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Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 11:00 PMBANG Bizarre

James Bond fans are being given the chance to watch all 24 films in the spy franchise for $1,000. Culture website NerdBear.com is seeking a candidate to watch every single 007 film, from 1962's 'Dr. No' to 2015's 'Spectre'...

Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:51 PMBANG Bizarre

A dog has been hailed as a hero after stopping traffic to get help for its owner after she had a seizure. Haley Moore was walking her dog Clover in the Canadian capital Ottawa when she suffered a seizure, although the loyal pooch came to her aid by...

Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:42 PMBANG Bizarre

A barbershop in the US is offering customers coronavirus vaccinations as well as regular trims. Gee's Clippers in Wisconsin held its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the weekend with more planned over the coming weeks after the business teamed...

Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:35 PMBANG Bizarre

Human penises are shrinking because of pollution, a scientist has warned. Dr. Shanna Swan has warned in her new book that humanity faces an "existential crisis" in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when...

Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:28 PMBANG Bizarre

A swan is tormenting his human neighbours by continuously knocking on their front doors. The animal, named Cedric, pecks at letterboxes for hours on end at the homes opposite the lake where he lives in Northampton. The swan knocks on doors...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 11:43 PMKent Harrington for Project Syndicate

ATLANTA – With vaccinations raising hopes for an end to the pandemic, predictions about the post-COVID world are multiplying fast. From envisioning a reordered economy to forecasting how people will live, work, and play, experts are doing...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 11:24 PMMichel Fredeau & Jules Kortenhorst for Project Syndicate

BOSTON – For decades, global leaders have failed to respond to climate change with appropriate urgency, even though the science has long been clear. Now, the problem has become so acute that it is impossible to ignore, and those in positions...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 11:13 PMAnders Fogh Rasmussen for Project Syndicate

COPENHAGEN – One of the existential challenges facing the free world today is its disunity over emerging technologies. Divergence between the United States and the European Union in this area has helped China and other autocratic regimes as...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 10:58 PMWillem H. Buiter for Project Syndicate

NEW YORK – In a recent commentary for the Financial Times, economist Dambisa Moyo makes a case for why business leaders should invest in Bitcoin. Her three main arguments are that Bitcoin is a way to mitigate company risk; cryptocurrencies...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 10:25 PM

(Kingston, Jamaica): A recently released study from the International Labour Organization (ILO) finds that a majority of institutions in Jamaica providing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with financing and business development services...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 10:37 AM

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...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 10:28 AM

While The Gleaner has long advocated for stronger laws to help mitigate against the spread of COVID-19, the organisation does have reservations about the way it is being done. Those questions warrant a second look. Published March 26, 2021 Uneasy...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 9:39 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The man who became the hero of a nation all the way back in 1998 when he headed in a Ricardo Gardener cross to give Jamaica its first goal in the World Cup has all right to speak about the nation’s football. And speak he has. Despite watching...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 9:28 AMRuddy Mathison/Gleaner Writer

The story behind the disappearance and eventual surfacing of the body of Khanice Jackson, not just hurt a nation already under severe duress, but laid bare the nature of grief, as a mother cried for vengeance on the woman’s as yet unknown...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 9:12 AMRomario Scott/Gleaner Writer

While there has been robust opposition to the Ministry of Finance’s COVID recovery plans, there are those praising the measured response. Some of those praises come from very high places, as The Gleaner revealed on Friday. Published March 26...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 8:52 AMCorey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

When the story of Mark was told and the way he found himself as part of a life of crime, it gave us a view into the crime problem and just how difficult it is to stop. How many other gangsters are being produced just like Mark? Published March 26,...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 8:38 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

When Reverend Peter Chambers made predictions of calamity befalling the family of Prime Minister Andrew Holness, most might be tempted not to pay any serious attention. But when his prediction of being arrested came to past, maybe that number...

Published:Tuesday | March 30, 2021 | 8:22 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

The image of a six-year-old praying that her father isn’t taken by COVID-19 early last week warmed the heart, but there was that sinking feeling that maybe disaster was around the corner. Later, The Gleaner captured the recovery of 65-year-...

Published:Saturday | March 27, 2021 | 9:20 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Zaila Rowena McCalla is a venerable Jamaican judge. She is one of six children born to Beryl and Leopold Morris in the parish of St James. Justice McCalla attended the Chantilly All-Age School in Westmoreland until she matriculated to The Montego...

Published:Saturday | March 27, 2021 | 8:33 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Professor Verene A Shepherd has used her research hails and knowledge of history to fight for equality when it comes to race and gender and her contribution to developing nations, including Jamaica cannot be understated. Shepherd hails from the...

Published:Saturday | March 27, 2021 | 8:20 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Norma Rodney Harrack is a ceramic artist, lecturer and writer. She is a graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and the University of the West Indies (Mona) and is recognised as one of the most outstanding ceramic...

Published:Saturday | March 27, 2021 | 7:25 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Michelle Chong is the co-founder of Honey Bun (1982) Ltd, an organisation she started with her husband. She has been CEO of Honey Bun for the past 35 years. A graduate of the esteemed York University, Toronto, Canada, where she earned a Bachelor of...

Published:Saturday | March 27, 2021 | 7:16 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Majorie Whylie is a Jamaican pianist, percussionist and educator who was musical director of the National Dance Theatre Company for 45 years. Whylie was a musical prodigy, who began playing the piano at two and a half years old. At just...

Published:Thursday | March 25, 2021 | 7:57 PM

Michael Jackson and his famous family could not have avoided Jamaica even if they tried. The island has long been an attraction for the most famous people in the world. On this occasion, the feeling was mutual for the land of wood and water.

Published:Thursday | March 25, 2021 | 7:44 PM

Ena Allen is one of the many names who have championed the progress of women in Jamaica. For those women, it has been a long road and every instance of achievement along that corridor to equality should be cherished, just like this one was....

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