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Published:Thursday | August 21, 2025 | 7:37 AMBANG Bizarre

"Delulu" is a play on "delusional", meaning "choosing to believe things that are not real". "Skibidi" is "a word that can have different meanings, such as 'cool' or 'bad', or can be used...

Published:Thursday | August 21, 2025 | 7:29 AMBANG Bizarre

Remotes are thought to hold 15 times more bacteria than toilets. Experts believe this is the case because multiple people are handling the device - with the possibility that some may be touching TV remotes without washing their hands after going...

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2025 | 9:14 AMAna María Ibáñez and Marta Ruiz-Arranz for Project Syndicate

WASHINGTON, DC :Despite decades of progress in many areas, persistent structural weaknesses that impede effective tax collection and public spending continue to hurt economic growth and development across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)....

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2025 | 8:56 AMMartín Guzmán, Mahmoud Mohieldinm and Vera Songwe for Project Syndicate

NEW YORK: Following the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in June, we reached a breakthrough moment. Governments, international financial institutions, and civil-society organizations, recognizing the need to tackle today...

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2025 | 8:36 AMPepukaye Bardouille and Mahmoud Mohieldin for Project Syndicate

BRIDGETOWN/CAIRO: For emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), investing in resilience is not a luxury; it is an imperative. Climate disasters and ecological degradation are impeding their economic prospects and straining their finances....

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2025 | 8:13 AMJoschka Fischer for Project Syndicate

MUNICH – So now Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have met again, this time in the former Russian territory of Alaska. As an outside observer, one could almost get the impression that time had turned back to the world before the end of the Cold...

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2025 | 7:48 AMBinaifer Nowrojee for Project Syndicate

  NEW YORK: Starvation is the slow, silent unmaking of the body. Deprived of basic sustenance, the body first burns through sugar stores in the liver. Then it melts muscle and fat, breaking down tissue to keep the brain and other vital organs...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 10:20 AM

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's past line-up of cartoons, as...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 10:10 AM

While the PNP’s move to release its manifesto in accessible formats is welcome, voters still face limited time to understand and compare party platforms ahead of the election. The delay in publishing such documents, especially with the JLP...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 10:04 AM

Political families in Jamaica provide continuity, institutional knowledge, and name recognition, helping parties maintain stability and giving voters a sense of predictability. However, some warn that these families can stifle meritocracy, limit...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 9:56 AM

The latest national survey commissioned by RJRGLEANER Communications Group shows Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness holding a slim two-point favourability lead over Opposition Leader Mark Golding, but with a sharply increased unfavourability rating...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 9:46 AM

Government and education leaders praised the ten inmates who earned degrees through the UCC–DCS–Stand Up For Jamaica partnership, highlighting their determination and perseverance. UCC President Professor Colin Gyles described them as...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 9:33 AM

Jamaicans on Thursday paid tribute to Don Wehby, celebrated corporate leader, patriot, and beloved family man, at a service held at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston. The gathering included Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, Opposition Leader Mark...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 8:59 AM

The Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) has promised to focus on improving wages and living standards if it forms the next government. General Secretary Robert Rainford said the party plans to increase the minimum wage to US$11 per hour over three...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 8:51 AM

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has continued to deny any wrongdoing over a voice recording played at a Jamaica Labour Party rally, insisting the audio is authentic and unaltered. Veteran attorney K.D. Knight has accused Tufton of circulating...

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2025 | 8:29 AM

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding have both highlighted the urgent need to support children with special needs in Jamaica. Holness promised to expand existing facilities, including the Mico CARE Centre, and build...

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 8:28 AM

Step back in time to August 1962 and take a glimpse of St. James, where the charm of the past meets hints of the new.

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 8:13 AM

May and Baker, represented locally by Hercules Agencies, played a key role in honouring 1970 Miss Jamaica Farm Queen Authrine Patterson at a luncheon at the Swiss Chalet. The company sponsored the Farm Queen’s 10-day trip to the United...

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 8:08 AM

Kevin Chung of St Cecelia Prep demonstrated remarkable familiarity with the Spelling Bee Book during the All-Island Championship, often beginning to spell words before the Spelling Master had finished announcing them. His deep knowledge and...

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 8:03 AM

Mrs. Dorothy Ebanks, the first woman employed as a driver by Jamaica Omnibus Services, began regular driving after completing a six-week training course. The company emphasised that her gender did not affect her role, conditions of service, or...

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 7:54 AM

Roderick George Rainford, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of the West Indies, was awarded the 1963 Rhodes Scholarship. Rainford, who planned to study law at Oxford and later focus on industrial relations, had been actively...

Published:Thursday | August 14, 2025 | 9:25 AMBANG Bizarre

A two-year-old grizzly female beast - who was first spotted with  a jar on her head on July 26 in north central Sawyer County - covered an area of nearly 50 miles as she wandered through Bayfield, Douglas and Sawyer counties in Wisconsin, USA...

Published:Thursday | August 14, 2025 | 9:20 AMBANG Bizarre

Almost half of 2,000 dog owners surveyed in dog food brand Pedigree's study said their pet reacted to how their owners felt before they showed it. The dogs' behaviour was emphasised by 44 per cent, while 40 per cent of owners said their...

Published:Thursday | August 14, 2025 | 9:12 AMBANG Bizarre

Twenty per cent of people among a sample of 2,001 Parents in the UK aged 18+ with a child(ren) age 18 or below, like to give their apple a juicy flavour. Also, as part of research by Censuswide - of which the data was collected between July 25,...

Published:Thursday | August 14, 2025 | 9:02 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers from the University of Barcelona have found that snacking on a handful of peanuts every day could slow down cellular ageing – the process by which the body’s cells grow older, a factor linked to heart disease, cancer and...

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