Days after a roaring fire engulfed the May Pen Market in Clarendon, residents continue to express concerns surrounding the reliability of fire trucks in the parish. A single unit made efforts to contain the fire, but it was not enough to contain...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has commended the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) for the seamless execution of its modernisation programme. The programme includes the upgrading of major components of the communications, navigation and...
Students and teachers at the Chavannes Basic School in Barbican were in a celebratory mood as the bathroom facility at the 43-year-old school was renovated and upgraded by the JN Bank Member Advisory Council. “The bathroom was in a really bad...
O’Neil Morris, a resident of the Marie Atkins Night Shelter (MANS), feels blessed and upbeat about this Christmas, despite having a misfortune which forced him to become a resident at the shelter. The Marie Atkins Night Shelter is a project of...
Wednesday, December 25, was a day that Paul Burke wanted to come and disappear as soon as possible. For the first time, he spent it without his mother, Norma Burke Daley, lovingly called ‘Icy’, who died earlier this year. Recalling his last...
I have been a Note user for more than five years, with my first introduction to the series being the Note 4. It had a leatherish back that made it look distinguishable, and internal technology that was ahead of its time. Now I am testing the Note...
The main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) says it will soon start the process to select a prime ministerial candidate to contest the March 2 general election next year. PPP/C General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said that the party...
A United Nations humanitarian agency says deteriorating economic conditions this year, including low growth rate, high inflation and an increase in the cost of basic food items, have had a negative impact on the humanitarian situation in Haiti. The...
The police in the British Overseas Territory of Cayman say that a road-safety campaign will continue into the new year with intensified road enforcement operations. The announcement was made in a recent statement which gave details of the campaign...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1, rocked sections of Haiti, early Saturday. The US Geological Survey reports that shortly after 5am (local time), the tremor was recorded 23 kilometers to the south-east of the community of Kenscoff. The...
An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Carlisha Anderson, otherwise called ‘Sheaka,’ of Saigon district in Barrett Town, St James who has been missing since Saturday, December 28. She is of dark complexion, stout...
Thirty-year-old Tremaine Melford, otherwise called ‘Zico’, a meter technician of 4 West, Greater Portmore in St Catherine is scheduled to face the court to answer to the charge of murder committed in the parish on Friday, December 06....
Detectives assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division charged one man with attempted murder and wounding with intent on Saturday, December 21. He is 20-year-old David Williams of Lloydville, Yallahs, St Thomas. A court date is to be set. The...
The police are reporting that a 16-year-old student of Cassava Piece Road in St Andrew has been charged with burglary. The police say the teen was arrested after he broke into a house in his community on Tuesday, October 22. They say he was...
Investigators assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division are probing the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash that claimed the life of a man on the Six Miles Bridge, Duhaney Park in the parish on Friday. It is of dark complexion, medium...
In recent times, we have heard through the media of the impending sale of Jamaica Beverages Limited (JBL) to satisfy, among other reasons, a staggering, estimated $560-million personal injury award against that company. In our last column, we...
Climate Change has been on the tips of many tongues, far and wide. And although some still think it is all a sham, many now see it as the enemy at the gate. It is my belief that we are losing this fight, and I will even go a step further to say...
Jamaica is a developing nation with much potential but it, unfortunately, suffers from high levels of systematic corruption and lack of discipline. According to Transparency International, in 2018, Jamaica was the 70th least corrupt country in the...
I must concur with the stance taken by the governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Richard Byles, when he posits that Jamaica needs to create more high-value jobs. Jamaicans need to stop with the mentality of deciding what our nation’s children can become...
In recent years, “development” has been touted as the most pressing objective of successive administrations. One such area regarded as important for development is the public sector and its urgent need for reform. While Jamaica has made some...
Buying items on your wish list It’s easier than you think But trying to fill the luxury gap Has pushed me to the brink – Heaven 17, Key To The World The Christmas season is over and the new year is upon us. With it comes the harsh,...
Happy New Year when it comes, family! I hope as we ring in the new year this week, that it will be a time of joy, peace and love for you. If you’re like me, then this is also a time of reflection and planning for the year ahead. Lately, I have...
Mandeville, Manchester: ‘Rainbow, rainbow, God put a rainbow in my window’ and ‘Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet’ were two of the songs that Tamara Hylton began singing as a child at rallies and church concerts as she found her love for gospel music...
In 2016, in a face-to-face talk, I had advised The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona’s artificial intelligence lecturer to introduce artificial neural networks, also known as modern artificial intelligence (AI), as an independent course to...
The story of Samson and Delilah, which is dramatised in the book of Judges, Chapter 16, tells the story of the world’s strongest man, reduced to a puny weakling, meeting an untimely death all in the name of love. A beautiful Philistine woman,...
