putting a plug on the scrap metal trade anytime soon, despite the multi-million losses being suffered by various industries and the threat to life, limb and property as a result of the actions of criminals who continue...

RJRGLEANER Honour Awards | For Sports (Special Award): Omar McLeod - Clearing every hurdle

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

Making big goals “In the hurdles, my personal best when I retire would definitely be around 12.60. I’m a tentative learner to the sport and I’m still growing.”   High achiever "At a championships where Team Jamaica...

Corporate Hands | Exim Bank drums up support for the blind

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica handed over a drum set to the Salvation Army School for the Blind, on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.Pictures are members of EXIM Bank's staff, and members of the administration unit- Salvation Army...

How to play soca in Jamaica - Djs offer suggestions, describe experience

Published:Monday | January 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small/Gleaner Writer

Though soca music is prominent across the region, many fans of the genre complain that Jamaican deejays struggle to transplant the eastern Caribbean euphoria to the Jamaican soca parties. There are some deejays who appear to have adopted the small-...

Corporate Hands | Magnificent gift from Magna Motors

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

Mullet Hall group makes positive impact on community

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMCecelia Campbell-Livingston/Gleaner Writer

What started out as a WhatsApp group in 2015, in the community of Mullet Hall, Clarendon has now morphed into a vibrant achievement group.Eton Edwards started the group 'Thuggy Thuggy' to keep in contact with family and friends. But, Donald Anderson...

The Joys of Crazy Jim Gold

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMKrysta Anderson/ Gleaner Writer

Sounds crazy, right? Well, Crazy Jim isn't clowning around, creating not one, not two, but 10 premium gold flavours guaranteed to make new and exciting memories on your taste buds. Founded in 1980, Crazy Jim has spent 37 years providing the creamy...

Corporate Hands | A home run

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

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