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Likkle Tea, big market - Patrique Goodall carves niche in US$50-billion tea industry

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Patrique Goodall says she has always had a hustler's mentality. As a prefect at the top western Jamaica all-girls Montego Bay High School in St James, she sold space in...

UK businesses brace for no-deal Brexit

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

DUNSTABLE, England (AP):Brexit has British business owners on edge - and that is great news for Lovespace, a storage and warehousing company outside London.Lovespace, which collects boxes from customers, stores...

5 Questions with Koffee

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small/Gleaner Writer

Like Dorothy down a psychedelic yellow brick road, shining gold with each step, 18-year-old reggae singjay Koffee is charting her own path in the music industry. In almost a year, she has already become a local household name, with a steadily...

Jamaica Producers supplies school with bananas

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica Producers Group has further extended its efforts and resources to ensure that no child in Jamaica starts their day at school hungry by selecting neighbouring schools to become beneficiaries of the JP St Mary's Heritage Project.Recently, John...

Peter Espeut | Quid pro quo

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Next month will make 26 years that I have been writing this weekly column, and I would like to be able to say that the number and seriousness of political scandals have declined over the period. Regrettably, I can't.Whether the Jamaica Labour Party...

Less beef, more beans - Experts say world needs a new diet

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):A hamburger a week, but no more - that's about as much red meat people should eat to do what's best for their health and the planet, according to a report seeking to overhaul the...

No idle life on Eden Hill

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

In rural Jamaica, the land of wood, water and rock, there is so much that nature has to offer: wood, leaves, grass, fronds, barks, seeds, shells, stones, clay, and mall.From these gifts of nature many things, such as necklaces, clothes, head wear,...

Bert Samuels | After the SOEs, what next?

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Against the backdrop of Jamaica having one of the highest crime rates, I have detected that the scourge of crime here has been diagnosed as being as a consequence of the freedoms we enjoy. The view held in some quarters is that should we give up...

Fire victim says thanks

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:It has been one month since my house was burnt down in Cockburn Pen, St Andrew, which was covered under the newspaper headline 'Christmas crushed'.It has been a rough month having to start all over again, having been burnt out three...

Windies too inconsistent

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:England's cricket tour of the West Indies is just around the corner. But I am not inspired by it; I am expecting England to crush the Windies.The current West Indies players are good on paper, but they do not show it in their actions...

Hypocrisy in Venezuela vote

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I see where the Jamaican Government has voted not to recognise President Nicol·s Maduro as the legitimate president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. They have not really given us a compelling reason for their decision.The...

Change yourself before changing others

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:As a 21st-century youth living in a society that is influenced by a plethora of factors, including the media, technology and celebrities of all kinds, I have realised that some individuals have allowed all these factors to dictate...

Haven't had a proper bath for weeks

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am happy to hear that the Mandela Highway pipeline has been repaired, but the community of Whitehaven Gardens, on Whitehall Avenue, in the vicinity of Red Hills Road, has had no water, not even the normal little trickle that would...

BOJ’s inflation target missed again

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

A decline in agricultural prices, along with a significant reduction in international oil prices, resulted in the consumer price index falling by one per cent for December 2018, bringing the annual point-to-point...

Buju promises energetic set

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AMSade Gardner/Gleaner Writer

Grammy-winning superstar Buju Banton has promised to deliver an energetic 90-minute set at the Kingston leg of the Long Walk to Freedom tour on March 16.The artiste, who has not performed in Jamaica for nearly a decade, promised fans in a recorded...

Weird business logic at Max Glass Shop

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I wanted to bring to your attention my experience at Max Glass Shop at 55 Manchester Avenue in May Pen, Clarendon, on Thursday, January 10, 2019.I was doing home renovation, and having decided to put a sliding panel on the bath, the...

Nine dead in car bombing at police academy in Colombia capital

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP):At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured in a car bombing at a police academy in Colombia's capital on Thursday, recalling the high-profile attacks associated with the bloodiest chapters of the country's drug-...

Modify Me off to a hip start in Montego Bay

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

Self-taught artist Danielle Lee, who has been painting over the past seven years, has become an expert in the field of tattoo art. She recently opened Modify Me at the Iconic Fearview Plaza in Montego Bay.The 24-year-old, who did a body modification...

Brexit talks by UK's May called a 'stunt' by opposition

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):A weakened but defiant Prime Minister Theresa May met lawmakers from Britain's rival Brexit factions yesterday to try to forge a replacement for her rejected European Union (EU) exit plan.But the country's main opposition leader branded...

Letter of the Day | Use NHT surplus to boost paltry pensions

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Having watched the current debate on TVJ regarding the minimum wage vs liveable wage, permit me to add my two cents.Most persons have come down on the side that the current $7,000 weekly minimum wage is not liveable. While this may...

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