One can tell that artistes mean business when they do a collab and then step up their game with a well thought-out, GQ-esque photo shoot to accompany the song. Wayne Wonder and Frankie Sly’s recently released single, Party All Night Long, produced...
Andre Barnaby is on a quest to ensure that people in and around his community are actively keeping their environment clean. He has been providing decorated garbage bins that have been placed at strategic locations to motivate people to use them,...
LONDON: George Dyer, one of London’s most renowned tailors, has died at age 67, following a heart attack. The bespoke couturier from St Elizabeth, Jamaica, worked with an array of celebrities during an illustrious career spanning decades. Dyer...
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC): The Belize government has confirmed that Ambassador Alexis Rosado has “relinquished” his diplomatic posting overseas after he appeared in a court on sexually related charges. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
LONDON: Britain’s longest-serving black MP, Diane Abbott, could soon have a park renamed in her honour thanks to a slavery review conducted by Labour-controlled Brent Council in north west London. Gladstone Park, in the Dollis Hill area of the...
It was probably for the best that Rwandan President Paul Kagame was in the middle of a three-day visit to Jamaica when news broke of the extraordinary asylum deal Rwanda had struck with the United Kingdom (UK). With no opportunity to grill the...
The Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) is encouraging its customers’ children at the primary, preparatory and high-school levels to nominate a teacher who has helped them through the challenges of COVID, so that their teachers can be...
THE NATIONAL Baking Company Foundation (NBCF) has been announced as a lead sponsor of the 2022 Child Month celebrations. The event, organised by the National Child Month Committee, will be celebrated under the theme, ‘Listen up! Children’s Voices...
THE EDITOR, Madam: I have always been a great fan of editorial cartoons. So, when a story appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s website concerning a newspaper editor issuing an apology for a cartoon he had published, it piqued my...
THE EDITOR, Madam: One of the noticeable traits of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is his calm demeanour, although he is perceived by some in his country as authoritarian. Despite this, Kagame has managed to balance his image well. Especially...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Everyone, including children, deserves to enjoy the highest standard of physical and mental health. This is not the case for children who are bullied. Children who are bullied can experience depression, anxiety and increased...
To my friend, Dr Johny Coomansingh, whose call I missed and made the excuse, “My phone responds only some of the time. It is like a worker in Trinidad.” George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright, satirist and Nobel Prize winner, quipped, “...
CARICOM states led the way in the Organization of American States (OAS) on April 21 in a historic vote to suspend the status of the Russian Federation as a permanent observer to the OAS. Eleven other CARICOM countries supported Antigua and Barbuda...
Nadine Braham, a single mother of a 12-year-old blind child who is also diagnosed with sickle cell disease, speech impediment and autism, has been longing to go back to work and regain her independence ever since her son was born. Since Tyrique...
Health officials across the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) are sharing the optimism of Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and Dr Brian James, president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), that the island is in a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Thursday blamed poor infrastructure and a lacklustre garbage-collection system for Tuesday’s devastating floods that caused the death of 12-year-old Jennel Walters, whose grandmother, 68-year-old...
Head of the School of Education at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Marcia Rainford, has expressed concern that the definition of a teacher in the Jamaica Teaching Council Act, 2022, eliminates most educators at the early childhood level...
The Ministry of Education and Youth is accepting applications for the Jamaica Youth Ambassadors Programme (JAYAP). The programme is open to Jamaicans between 18 and 27 years of age with a demonstrable record of leadership; who must be of sound...
A Manning Cup footballer was shot dead on Friday night in a drive-by shooting in West Kingston. The Gleaner understands that the player was celebrating his birthday when he was shot. Two other persons also received gunshot wounds. A coach at...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Unvaccinated children aged five to 11 travelling with a fully vaccinated adult will no longer need a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning Monday, the federal government said. Pre-entry tests will still be needed for...