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…
Various – Millenium Movie Star Riddim
Various – Millenium Movie Star Riddim NEW RELEASE Produced by Black Cinderella Productions and YeYex Multimedia, the riddim compilation set Millenium Movie Star Riddim revitalizes the riddim from Delroy Wilson’s famed Studio One…
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…
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…
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…
BOJ to introduce e-KYC this year
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is planning to introduce an electronic know your customer (e-KYC) database later this year in a bid to spur further competition in the commercial banking sector. This was…
Scotia commits to extending opening hours to make up for ABM issues
Scotiabank has committed to keeping the doors of its full-service branches open for an extra hour-and-a-half once per week, as it seeks to make amends with disgruntled customers who have experienced challenges at…
Ciboney transitioning to energy market under new owner
Fresh from the yes votes at its recent annual general meeting, Ciboney Group is undergoing a transformation that will see the shell of what was once a resort business being repositioned and renamed…
Tourism travel surpasses 4m in 2023, beating expectation
Some 4.17 million visitors flocked Jamaica in 2023, which pushed the number of arrivals by plane and cruise ship to record levels, according to Ministry of Tourism estimates and new airport data. The…