The beauty of Winnie Mandela, ex-wife to Nelson Mandela, is legendary. Many in Jamaica had heard tell of that beauty and even had glimpses of it on television. But when she visited Jamaica in 1991, the reality of who she was and what she...
February 1990 marked the day then South African president Frederik Willem de Klerk announced the unconditional release of soon-to-be African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela. But according to the man who was to become president of South...
A man is walking backwards for 100 miles for his latest "wacky" fundraising challenge. Stuart Kettell is following the Grand Union Canal from Northampton to Central London in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Kettell will use backwards-...
A company has developed freezable boxers so men can keep cool in the heat. The underwear - which has the appropriate name Snowballs - come fitted with freezable wedges that slip into the boxers and keep the private parts at a cool temperature. The...
The oldest working fridge in Britain remains in use after more than 80 years. The 1930s Electrolux is owned by a family that purchased it back in 1949 and is an "heirloom" that has been passed down through generations. The owner, named...
Parents across the United States claim that children are acquiring British accents because of 'Peppa Pig'. The children's TV series has gained popularity around the world during the COVID-19 crisis and some parents have claimed that...
Athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics have been debunking suggestions that cardboard beds at the Olympic Village are designed to prevent competitors from having sex. It has been claimed that the beds collapse under strain in a bid to prevent...
LONDON – In the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People for 2012, Ben Bernanke, then the chair of the US Federal Reserve, held the sixth position, while Mario Draghi, then the president of the European Central Bank, came in at...
SINGAPORE – Heightened US-China tensions have raised the prospect of a deep global technology divide, potentially forcing other countries to choose which camp to join. There are plenty of grim scenarios involving irreconcilable splits between...
FRANKFURT – After many years of low inflation, prices have risen almost everywhere in recent months. Energy and commodities have been leading the way, owing mainly to post-lockdown supply bottlenecks. But while such obstacles are widely seen...
ROME – Hurricane Elsa’s appearance in the Caribbean this month, far before the usual onset of the Atlantic hurricane season, reminds us of what awaits the world’s small island developing states (SIDS) in the years ahead. These...
TOKYO – On July 8, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency in Tokyo until August 22, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. That means the Tokyo Olympic Games (July 23-August 8) will be subject to strict limits on spectators for large...
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...
The Gleaner has seen, as troubling, Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ lambast at criticism levelled at the Jamaica Labour Party, in particular, as it relates to the way it has, for long periods, failed to manage crime. According to the newspaper...
The story of embattled legislator George Wright has included a series of twists and turns that have left the country in a constant state of ‘what next?’. Well, a marriage is what’s next. Or so it seems according to sources close...
Parliamentarians have been, one after another, denying they have knowledge of being investigated by the Integrity Commission, leaving the country as in the dark as it has been since the revelation broke two weeks ago. Pubished July 18, 2021 NOT ME...
In-fighting in the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) seems to have reached its crescendo with a number of high-profile resignations creating a stir across the country. The news is concerning since for any democracy to work, there must...
Calling Jamaica’s bid to vaccinate its population a stalled effort might be putting it mildy. But that, according to a report in The Gleaner could be a description of the past if the plans of the British government are anything to go by....
The newly re-opened entertainment sector, still reeling from the year-plus lockdown on account of COVID-19 restrictions does not want to see a full scale reversion to the days when the virus’ spread had been escalated unabated, putting a...
The ‘goodness’ of a country, arguably, hinges on the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens. And in 1999, Jamaica wasn’t very good after it rounded up street people in the nation’s tourist capital by the droves in a bid...
Jamaica has joined the modern era when it comes to sexual harassment. A bill passed last week that is set to change the culture of tolerating sexual touching has made headlines and been on the lips of everyone everywhere because of the monumental...
The scenes of persons looking on as the only homes they knew burned to the ground is chilling, even if the reason for the government’s decision to flatten the Shanty Towns of West Kingston was understood. A particularly harrowing depiction...
Eric Donaldson’s ‘Cherry Oh By’ is quite possibly the most popular Festival Song winning number of all time. Donaldson, already a star by 1971, having started his career in 1964 at the iconic Studio One with the West Indians,...
Fifty years ago today, the names Donald Quarrie and Marilyn Neufville were associated with the best in the world. But there were others who were making a name throughout the Caribbean, helping to make Jamaica’s track and field programme, the...
On July 18, almost 22 years to the day, Jamaica said its final goodbye to a man who had devoted his life to music and used his talent to touch every corner of Jamaican life with his infectious sounds. Dennis Emmanuel Brown had earned his moniker,...
