Fri | Dec 19, 2025

jg_archives

Welcome to Jamrock cruise sold out, no line up announced - Persons urged to join wait list

Published:Thursday | January 17, 2019 | 12:00 AMStephanie Lyew

Maybe it's the variety of activities offered, or the chance to get close to top reggae and dancehall artistes, that led to the Welcome to Jamrock Cruise (WTJRC) being sold out before its sixth staging, according to Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley....

CHEC to pull Chinese-only signs

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMCorey Robinson

Faced with growing criticisms, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has decided to pull all flags, signs, and banners bearing Chinese symbols without their English translations on its construction sites across the island.Allan Brooks,...

Jamaican in Netflix's The Punisher

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMKimberley Small

Local comic book fans will be happy to know that there is a Jamaican playing alongside Marvel's gritty, take-no-prisoners superhero The Punisher on the popular Netflix streaming platform.Jamaican Jason R. Moore portrays the trusted, confident Curtis...

Mark Wignall | Prisoner rehabilitation will never win votes

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Cecil doesn't remember it, but when he was about 10 years old in 1972, his aunt, who raised him, told him that his mother carried him to her five years before and told her that she had to leave the island in a hurry and she would soon be back.That...

Gordon Robinson | Cross-eyed diplomacy

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Everybody knows Jamaica recently voted to approve an OAS resolution "to not recognise the legitimacy of Nicol·s Maduro's new term as of the 10th of January 2019".The resolution tabled against Maduro was proposed by the USA and seconded by Argentina...

Story of the Song | June Isaacs wakes up to Gregory's R&B 'pleasant surprise' - The Cool Ruler always had a Mills & Boon romance novel

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMMel Cooke

One morning, June Isaacs woke up to a pleasant surprise - literally - from her husband Gregory. He was playing his guitar and singing "I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise". It was the beginning of the R...

Martin Henry | As bad as Jamaica's Parliament is ...

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Poorly paid they may be, but no public servant in Jamaica is ever likely to go without their little monthly pay cheque. As is the case in the United States right now with a partial shutdown of the federal government which started on December 22 last...

Chris Tufton | Empathy, partnership, data: fighting dengue frontally

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Since declaring the dengue outbreak on January 3, I have interacted with hundreds of Jamaicans, all of whom are anxious over the disease while being bombarded with news of an increasing number of cases, including the deaths of some of our children....

Chinese xenophobia misplaced, says Clarke

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson

Chinese xenophobic sentiments in relation to investments in Jamaica by the world's second-largest economy are misplaced, according to Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke."It is misplaced and grounded in reading the newspaper...

Fusion of creativity and styles

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMPaul H. Williams

Recently, the lounge of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation's (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre at Marcus Garvey Drive in St Andrew was transformed into a fusion of art, fashion, style, vibrant colours, and creativity in a showcase aptly...

Poems

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Against All Odds (A Poem for Jodian)She was high.He took her there;But without warningHe dropped her.And just like that,Her heart hit the pavement.It didn't shatter though,It only broke.Guess he didn't take her high enough.Thank God!Because she...

Better tests for breasts - UHWI acquires state-of-the-art machine to conduct mammograms

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMNadine Wilson-Harris

The recent acquisition of a tomosynthesis 3D mammography machine by The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is expected to help reduce the discomfort experienced by women during mammograms.Chief executive officer of the UHWI, Kevin Allen,...

Oran Hall | Building a better credit score

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I read your column in The Gleaner about credit scores and I am interested in advice pertaining to building a better credit score for 2019, but I lack guidance.Personal Adviser:Your correspondence suggests that you do have a credit score,...

Banking on Errol - Greene to stay in the west until problems at the Cornwall Regional Hospital are fixed

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue

Chief executive officer of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Errol Greene will not be returning to that institution anytime soon.Greene had been seconded to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) for six months last April and should have...

Methodists commemorate 230th Anniversary of Ministry in Jamaica

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Beginning today (Sunday January 20, 2019) with an open-air worship service at the Coke Methodist Church in Kingston, the Methodist Church in Jamaica will launch year-long activities to mark the 230th anniversary of the landing of Thomas Coke, a...

Cedric Stephens | When are promised insurance reforms likely to take effect?

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Question: What is the maximum in loss of use expenses that my husband and I can claim as a result of the loss of our vehicle? We received a loss of use form from the third party's insurers. It suggests that those costs are limited to 14 days. We are...

Gen Z entrepreneurs view higher education as vital to their startups

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMEric J. Barron

Today's college students - dubbed Generation Z - are beginning to make their mark on the workplace with a distinctly unconventional and often irreverent approach to problem solving. In my day-to-day interactions with our students, I find that this...

Man exonerated after 45 years sells his prison art to get by

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

FERNDALE, Michigan (AP):Richard Phillips said he didn't mope much during the 45 years he wrongfully spent in prison. He painted watercolours in his cell: warm landscapes, portraits of famous people like Mother Teresa, vases of flowers, a bassist...

Yaneek Page | Make customer peace and safety a priority in 2019

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

IMPORTANT NOTICE;XYZ Ja is the ultimate place to escape and relax while being pampered.Please RESPECT others' quiet zone. Please use earphones to listen to any music or sounds from your phones or gadgets.- Signed: ManagementBusinesswise:...

David Jessop | Brexit: the long view

Published:Friday | January 18, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Despite the British electorate having voted to leave the European Union (EU) two and half years ago, there is still no consensus on how to proceed.As had been wholly predictable for months, the week past showed very publicly that there is no...

Pages