The Montego Bay Animal Haven put on the 'funest' ball last Saturday, to raise funds to provide a better live for our furry friends. Held at the Wharfhouse in Redding St James, dubbed Fur Ball, the fund-raiser had animal lovers out in their number as...
THE EDITOR, Sir:Mr. Montague, like most politicians, are buoyed by hubris and arrogance. Oftentimes , it's a veil that they hide behind to mask their ignorance.In relation to the Palisades gridlock, the buck didn't stop ultimately with Mr Quallo....
THE WORK to make climate-change considerations central to national development planning is a priority for the island's Climate Change Division (CCD) this year."The integration of climate-change concerns into the development planning; that is really...
Some 30 selected persons will be benefiting from a two-day workshop to be held at the Four Paths Resource Centre in Clarendon this weekend.The two-day workshop will cover the functions of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency as well as...
THE EDITOR, Sir:It is difficult for any sane person to get used to, or accept, the idea that a murderer could take the life of someone and then have the privilege of benefiting from the Sentence Reduction Day Initiatives in our courts.While I...
SMALL ISLAND developing states (SIDS) were cautioned this week to recognise the threat of seemingly small climate-change impacts such as sudden or sustained rain events, even as they prepare to contend with larger events, including extreme...
ONE SCIENTIST is emphasising the need for research to bolster Jamaica's preparedness for earthquakes, two weeks after a tsunami warning put the issue back under the public microscope."More research is needed," said Dr Lyndon Brown, former head of...
Airline stocks went into a nosedive Wednesday on investor fears that a plan by United Airlines to grow rapidly will undercut prices and profits.In afternoon trading, shares of United Continental Holdings Inc plunged 11.5 per cent to US$69.03....
THE EDITOR, Sir:I'm concerned about Derrick Smith's recent utterances. The outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) seems to think he has the right to self-appoint his son to replace him in the constituency of North West St Andrew where he has served for...
If you listen carefully, you can still hear the lament that followed the retirement last year by the incomparable Usain Bolt. People keep asking who will replace the tall man and the answer is still the same all these four months after his last race...
Often reminded, and sometimes lambasted by his political opponents for failing to fulfil his election promise to make Jamaicans sleep with their doors and windows open, an emotional Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday refused to back down from...
With the war against crime and violence being ramped up a notch in recent days with the declaration of a state of public emergency inSt James and the need for further protection afforded citizens under such emergency measures at the forefront of the...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that attemptsby elements to drive a wedge between the Jamaica Consta-bulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are being tackled at the highest level.Perpetrators of this scheme, according to the prime...
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, a documentary about the Jamaican superstar model, singer, songwriter and actress, will have its local premiere this weekend.According to a release sent to The Gleaner, the film directed by Sophie Fiennes, splices...
Assistant coach of Jamaica's Under-20 female footballers, Xavier Gilbert, says the team did well at the recent CONCACAF qualifiers in Trinidad and Tobago, despite their failure to qualify for this year's FIFA World Cup in France in August.Gilbert...
It's the multibillion-dollar secret that everybody knows but few want to admit: Big business is a major funder of political parties. And that's an important platform from which civic-minded enterprises can leverage the transformation of Jamaica's...
WELLINGTON(AP) :Look into the night sky at the right time and you might see what amounts to a giant disco ball shimmering and glinting back.The founder of the company that this week launched the first rocket into orbit from New Zealand said...
WESTERN BUREAU:The ongoing detention of some of the persons held by the security forces since the declaration of the state of public emergency in St James last Thursday, as well as the conditions under which they are being housed, is creating much...
Residents of Tivoli Gardens in west Kingston have threatened to stop voting in national elections if the Government fails to compensate them properly for atrocities committed against them in the 2010 incursion.During a protest in front of the...
WESTERN BUREAU:Kasheen Lewis, the 20-year-old son of slain St James top-flight gangster Omar 'King Evil' Lewis, has been charged with the gangland-style murder of two women who were shot and killed in the Catherine Hall community just under three...