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Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 4:19 PMStephanie LyewGleaner Writer

The I Love Soca Cooler Festival is considered by many as one of the best fetes annually, in and outside of the carnival season, and as one of the larger of the events catering to soca lovers for the Easter weekend, the organisers certainly set...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 2:50 PM

Montego Bay’s Acting Mayor Richard Vernon wants to meet with representatives of the Agriculture Ministry to discuss plans for the development of a slaughterhouse in St James.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:03 PM

The St James Police yesterday seized a Glock 9mm pistol with a magazine containing four 9mm cartridges in Bogue Heights. The police say no one was arrested. The weapon and ammunition were seized during an operation on Comet Drive in Bogue...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 11:26 AM

The Health Ministry has declared April 24-30 as Pap Smear Week as part of efforts to raise awareness about cervical cancer, now the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Jamaican women. A pap smear is a medical examination that...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 10:04 AM

The decision of a federal judge to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 9:51 AM

Johnson & Johnson is suspending sales forecasts for its COVID-19 vaccine only a few months after saying the shot could bring in as much as $3.5 billion this year. A global supply surplus and uncertainty about future demand — fuelled in...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 8:33 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more.  Take a look at this week past's line-up of cartoons as...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 8:24 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

Using the prime minister's example, the agriculture ministry must now step forward with innovative initiatives to encourage persons to grow their own food. With the increase in food prices and everything else, people need to be able to provide healthy meals for their families.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 8:14 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

Residents have been expressing their anger as a man was allegedly shot and killed in his yard by a soldier. Family and community members are adamant that the victim was a peaceful mediator and did not deserve such a death.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 8:00 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

The reports of justices of the peace (JPs) charging for their services have upset many. However, Jeanette Calder, executive director of the Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP), says there needs to be an alternative system in place as many citizens neither know JPs nor are known by them.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 7:51 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

Women in Parliament as well as other professional spheres are in full agreement with Portland Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Ann-Marie Vaz for a review of the standing orders regarding women’s dress code in Parliament. Others have argued that this policy should be changed all around as Jamaicans should design a dress code that is appropriate for the climate.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 7:43 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

Dr Mindi Fitz-Henley, president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association, says time will tell regarding the lifting of some COVID-19 measures. She describes the move as being premature and warns that any rise in numbers from the US can filter here.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 7:36 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production

There was extreme sadness and disgust in a Westmoreland community where it was reported that a relative abused his toddler sibling and cousin. The mother of the younger child is asking for the accused to be thoroughly punished.

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) in conjunction with title sponsors Dream XI out of India will bowl off the Jamaica T10 Blast competition with the Middlesex Titans taking on the Surrey Kings at 10:45 a.m. in the first match of a double-header...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:10 AMAsha Wilks/Gleaner Writer

Miracle Travel Limited, a job-placement service contracted by a group of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) students to secure employment under the United States J-1 visa summer work and travel programme in 2020, has come under growing scrutiny...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SMALL-string trainer, Dale Murphy, yesterday enjoyed his best day ever as a conditioner at Caymanas Park - RUNAWAY ALGO making every post a winning one in the Easter Sprint Cup, turning back 1-5 favourite MAHOGANY - after earlier landing a massive...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:10 AM

(Associated Press): A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Cancer cells develop in nearly all prostates as men age, and most prostate cancers are harmless....

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:10 AM

More than 1,000 persons are expected to arrive in June for the island’s first major conference in two years after event restrictions were lifted last month as the number of COVID-19 cases in the island decreases. The Annual International Conference...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:10 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Some 20 years ago, carpenter Dave Wright looked at the abandoned Montpelier train station in St James and saw it as the perfect home for his furniture operation. Securing a lease with the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC), he soon breathed new life...

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Despite winning her first individual gold medal in the long jump competition at the 2022 Carifta Games, multitalented Jamaican athlete Serena Cole has her sights fixed on competing in the 100 metres at this year’s World Under-20 Championships. Cole...

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