BIG GUN CATCH Man killed by cops tagged violence producer as 13 firearms seized in Trelawny Jamaica Gleaner 4 Feb 2022 Hopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer POLICE ARE describing the man at the centre of Thursday’s big gun find in Trelawny as...
‘Almost crucifixion’ JTA warns of tying council funding to teacher licence fees Jamaica Gleaner 3 Feb 2022 Editorial@gleanerjm.com PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Winston Smith, is cautioning the Ministry of...
Heat on lawmakers, judges as cops put brakes on crime Jamaica Gleaner 2 Feb 2022 Kimone.francis@gleanerjm.com DECLARING THAT the police are thwarting “pain-for-pain” vendettas, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson is...
THE TRELAWNY police have launched a manhunt for the killer of a 41-year-old farmer whose head was partially severed in a domestic dispute at her Green Town farm on Monday. Residents and family members in the rural district expressed shock at the...
On February 2, 1942, in a wooden house at Rosebank, Chapelton, Clarendon College opened with five boys and five girls, under the tutelage of the Rev. Lester Davy and Miss Hyacinth Balfour. For...
It is important to the career of any entertainer to keep their fans happy. However, giving them too much material too fast can cause them to get bored with the artiste. Artistes are encouraged to make quality music but allow some time between...
Muslims were happy to be present at the opening of the first mosque in Jamaica. Those in attendance were charged with the responsibility to make the religion thrive on the island. Published Sunday, February 9, 1958 Opening of Jamaica’s first...
The Hon Edward Seaga, along with the integral players, opened the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). Mr Seaga said that with the JSE, persons would be able to buy shares in private companies, which would aid in the development of the country. Published...
David Rush succeeded in 2021 New Year’s resolution to break one world record a week for a year in aid of STEM education awareness. David – who documented his milestone on his YouTube page – began the year by setting the record for...
Plates and mugs made to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are being sold as collector’s items due to a spelling mistake. The commemorative crockery – which was produced in China – marks the 95-year-old monarch’s...
A woman in Switzerland, named only as Sandra, is looking for a roommate to help split the costs of her flat in Zurich and is offering the unusual set-up of a two-man tent on her balcony with "a view of the starry sky". The tent is...
A new study has revealed that those who consumed five or more glasses of red wine per week were 17 per cent less likely to be at risk from COVID-19 compared to non-drinkers. Scientists believe that the reduced risk could be as a result of the drink...
According to Uri Geller, the spoon-bending illusionist has predicted that extraterrestrials will help humans unlock the mysteries surrounding incurable diseases. Geller is also convinced that anyone born in the present day will meet aliens during...
LAUSANNE: In March 2021, the auction house Christie’s sold a JPEG file created by the artist Beeple for $69.3 million, a record for a digital artwork. The ownership of the “original” JPEG – entitled "Everydays: The...
LONDON: In 2021, Alphabet (Google’s parent), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook’s new alias), and Microsoft were among the world’s largest companies in terms of revenue and profit. These five companies alone increased their market...
NEW YORK: Rising inflation in the United States and around the world is forcing investors to assess the likely effects on both “risky” assets (generally stocks) and “safe” assets (such as US Treasury bonds). The traditional...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO: US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has now committed to putting US monetary policy on a course of rising interest rates, which could boost the short-term rate (on federal funds and treasury bills) by at least 200...
CAMBRIDGE: The start of 2022 has been marked by a deepening sense of unease, and not just within governments as they confront challenges relating to health, the economy, geopolitics, and, in some cases, national and financial security. Households...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more. Take a look at this week past's line-up of cartoons as...
LAST LAUGH Lawyer says R Hotel prosecution a waste of time as Greene, others cleared by DPP Jamaica Gleaner 31 Jan 2022 Kimone Francis/Gleaner Writer ATTORNEY-AT-LAW REPRESENTING the R Hotel in New Kingston, Peter Champagnie, is suggesting...
Need better debate on bank fees Jamaica Gleaner 30 Jan 2022 THE MOST curious bit in the latest instalment of Jamaica’s episodic debate of banking fees is the public whingeing by Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his finance minister, Nigel...
MURDER FOR HIRE CRIMINALS ADOPT BUSINESS MODELS FOR BLOODSHED IN CONTRACT-KILLING SPREE Jamaica Gleaner 30 Jan 2022 Erica Virtue Senior Gleaner Writer POLICE INVESTIGATORS have come across a number of these deadly schemes in recent years. In...
BIG WIN FOR LAWYERS Court makes landmark ruling on GLC advertising rules Jamaica Gleaner 29 Jan 2022 Tanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter ATTORNEY-AT-LAW VAUGHN Bignall, who had been embroiled in a legal battle with the General Legal Council (GLC)...
‘I’ll get it done’ Chang vows to fix crime; calls PNP ultimatum to police chief ‘unethical’ Jamaica Gleaner 28 Jan 2022 Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang has rebuffed...
Witness gives gripping account of double murder Jamaica Gleaner 27 Jan 2022 Tanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter tanesha.mundle@gleanerjm.com THE WOMAN who lost her life brutally in St Catherine in 2017 in a murder-arson was reportedly visiting her...
