LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Charles III was crowned monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth realms on Saturday at Britain’s first coronation for 70 years, during a ceremony steeped in a…
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One man keeping Glendevon’s flag flying
MONTEGO BAY, St James — For many years Jerome Milwood waited patiently for an opportunity. He spent several days and nights sitting on roadsides in his Glendevon community in this western parish, wondering…
Andrene Chung | A roadblock to making healthy choices
The role of consumption of ultra-processed products (UPPs) and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is well documented. Health education campaigns by various entities, including the Heart…
Beryllium experience leaves municipal officer in fear
PANIC has heightened for one municipal officer following the series of attacks on Beryllium security teams in recent times. The officer, based on Jamaica’s north coast, lamented the need for more advocacy for…
Gordon Robinson | The abortion debate
It’s an unanswerable proposition that every woman who elects to abort or not to abort a pregnancy makes a choice. So I’m intolerant of an abortion debate that’s labelled as pro-life against pro-choice…
Samuel Braithwaite | Economic development is human development
I am writing in response to Professor Don Robotham’s article, “Jamaica as a developmental state,” published in the Friday, April 14, edition of The Gleaner. Prof Robotham’s continued contribution to national discourse is…
WOMAN CLAIMS TORTURE
DESPITE hefty and damning allegations levied against Keita Stephens, his spouse is hell-bent that his human rights ought to be maintained while he sits in a Corporate Area lock-up awaiting his date in…
Verene Shepherd | Call for Indians’ inclusion in the reparation movement
As another Indian Arrival Month is upon us with various celebrations being planned for “Indian Arrival Day” in several Caribbean countries, I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce the concerns that…
Fresh poll for St Elizabeth North Eastern
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Following recent complaints of irregularities and inconsistencies in a poll commissioned for St Elizabeth North Eastern, the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has decided to re-poll the constituency…
Dawes to report bad guys in fire incident
FOLLOWING the recent torching of the People’s National Party (PNP) St Catherine South Eastern constituency office Dr Afred Dawes, who was selected to represent the party in the next general election, said the…