A social media post advertising the sale of a white-tailed fawn has triggered calls from concerned farmers and environmental experts for Government intervention in controlling the island’s deer population. According to environmentalist Damion…
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Ready, set…
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) seems set to finalise its plans, and possibly a date, for the looming local government elections when its Central Executive Committee meets today. Up to late Saturday, senior…
Law students, teacher want Barnetts punished
BROWN’S TOWN, St Ann — Like a number of other Jamaicans, two sixth form law students and one of their teachers, who on Friday gathered for a legal summit to explore the theme…
Young mom tops Bedward Gardens Beauty Pageant
WINNING the Miss Bedward Gardens Beauty Pageant 2023 was just the confidence booster that mother of three, Camila Millington, desired. It is alleged that a number of people were objecting to her being…
Byron Blake | COP28 and its implications for small island states
In my article ‘Mirror, mirror on Dubai …’ published in The Sunday Gleaner of December 31, 2023, I lamented the colossal failure of COP28 to even create a mirage of addressing the Greenhouse…
Curtis Ward | Policing corruption in Jamaica
The current review of the laws governing the Integrity Commission (IC) now under review by Jamaica’s Parliament appears to be for the wrong reasons. So far, the perception is that the legislators, some…
“Pocket Rocket” Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Featured in Essence Magazine
On January 4, 2024, Jamaica’s legendary sprint champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is known affectionately by fans as “Pocket Rocker” for her fast starts, announced on Instagram that she was featured in the January/February…
Stabbed Reggae Girl died from blood loss and shock
A consultant forensic pathologist who examined the body of national senior women’s footballer Tarania “Plum Plum” Clarke in November 2019 said the then 20-year-old died from “haemorrhage and shock” from a stab wound…
Scores mourn Melissa
Just under four weeks after the police upgraded her death from natural causes to murder, Melissa Silvera was laid to rest at the St Andrew Parish Church Cemetery on Friday, following a poignant…
Miramar Celebrated Art Week 2023 in South Florida with ‘Nuff Fashion and Style’
Presented Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers, the 3rd annual Miramar International Art and Fashion Weekend was nothing short of spectacular. The event—which was presented in partnership with the Jeffrey Lubin Group—coincided with the Art…
