Bishop Ruel Robinson, District Overseer of the New Testament Church of God, says the church must maintain its purpose, its relevance as the moral conscience of society, and lead by example in holiness,…
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Jamaican from Saint Catherine Appointed as Senior Bioscientist In US
Jamaican Jemar Bather, who is a native of the parish of Saint Catherine in Jamaica, has completed his Ph.D. in Biostatistics at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is…
5 Questions Answered about Ridesharing Services in Jamaica
With the proliferation of conversations about ridesharing service providers in Jamaica, local and visiting consumers may want to review just how these mobile app-fueled companies operate. Below are five basic questions about ridesharing…
$6.68 salary paid to teacher ‘blatantly false’, says education ministry
THE Ministry of Education has described as “blatantly false” a claim that a teacher in Westmoreland received $6.68 as salary in March. The ministry was responding to a story published by the Jamaica…
Shock and daze!
SOMERSET, Manchester — Up to late Tuesday evening the country was still struggling to fathom what led to the gruesome killing of a police constable and injury to his wife at their house…
US Vice President Kamala Harris To Meet Caribbean Leaders In June
United States Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to meet with the leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during Caribbean American Heritage Month. When Harris arrives in the Bahamas on June 8, 2023,…
This Caribbean Island Consistently Ranks In Top 10 Destinations For American Travelers
Americans, who often look to escape cold weather, consistently name Jamaica as one of the places in the world that they would most like to visit, citing the island’s warm sea waters, sunny…
‘This gentle giant…’
A pioneer, patriot, gentle giant and friend. That’s how the nation’s leaders, union representatives, and business stakeholders described the late founder of the Lasco Group of Companies, Lascelles Chin, in tributes that poured…
NO HONOUR FOR THE KING
Veteran attorney KD Knight is resolutely opposed to declaring any form of allegiance to the monarch at the opening of court sittings. Knight, who began practising in 1973 and is a member of…
Four Reasons Jamaican Canadian Billionaire Michael Lee-Chin Is Taking Three-Month Leave
On May 24, 2023, it was reported in The Gleaner newspaper that Jamaican Canadian billionaire and executive chair of the National Commercial Bank (NCB,) Michael Lee-Chin, will take a three-month leave of absence…