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Band of heavily armed thieves raids small city

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): A group of criminals with high-powered rifles stormed a city in Brazil’s southern Parana state late Sunday night, attempting a brazen robbery and engaging police in a shoot-out. Local media reported that the roughly 30...

Six killed, several others injured following vehicular accident

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry says he is “deeply saddened” at the loss of lives following a vehicular accident over the weekend that left at least six people dead and more than 70 others injured. Media reports said that the...

Peace Innovators benefit from capacity peace building

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

SOME 20 representatives from the Peace Innovators and the Trench Town Community Development Committee benefited from a capacity peace-building programme organised by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), through the Community Advancement for...

To the rescue: Old Harbour gets new fire station

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AMMcPherse Thompson/Contributor

Construction has now been completed on the Old Harbour Fire Station, one of four such facilities the Government committed to undertake as part of a multimillion-dollar investment in the infrastructure of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB). The Ministry...

Power of unconditional love

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

THE EDITOR, Madam: You may not be perfect, but Jesus thinks you were worth dying for although He Himself was perfect. Such expression of affection as displayed by Christ was actually the birth of a love revolution, where prior, humans’...

St Mary Kite Festival a huge success

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

It was pure joy on the faces of attendees at the inaugural St Mary Kite and Food Festival on Sunday at Buccaneer’s Jerk and Juice Lawn in St Mary. The event, which was billed as a family-oriented entertainment function, was, from all indications, a...

Gordon Robinson | Pandemic justice

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

In England, whose governance system we shamelessly plagiarise, Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently received a letter of resignation from his justice minister. In a letter to the PM after Bojo achieved the dubious honour of being the first British...

Support Ukraine in every way

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing this letter in support of the open letter from David Abrikian to the Russian Ambassador to Jamaica in The Gleaner. I personally do not think that the ambassador should even be in Jamaica. He should have been asked...

Editorial | Need deeper analysis of missing students

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

It is good news, as was recently reported by Education Minister Fayval Williams, that the majority (73 per cent by her estimate) of the 120,000 primary and high-school students who went missing from the education system during the suspension of...

Rosalea Hamilton | The CARICOM-Commonwealth conundrum

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is again in the throes of a troubling discord surrounding Jamaica’s announcement on April 1 that Kamina Johnson Smith, foreign affairs and foreign trade minister, will challenge the incumbent Patricia Scotland for...

Readers’ reactions – Corrupt Justices

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:06 AM

Several JPs accept cash despite law against charging. Leaders condemn practice as recommendations written, photos signed without knowing citizens. Instagram: “I haven’t been charged, but I have to go through all my grandma’s contacts who don’t...

Shipping Schedule

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:05 AM

April 19-25, 2022 CMA CGM VESSELS ETA KINGSTON PERITO MORENO 19/04 MAJESTIC 19/04 CMA CGM VENTANIA 19/04 VEGA SACHSEN 19/04 ORINOCO 19/04 NADJA 20/04 LUTETIA 20/04 CONTSHIP ZOE 20/04...

Port haulage sector under pressure as costs mount

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:05 AM

The Port Trailer Haulage Association (PTHA) says it under pressure to remain viable as transport rates and delays at the port continue to plague its members. Compounding this, the association said frustrated drivers are leaving in droves for better...

#Carifta2022 | Kennedy’s journey to success ends with Carifta gold

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Delano Kennedy’s personal redemption mission did not come at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs). At the Carifta Games, however, he gained the gold medal he has been seeking in 2022. Kennedy powered through to...

Letter of the Day | Understanding the pattern of racism

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:05 AM

THE EDITOR, Madam: Dr Lascelve Graham’s sentiment in his article ‘Racism: Our day will come’, published in The Gleaner on April 14, should be a reminder to also take the good in everyone and pass it along by example. My favourite is the...

Growth & Jobs | DCFS improves ease of doing business: Online registration now operational

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:05 AM

The Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies (DCFS) has officially launched its online registration and monitoring system as part of efforts to improve the ease of doing business. Addressing the official launch at The Jamaica Pegasus...

Molynes look to build on solid second-round start

Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2022 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer -

Following their 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Montego Bay United in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) yesterday, Molynes United coach Garnett Lawrence is hoping his team can continue to build on what they have achieved in the second round so far....

#Carifta2022 | Jamaica's Carifta dominance continues

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 9:31 PM

Jamaica finished the 2022 Carfita Games well ahead of Caribbean rivals on the medal standings, accounting for 92 of the keepsakes at the end of Monday's final day inside the National Stadium The hosts, who came to the rescue of the competition late...

Jury trials to resume April 20 as COVID wanes

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 8:04 PM

After a two-year break as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, jury trials are to resume in the circuit courts. The Court Administration Division says jury trials will return on April 20, 2022 when the Easter term begins. The...

#Carifta2022 | Jamaica end Games with second relay sweep

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 9:12 PM

Jamaica swept the 4x400m relays to close the 2022 Carifta Games at the National Stadium earlier this evening. The Under-20 Boys' won the title in 3:08.94 seconds ahead of Trinidad and Tobago, who were second in 3:09.67. Barbados was third in 3:10....

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