The heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank warned on Wednesday that rising interest rates are squeezing the world’s poorest countries as they struggle with the coronavirus and soaring food prices. There is “a huge build-up of...
LONDON (AP): The crowded field to buy Chelsea now features 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. A long-standing fan of Arsenal, Hamilton has seized the opportunity to invest in their London...
Below is a statement from Shadow Minister of Land, Environment and Climate Change Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns for Earth Today 2022. As we commemorate Earth Day 2022 under the theme ‘Invest in our Planet’, it is a timely reminder that we must...
THE TRANSPORT Authority (TA) will be revising the requirements for the licensing of public passenger vehicles, according to Minister of Transport and Mining Audley Shaw. Shaw said the change is to ensure “better screening” and assessment of...
After a more than two years absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) youth leagues are set to return this weekend with the playing of the Valeo-sponsored competitions. The competitions which are...
Caribbean Cement Company Limited has recorded a health and safety milestone of 1,000 days free from accidents among employees and contractors at its Rockfort plant in Kingston. This milestone was officially reached on April 17, and, come July,...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Franklin Witter, says that the ministry has allocated an additional $10 million in support to the Plantain Pilot Project for the 2022-2023 period. He was speaking at the St Mary Agri-...
THE MINISTRY of Justice says it notes with great concern the articles published in the April 17 edition of The Sunday Gleaner, ‘Corrupt justices’ and ‘Injustice of the peace’, and assures the public that the ministry does not condone the deviant...
Fairly new on the scenes, singer-songwriter Joby Jay is feeling “proud” as she was recently named JaRIA’s Breakthrough Artiste of the Year. She is known for the single Big Girl Ting, which is more than a saying for the singer. It is a lifestyle and...
A senior attorney-at-law on Wednesday blasted the Government for giving lip service to the justice system and instituting measures, such as longer sentences, that continue to add to the inefficiencies in the system while calling for much more to be...
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is encouraging team members, guests and community stakeholders to participate in specially curated activities in observance of World Earth Day 2022 as the company continues to champion environment and marine...
With an updated look and a strong cohort of designers, the beloved reggae-inspired apparel brand Cooyah re-emerged at its newly renovated 96 Hope Road location last Thursday to resounding applause. It’s a long-awaited new start that was welcomed by...
THE EDITOR, Madam: When the Internet made its debut, very few people understood how it worked. For that reason, most individuals had little control over the types of content they saw and even put out. It was safe to ascribe a fair extent of human...
THE EDITOR, Madam: The headline of the Sunday Gleaner of April 17, ‘Corrupt justices’, made me feel very embarrassed. I have been serving as a justice of the peace (JP) since December 2003 and I know of others who have been serving for more than...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaicans are very creative and the evidence of this creativity registers much in our cultural expressions, such as in our dance. We could reference the ‘80s and ‘90s where dance moves such as Water-pumpy, Della Move, Bogle and...
During the current fiscal year, the Government will spend J$7.1 billion on its school feeding programme, providing breakfasts and lunches to 130,000 students. We wish more children could be accommodated in the programme. For as the education...
A few weeks ago, around the time of the tabling of the 2022-2023 Budget, there was a bit of discussion about the cost of food for inmates in the island’s prisons. The discussion which caused some uneasiness was prodded by a news report in the...
I was intrigued by the results of an opinion poll conducted in February this year by the Mona Centre for Leadership and Governance at The University of the West Indies. The poll found that only a little over one-third (36 per cent) of Jamaica’s...
Of course, the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) did not die in the pandemic. But they had refrained from giving live shows for the past two years, so their return to the stage of the Little Theatre on Easter morning was a resurrection of sorts...
AS THE country tries to recover and move on from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that there is great focus placed on areas such as education. Students have lost thousands of classroom hours, which has put a significant strain on the...