The expectancy that with less movement on account of COVID-19, maybe there would be less room for criminality. However, that has not been the case. Murders have risen by 10% year-to-date. To make matters worse, the Jamaica Constabulary Force has...
To speed up the rate of vaccinations in the race to stave off the latest spike in COVID-19 cases, the Government of Jamaica has banked on massive amounts of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. However, with the nature of the preference for buy-in...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is human. And as such, he says, there have been mistakes along the road to managing the COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica, not least of which, was the re-opening of the entertainment sector. According to Holness, though,...
The coincidence of Jamaica’s third wave of COVID-19 spread and the re-opening of the entertainment sector has been called just that. A coincidence. Could Dream weekend have been a safe event and the public, in seeking to blame someone for the...
September 1, 1957, will forever be etched in the collective memories of Jamaicans. But the Kendal train wreck that made that day so, for want of a better word, memorable, marked one of the days The Gleaner tied its 187-year history to that of the...
A long-time dream of many Rastafari and Garveyites in Jamaica is for repatriation to Africa. Some have made that dream over the years since the idea took root a reality and in 1969, after a gift of 700 acres of land from Emperor Haile Selassie,...
Recollections of the Kendal disaster in which 171 Jamaicans lost their lives in a trainwreck, to this day, the most fatal accident in Jamaica’s history, have been numerous. While there were the memories of those who were there, many have come...
The name Manley, is steeped in the development of this country we call Jamaica, with Norman Washington Manley, playing no small part in the arrival of independence and the formation of one of the political organisations that have lead our country...
Today, the winner of the Miss Jamaica World pageant, represents, in many ways, the ‘Out of Many, One People’, motto the country is expected to present. But that wasn’t always the case. This month, 33 years ago, the name Andrea...
Clarendon and Manchester have benefitted from the very high standards set by a certain Knox College over the last 74 years. But how did it all start? The Gleaner was there on that fateful September morning when Knox College was born. Published...
Family dogs may be able to predict a medical emergency for their owner, research has revealed. It was previously thought that the ability to sniff out health problems such as epileptic fits was only possessed by the most intelligent animals or in...
A woman who flew to Tonga for a weekend is still stuck there after 18 months. Zoe Stephens travelled to the south pacific island in March 2020 but was left stranded when the coronavirus crisis gripped the world as Tonga went into lockdown and has...
Drinking tea makes people better at solving puzzles. A new study gave men and women either tea or water and then asked them to complete tests such as a word association game or a set of riddles. After analysing the results, researchers from Peking...
Men who eat Greek food are better in bed, new research suggests. Experts at Athens University have suggested that a daily Mediterranean diet, containing local delicacies such as grilled fish, salads, olive oil and feta cheese will ward off any...
A couple have defended their decision to send invoices to people who didn't turn up to their wedding. Doug Simmons and Dedra McGee had asked those invited to their nuptials at a resort in Jamaica to confirm if they would be attending but felt...
NEW YORK – I have been warning for several months that the current mix of persistently loose monetary, credit, and fiscal policies will excessively stimulate aggregate demand and lead to inflationary overheating. Compounding the problem,...
NEW YORK – Presidents, generals, dictators, and ordinary people take big risks when they have nothing to lose, similar to a quarterback in American football throwing a so-called Hail Mary pass. But the consequences of such a strategy in...
CHICAGO – After being celebrated for playing a central role in the Arab Spring, social-media platforms are now blamed for any outcome that traditional media outlets dislike – from the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election...
WASHINGTON, DC – Throughout 2020 and into early 2021, there was hope that with some luck and enough vaccines, it would be possible to end the COVID-19 pandemic in a quick and decisive manner. By this summer, it became clear that this would...
LOS ANGELES – As floods, wildfires, record-high temperatures, and zoonotic disease make the climate and ecological crisis impossible to ignore, the world may be moving closer to agreeing that serious damage to our natural environment is more...
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 past’s line-up of cartoons as...
While many were discussing the merits or demerits of conferring the Reverend Al Miller with a national honour, The Gleaner honed in on the popular pastor's latest utterances, pointing out their dangerous and misguided nature. The opinion, which...
Last week, Jamaica’s health sector came to within days of seeing its members forced into the role of bystanders, as people suffering from the effects of COVID-19, but other illnesses too, would die simply because the resources to keep them...
The year 2021 has included much loss for Jamaica, but none that is likely to be felt more deeply than that of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. The diminutive Scratch has long been recognised as the man, who from the producer’s console, gave...
Political scandals have become so normative a thing in Jamaica that stories like this August 29 one alleging corruption in the leadership of the People's National Party's local machinery in a St Elizabeth division barely created a ripple....
