Tue | Dec 16, 2025

jg_archives

WICB mourns passing of former president Peter Short

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 6:30 PM

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has described the late Peter Short as "an extraordinary man" who was a "powerful voice" in the elevation of cricket in the Caribbean.In a statement released late yesterday, the WICB said...

Jamaica target at least four medals

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 6:50 PMLivingston Scott

The final three members of Jamaica's World Masters Athletics Championships team left the island last night for the Games, which got under way Tuesday in Lyon France.Two 400 metres representatives, Robert Grant and Gavin Shand, along with 5,000m...

Merger good for Jamaican, regional media - Clarke

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 7:32 PMDaraine Luton

Chairman of The Gleaner Company Oliver Clarke said yesterday that unfavourable local economic conditions are at the heart of the decision to merge the media business of The Gleaner with the Radio Jamaica Communications Group."You cannot provide...

The BCJ says takes note of Gleaner, RJR deal

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The Broadcasting Com-mission of Jamaica (BCJ) has noted the announcement of a plan for the merger of the media assets of Radio Jamaica Limited and the Gleaner Company Limited. Both entities or their subsidiaries operate electronic media outlets....

New twist to summer programme in St Thomas

Published:Tuesday | August 4, 2015 | 5:28 PM

JOHNSTOWN, St Thomas:Putting a twist on the usual notion of summer school, Keisha Shirley, a returning resident of the Johnstown community in St Thomas, created the Nature School."My sister and I wanted to do something with our time. We volunteered...

Champion female farmer Michelle Black up close and personal

Published:Tuesday | August 4, 2015 | 6:00 PM

By day, newly crowned Champion Female Farmer Michelle Black runs a 39-acre farm in the parish of St Ann, and by night she can be found on the hotel circuit performing as a cabaret singer.Rural Xpress caught up with her at the Denbigh showground in...

Winston Neil revels in his 71/2lb breadfruit

Published:Tuesday | August 4, 2015 | 5:24 PM

OCHO RIOS, St Ann:Seventy-six-year-old Winston Neil has consistently reaped large breadfruits from the lone breadfruit tree he has in his backyard, one he planted way back in the 1970s.An avid Gleaner reader, he says he has seen pictures of varying...

Best Dressed assists with jerk business

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 11:36 AM

PORTMORE, St Catherine:Thirty persons drawn from community-based organisations in Portmore were given an opportunity to start their own jerk chicken business last Tuesday when they were presented with custom-built jerk carts.The occasion was the...

Pope bats for divorcees

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 9:43 AMAP

St Thomas Health Department promotes food safety

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:55 PMJolyn Bryan

MORANT BAY, St ThomasIn an effort to continue its drive to promote food safety in the parish, the St Thomas Health Department recently held its Food Safety Awareness Fair at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay.The fair was aimed at sensitising the...

Thursday Cartoon

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 4:26 PMLas May

Myths about female sexual health

Published:Monday | August 3, 2015 | 12:00 AMRhonda Reeves

The best place to get information about your sexual health is from your doctor, however, in this age of information technology, or for whatever reason - be it anxiety and urgency, privacy, or convenience - you may one day find yourself searching the...

Air traffic controllers warn of major equipment failure

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 5:52 PM

The Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers’ Association is warning that Jamaica’s aviation and tourism sector could be in serious trouble if the government does not urgently address equipment challenges. Association President, Kurt Solomon,...

RJR, The Gleaner merge media operations

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica's two top news entities are to combine their media operations to create the most powerful multimedia entity in the Caribbean. The boards of the 180-year-old Gleaner Company and the 65-year-old Radio Jamaica today approved the merger of...

Senior St Mary policewoman charged with fraud

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 2:54 PM

A senior St Mary policewoman is in trouble with the law after investigators uncovered her role in defrauding farmers in the parish over a three year period.  She is deputy superintendent Denise McKain.  Detectives from the Major Organised...

Experts determine that wing fragment found is from missing Malaysian Airlines flight

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:00 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): Experts have confirmed that the debris found on Reunion Island last week was that of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 that went missing last year, Malaysia's prime minister said Wednesday. "It is with a very heavy...

Obama: 'I wish all Jamaicans continued success and prosperity'

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:00 AM

United States President Barack Obama has extended congratulations to Jamaica on the country's 53rd Independence celebration. In a US Embassy release Obama said he is delighted to wish all Jamaicans continued success and prosperity. SEE FULL...

Revenge-seeking gang responsible for Denham Town cop's murder - police

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:23 PMLivern Barrett, Gleaner Writer

The police have now confirmed that a criminal gang based in west Kingston has ordered the deaths of four police personnel as revenge for the killing of its leader. Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Criminal Investigation Branch,...

Gang tipped off about cop's visit to Denham Town premises before murder - police

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett, Gleaner Writer

Assistant Commissioner Ealan Powell has revealed that Constable Lynden Barrett  was killed after members of the Strikers’ Gang were tipped off that he was in the Denham Town community. The new information comes as the Police High Command continues to...

ATHLETICS: High jump champion Shkolina out of Worlds with injury

Published:Wednesday | August 5, 2015 | 11:43 AM

World high jump champion Svetlana Shkolina of Russia will be unable to defend her title in Beijing due to an Achilles tendon tear. Shkolina injured herself while competing at the Russian national championships yesterday and will be out for several...

Pages