DARPA funded the development of a new computer chip that's hardwired to get simple problems wrong but can help computers understand the world.Your math teacher lied to you. Sometimes getting your sums wrong is a good thing.So says Joseph Bates,...
The Government has spent $800 million to procure textbooks for the 2016-17 academic year.Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid made the disclosure during a back-to-school press conference at the ministry's Heroes Circle offices in Kingston recently....
Published:Saturday | September 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Some 1,500 positions are now available at Xerox Jamaica, as human resource (HR) manager, Helen Broomfield, disclosed that they are currently recruiting youngsters from across the island for the vacancies.Speaking with The Gleaner following the...
Even as National Water Commission (NWC) customers are expected to see an increase in their bills, a special audit has found that there is a deficit in water production figures for the new Rio Cobre pipeline installed by the agency.The audit is of...
Waltham Park Road, 102A to be exact, is an address that holds special significance for the management team of The Adonijah Group.It is at this location that founder and director of the special-needs school, Ruthlyn James, will continue her thrust to...
On the eve of the new school year, a five-year-old child has been hospitalised after being shot in Denham Town, west Kingston this afternoon. Investigators are still at the scene of the shooting, which took place at about 1:00 o'clock. The...
Investigators are trying to identify the remains of four people found in a burnt-out vehicle in Springmount, Barnett Bush, St James earlier today. The police say the incident took place between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. Residents reportedly saw the...
Preliminary work has begun to expand the Mandela Highway that connects St Andrew and St Catherine. The work commenced this weekend to expand the dual carriageway to six lanes over a 24-month period. Communications Manager at the National Works...
Three men have been arrested for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act following an operation by the Narcotics Division in Adelphi, St James yesterday. The police say about 11:00 last night, a Coaster bus and two motor cars were stopped and searched...
A partnership has been struck with Transat Holidays to bring more Canadian travellers to the island. A release from the tourism ministry this afternoon said the partnership with Transat Holidays, considered one of Canada’s largest tour...
The Kingston Central police have arrested a man who was reportedly found with an illegal firearm and four rounds of ammunition during an operation on North Street, Kingston yesterday. Reports are that about noon, a premises was searched on North...
Technology Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has requested a full report on the near islandwide disruption in phone and Internet service to customers of Flow. According to Flow, which said it is investigating the incident, the disruption was traced to...
The Ministry of National Security is moving to acquire just under 300 used vehicles for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Additionally, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has provided J$50 million for the repair of 100 police vehicles as part...
Published:Thursday | September 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue
People's National Party (PNP) incumbent vice-president, Noel Arscott, who is seeking reelection on a promise to transform supporters into members, said there is strong resistance to get people to join the movement, as they are demanding benefits...
It wasn't long ago that I watched the 1956 film noir, 'Bad Seed'. The plot centres on a precocious, seemingly amicable girl, Ronda, who turns out to be an unlikely cold-blooded killer. Her mother, an adoptee, whose biological father was a...
An increase in the subsidy on pharmaceuticals for children and the revamping of an intervention programme aimed at promoting physical activity and balanced dietary consumption in schools are part of the Government's plans to improve the health of...
Published:Friday | September 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMClaudia Gardner
WESTERN BUREAU:University of the West Indies lecturer in social enterprise and entrepreneurship, Dr K'adamawe K'nife, has called for the government to establish a Diaspora Investment Strategy to encourage Jamaicans living overseas to invest in the...
Published:Saturday | September 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
When the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, opens its gates tomorrow, Professor David Tennant will be the new person sitting in the big chair in the Department of Economics, housed at the Faculty of Social Sciences.Tennant's...
People's National Party treasurer, Norman Horne is to be assigned police a police bodyguard, law enforcement sources have revealed. According to a highly-placed source, the decision to provide Horne with a close protection officer was made on Thursday after a threat assessment conducted by the police.
Telecommunications company Flow says it is now restoring phone and Internet services to thousands of Jamaicans across the island affected by a "major disruption" since last night. Flow says the disruption was caused by a technical failure...
The wife of slain entertainer Jamari Reid has been arrested and charged in connection with his death. Head of the Trelawny Police Superintendent Clive Blair says 46-year-old Monique Reid was charged on Thursday with soliciting murder. Blair said...
Jamaica Defence Force soldier was last night shot dead by gunmen in Cross Roads, St Andrew as he tried to foil a robbery. He has been identified as 31-year-old Lance Corporal Ricardo Bennett of Summerset Avenue in Manchester. One of the gunmen was...
Sports Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange says the government has appointed a special committee to lead the national celebrations for Jamaica’s athletes who competed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Brazil last month. She...
Sixteen persons accused of defrauding Americans of approximately US$50,000 between 2011 and 2015 are to appear in court on September 14 and 20. Along with the persons arrested, cash amounting to $380,000, several lead sheets, two laptops, one...
The Ministry of Health’s National Emergency Operation Centre has opened two additional numbers so that it can field questions concerning Zika, especially for pregnant women. The ministry says members of the public can call the numbers,...
