ROCHELLE CAMPBELL From I was a child, living at our home in Lime Hall, St Ann, my dad, Everis Campbell, has always been active in my life. He and my mother have been my number one cheerleaders throughout the years, and I have learned so much...
AP: Father’s Day is traditionally celebrated the third Sunday of June. Many countries with a Catholic heritage, however, such as Portugal and Spain, have already honoured fathers on March 19: the feast of St Joseph, husband of Mary and patron saint...
Jerry Ellis proudly wears many hats. He is a biological father, a stepfather, a foster father and a godfather. Ellis was ushered into fatherhood as a godfather at the age of 17. It happened when his parents provided temporary accommodation to a...
When Curtis McDonald decided to meet up with friends on the corner in his Trench Town community six years ago, he thought it was going to be just another typical afternoon of chatting, telling jokes, and idling the time away. Little did he know,...
After popular demands, viewers are in for yet another awesome experience with the return of ‘Love Zone – New Chapter’ with the very talented Alrick McKenzie this Sunday at 4 p.m. on Television Jamaica (TVJ). ‘Love Zone – New Chapter’ will bring to...
Rev Dwight Fletcher The Bible tells us to “Honour your father and mother”– which is the first commandment with a promise – “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” Ephesians 6:2 (NIV). There is a promise with...
Food lovers and those looking for creativity and high drama in the kitchen are in for an amazing treat with week after week of delicious, fun, mouth-watering cook-offs on the new series ‘Family Food Battle’. This exciting series started on...
Retired Supreme Court Judge Wesley James has passed away. James, who was 85, died in hospital on Friday where he was admitted after he fell ill at home. James retired from the Bench in 2006. Retired President of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour...
The Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is reporting that some services at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) were affected this morning when water pipes burst and flooded the Accident & Emergency Department and the operating theatres....
The police are reporting the seizure of a magazine with ten 9mm rounds of ammunition along Distribution Boulevard in St Andrew and the arrest and charge of a man. Thirty-five-year-old Headley Ennis of Chester Avenue, Kingston 11 has been charged...
A decomposing body was today found in bushes near the Caymanas entrance to the North-South Highway in St Catherine. The deceased is yet to be identified. The discovery was made by passersby who raised an alarm. The police were called to the scene...
The Long Pond Distillery in Clark's Town, Trelawny is now fully up and running, providing employment and manufacturing rum for the local and export markets. The distillery, operated by National Rums of Jamaica (NRJ), suffered extensive damage...
The Government will be focusing on a Deposit Refund Scheme, backed by legislation, for plastic bottles. Providing an update on the ban of some single-use plastic packaging materials in the Senate on Friday, Minister without Portfolio in the...
The United States Embassy in Kingston has thrown its support behind a local initiative to raise awareness and provide counselling intervention for persons impacted by gender-based violence (GBV) in Jamaica. The US Embassy, Kingston provided grant...
Ian Lee Stewart is overjoyed to have a new place to call home. Hardly able to contain his happiness, he said the house will make a big difference as his former dwelling was leaking and falling apart. Stewart received a two-bedroom unit equipped...
LONDON: Even as the black/Caribbean community welcomed news that several persons had been included on this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list, there has been criticism of the award scheme. This year’s recipients include former professional...
The announcement that Jamaica has begun the process that could remove the Queen as head of state by 2025 was an early birthday present for the island, mere months away from celebrating its 60th year as an independent country. When the chief of...
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL BUSINESS operators who attended this week’s eighth Annual International Conference and Exhibition (AICE) 2022 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James, are praising it for the networking opportunities it...
A man who struck a deal and pleaded guilty to murdering Payless Car Mart operator Robert Mendez in 2014 has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. But John Jarrett will not be eligible for parole until he serves 15 years.
After two days of deliberations in which they reached verdicts on nearly all of the questions put before them, United States jurors in a civil trial who were deciding on sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby will have to start from scratch on Monday.
The RJRGLEANER Communications Group says the proposed payout to shareholders of 1834 Investments, whose businesses are to be acquired by Radio Jamaica Limited, has been revised. Radio Jamaica is a subsidiary of the group.
Former St Ann Chamber of Commerce president and owner of Evita's Italian Restaurant in Ocho Rios, Evita Myers, has died. Myers died Friday morning in Montego Bay, St James after ailing for some time. She was 79.
Attorney General Dr Derrick McKoy says the Government is "committed" to following the Constitution after a court ruling that regulations governing a 2018 state of emergency (SOE) in St James violated Jamaica's supreme law and a citizen's fundamental rights.
The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) says the government may have exposed taxpayers to payments of millions of dollars to citizens who were detained under states of emergency (SOE) regulations that the Supreme Court has ruled to be unconstitutional.
