The NCB Foundation launched its Innovative, Creative, Outstanding and Nationalistic (ICON) Scholarship on August 18.The scholarship aims to provide opportunities for students pursuing non-traditional fields of study such as engineering, fashion...
Karisma Hotels & Resorts has announced that it is ready to break ground in January 2017 for construction of the first three hotels earmarked in a US$900 million multi-hotel development at Llandovery, St Ann. A media release from the Ministry of Tourism this afternoon said...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says electricity has been restored to all its customers following an islandwide blackout last evening and that it will start supplying details on the cause by tomorrow. Preliminary indications are that the...
A 19-year-old man was taken into custody following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Seivwright Close, Kingston 11 this morning. Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that a patrol team witnessed when a firearm fell from...
A 60-year-old pedal cyclist was killed after he was hit by a truck yesterday along Baptist Road, Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth. Reports from the Black River police are that Curtis Armstrong of Nugent district, Middle Quarters was riding along...
“People condemn what they don’t understand. This is what you call blind non-belief.’’ Caesar Bisono’s words are emphatic and irrefutable. Dressed in traditional Indian wear, Bisono is only 22 years old but speaks with...
Published:Friday | August 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMRyon Jones
While Jamaicans continue to bask in the success of the athletes in Rio, one Olympian continues to bemoan the fact that injury prevented him from soaring to the heights that he could have reached.Paul Foreman left his footprints in the sands of...
Published:Monday | August 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist
Several residents in Mammee Bay, St Ann, whose properties were allegedly damaged by blasting activities during the construction of the North-South highway, are still waiting for compensation from the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), more...
Published:Monday | August 22, 2016 | 1:00 PMCorey Robinson
The National Commer-cial Bank (NCB) has moved to allay fears that staff and customers at its Portmore Town Centre branch in St Catherine could be in danger from cracking walls and sinking floors at the facility.In recent weeks, tiles have been seen...
The following is another in a series of parenting tips brought to you by The Sunday Gleaner in association with the National Parenting Support Commission.As the summer holiday comes to an end, the groundwork should be on in earnest to prepare...
The Calabar Old Boys' Association (COBA) will be honouring four Jamaicans during its annual fund-raising dinner this year.As the school celebrates its 104th year of existence as a centre of academic and athletic excellence, the association will...
So I have now received my latest instalment of the gazettes - a few months behind as usual. I have been pledging to myself for months now to have a chat with the Printing Office about the late receipt of my gazettes.My father worked at Jamaica...
The weeks leading up to the reopening of school used to be a very profitable one for Eunice Powell, as her stall would be flocked by parents wanting her to outfit their children in khaki and tunic.But the senior citizen is now hard-pressed to make...
The Internet is the go-to source for many youngsters seeking information, playing games and socialising, but this also leaves them exposed to several predators who lurk online.Many children are left to tackle these online threats on their own or...
The St Catherine Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in Portmore this morning. The man’s identity has not yet been released. The police say relatives reported hearing explosions shortly after they dropped him off at his home...
The Health Ministry could soon start issuing house inspection cards as part of its efforts to fight the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. The ministry says vector control workers will begin using the cards next month as a tool to assess homes and...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says Zika blood samples for laboratory confirmation must be taken and sent to it no more than five days from the onset of the first sign or symptom. Executive Director, CARPHA, Dr. James...
The National Secondary Students’ Council is urging the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) to reconsider its stance on the 40 students of the Penwood High School who received ‘ungraded’ results in the recent Caribbean Secondary...
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson considers himself extremely fortunate after the bicycle he was riding crashed in the British Virgin Islands. The BBC reports that Branson says he thought he was going to die. It's reported Branson, 66,...
You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body – 1 Corinthians 6 vs 13. Recently a...
Published:Thursday | August 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMSteve Lyston
“And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.” Luke 16: 8 Every Christian should take note of this parable. How can...
Dear Joan,I am 50 years of age and madly in love with a girl who is 22. I have been burnt once as my first marriage fell apart after my wife cheated and while I was overseas, she cleaned out our joint account.She wanted us to start afresh, but I did...
We are on a journey through the book of James in a sermon series titled Real Radical and nothing else is going to get us through hardships in a way that God approves except a Real Radical approach. Here is a universal truth, troubles come to all...
