Recently there's been a lot of writing and tweeting about Jamaican Patois, whether it ought to be recognised as a separate language, and whether it ought to be integrated into the school system as the primary language of instruction, thereby making...
"Zimbabwe is open for business" was President Emmerson Mnangagwa's slogan in the July election that was supposed to show that the long and destructive reign of dictator Robert Mugabe, overthrown late last year, is really now a thing of the past. The...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue
As the Jamaican market continues to be flooded by foreign goods, participants in the latest Gleaner On the Corner with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) forum made a strong call for more protection for local products.The residents of...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis Sr
It was tense time for Carlene Deacon, mother of Konya Plummer, the captain of Jamaica Reggae Girlz, and other residents of Epson, St Mary, as they awaited the results of a FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying game against...
MBJ Airports Limited will conduct a full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise, titled 'Exercise Mockingbird', at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) on Thursday.The activity is to be confined to designated areas within the operational footprint...
TECUN UMAN, (AP):A United States-bound caravan that once totalled more than 3,000 Central American migrants looked to be about a third that size yesterday morning, when its remaining members woke up on a bridge that divides the borders of Guatemala...
ISTANBUL (AP):Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said yesterday, reflecting international scepticism over the...
LONDON (AP):Hundreds of thousands of protesters opposed to Britain's impending exit from the European Union marched through central London yesterday, demanding a new referendum and to have a say on the government's final Brexit deal with the EU....
MEXICO CITY (AP):Two tropical storms are swirling in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, and one is forecast to become a hurricane and approach the country's west coast late this week.Tropical Storm Willa is the 21st named storm of the eastern Pacific...
TALLAHASSEE, (AP) Visit Florida is launching a US$9 million marketing plan to show that much of the state is open for business following Hurricane Michael.The Orlando Sentinel reports that the taxpayer-funded tourism agency's executive committee...
The two-match Test series between the West Indies, or The Windies, and India is done and dusted, and it is not surprising that India cruised to an easy and fairly comfortable 2-0 victory.What was surprising about India's victory was the ease with...
TORONTO, Canada (CMC):The Canadian Premier League (CPL) is the ideal professional league for Caribbean footballers who are finding it difficult to break through into the European circuit.That is the view of Stephen Hart, a former coach of the Soca...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarlene Davis
The Jamaica Fire Brigade is short a commissioner, two deputy commissioners, with several other top positions also vacant.The Sunday Gleaner has confirmed that the fire brigade is also short of a director of the human resource department and a...
GUWAHATI, India (CMC):Jason Holder has praised Marlon Samuels as one of West Indies' best, as the veteran right-hander prepares to play his 200th one-day international today.The 37-year-old Samuels is the most experienced player in an otherwise...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMAkino Ming
In September, Michael Ricketts told The Sunday Gleaner that if the Reggae Girlz achieved qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup it would be the landmark achievement for his tenure as president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).And...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has repeated its warning to members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force not to tamper with shooting scenes.This followed the fatal shooting of Renardo Powell on Marescaux Road in central Kingston...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMAkino Ming
Harbour Football Club will host a fundraiser in aid of former national player Luton Shelton during tomorrow night's Red Stripe Premier League match against Mount Pleasant.Chairman Carvel Stewart has promised that the club will be doing all they can...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMNodley Wright
Fans of the Red Stripe Premier League, particularly those in the Corporate Area, will be spoilt for choices in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) today, with five quality matches on offer.On the face of it, the matchup between defending champions...
Published:Saturday | October 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters
Dick Cardenas appeared to briefly toy with the idea of tapping PATRIARCH with the whip a furlong out in yesterday's six-furlong Ahwhofah Sprint. However, that would have been a waste of energy aboard a horse literally winning on a canter.PATRIARCH...