It's full speed ahead where the regularisation of the cannabis industry is concerned, according to Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw.He made the sentiments clear at the opening address of the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural Show."We have got...
Days after delivering a crowd-pleasing set at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley shared with The Gleaner plans to expand his medical marijuana business while bristling at reports that he was exiting it."That's false. I am still...
Agriculture minister in the Cayman Islands Juliana O'Connor-Connolly says her country has adopted Jamaica's mantra of 'eat what you grow, grow what you eat'.Speaking to The Gleaner on Saturday at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in...
Washington, DC:DC World Reggae Festival, an Embassy of Jamaica-endorsed event, will have its inaugural staging on August 19, 2018 featuring Jamaican artistes such as Shabba Ranks, Chronixx, Toots and The Maytals, Kes the Band, Raging Fyah, Rupee,...
The committee responsible for divesting the Riverton dump in St Andrew has come under scrutiny from Dennis Chung, chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA).Frequent fires at the dump have affected the health and well-being of...
The portable solar generator stood out among the displays in the Clarendon Pavilion at the 66th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon. It's all thanks to a group of innovative students from the Vere Technical...
Kayon Patton is hoping that exhibiting her designs at the 66th staging of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial and Food Show will prove beneficial for her Neat Stitch business.Patton, who produces custom-made designs, school uniforms and...
NEW YORK (AP):The executive producer of the CBS news show 60 Minutes is delaying his return from vacation until an investigation into sexual misconduct claims at the network wraps up.Allegations against the executive producer, Jeff Fager, and CBS...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I read with interest your editorial, The price society pays, published on August 4. Your opening paragraph, "Utility companies reminded us this week how notoriously difficult it is to do business in Jamaica by explaining the high...
Patrons to the Children of Jamaica (COJO) 2018 Summer Soiree enjoyed the long-awaited warm weather, beautiful fashions and delectable food and drink with a definite 'Jamaican accent'.Hosted as usual by gracious Jamaica-born Vilma and Dalbert Daley...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ(AP)President Donald Trump on Sunday acknowledged that the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Kremlin-connected lawyer and his son was to collect information about his political opponent, casting new light on a moment central to the...
Forty-three per cent of the cases that were disposed of in the Home Circuit Court during the just-concluded Easter term ended with a conviction.That's according to the latest figures released by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (...
The Supreme Court last Friday granted an injunction preventing the board of management of the Kensington Primary School in Portmore, St Catherine, from blocking a five-year-old girl from entering the school because of her dreadlocked hairstyle.The...
There will be no Independence celebrations for residents of 68 and 70 Bond Street in Denham Town, west Kingston, today. They will instead spend the day trying to make preparations to move on with their lives after fire ravaged their houses yesterday...
BERLIN (AP):A vintage propeller plane plunged near-vertically into a Swiss mountain, killing all 20 people on board as they returned from a two-day trip to southern Switzerland, investigators said Sunday.The Junkers Ju-52 plane, operated by small...
Major Jamaican business process outsourcing firm itelbpo is leading the charge for environmental protection with a 'plastic-free' campaign.The campaign, under the theme 'No Plastic is Fantastic,' comes amid a call internationally for the reduction...
The country knows Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2017, Dainalyn Swaby, as a brilliant, spirited young woman carefully carved out for purpose and bent on leaving a positive impact.And with her rise to success came the public's introduction to an...
Mandeville, Manchester:Picture a woman climbing the corporate ladder steadily, adding the final touches to her master's degree, in the process of starting her doctoral studies, and holding down a job she is passionate about while cementing the...
A group of Campion College students is calling on Jamaicans to donate unwanted school khaki uniforms to students in need. They have formed UniCycle Jamaica, a school uniform recycling initiative whose mission is to collect gently used khaki uniforms...
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday blasted the Opposition Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell, for demanding that the Government remove the special consumption tax (SCT) on fuel used to hedge against price increases.Paulwell has made...
Manchester, Jamaica:In a time when ladies have become more liberal with their church attire - with skirts getting tighter, dresses hugging bodies more and tops cut a little deeper - it is becoming harder for Christian men to keep on the path of the...
Is there a love affair between Jamaicans and a hot chocolate beverage commonly called chocolate tea? It appears so.Hot chocolate has traditionally been a favourite of Jamaicans, and the trend continues each year at Emancipation Jubilee, held at...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has partly attributed a sharp decline in domestic food prices to the 2.8 per cent out-turn in inflation for June, a deviation from the 3.5 per cent to 6.5 per cent target under Jamaica's standby agreement with the...
Jamaicans from all across the island turned out in large numbers on Tuesday night (July 31) at Seville in St Ann to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Emancipation Jubilee under the theme 'The Genesis'.Performers, stretching from Westmoreland in the...
Western Bureau:Professor Verene Shepherd, chairperson of the National Commission on Reparation, has blamed the country's political forefathers for the struggles reparation advocates are now facing."We did not negotiate the reparation package at the...
