For hard-core football fans, the sport can be likened to a religion, one where analysts act as high priests. For true converts, the stands act as communion halls and the players are apostles of God...
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: Residents of Hannah Town, Denham Town, Trench Town, Fletcher's Land and Tivoli Gardens in west Kingston are lauding the efforts of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) in helping them to get past the recent violence which...
National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson is seeking to assure the nation that plans remain under way to refurbish the Metcalfe Street Remand Centre and relocate all children now in police lock-ups, albeit a month later than hoped....
Horace Clarke, a stalwart politician and former government minister, died on Saturday at the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrew. He was 75 years old.
THE PRESS Association of Jamaica (PAJ) will be hosting its 67th anniversary symposium on Wednesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.In a release yesterday, the PAJ said the theme of the symposium would be 'Accountability and Good Governance...
In an interview with The Sunday Gleaner, Mary Clarke questioned whether anyone should be held criminally liable for the death of a child in the care of the State.
ON the day he left Islington, St Mary, to attend the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, 20 years ago, Derrick Thompson knew he would not be returning to live in his hometown.
To minimise the amount of food that it dumps, the Captain's Bakery outlet in Portmore, St Catherine, carries out a constant assessment of its customers and...
Arlene Wynter, food and beverage manager at Terra Nova All Suite Hotel, says that at the Waterloo Road, St Andrew boutique hotel, steps are taken to minimise dumping of excess food.
He's frank and fearless; however, the turbulent security situation in Jamaica can make even a man of the cloth, such as Pastor Lorenzo King, at times, a little concerned about his personal safety.
The definition of food under The Public Health (Food Handling) Regulations of 1998 "includes water, ice or any substance manufactured, prepared, sold or represented for use as food or drink, or flavouring or condiments...
AT CASUAL observation, there is a terrible dichotomy between the disposal of excess food by hotels, fast-food outlets and restaurants, while the need for meals by...
WESTERN BUREAU: Kamla Persad-Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, entered the final night party for the 31st CARICOM Heads of Government conference in Montego Bay,....
ALMOST 100 children died while in state care between 2005 and 2008 from varying causes including "pneumonia, drowning, head injuries, haemorrhage due to gunshot wounds, leptospirosis and stab wounds to the...
SCORES OF young adults who are 18 years and over are still being kept in state-run homes even though, by law, they should be released.This has left administrators and caregivers...
THE GOVERNMENT has been given millions in grant funding to provide benefits for 10,000 Jamaicans under the Programme of Advancement Through Health (PATH).
The three civilians who pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearm and ammunition stolen from a police armoury are to be sentenced on July 23 in the Gun Court.
RESIDENT Magistrate-turned-legislator Marlene Malahoo-Forte has acknowledged that the Interim Bail Act to provide for a 60-day detention of persons who commit serious gun and drug-related offences is draconian.
Eyes around the world were on Germany's octopus oracle Paul yesterday as he made his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final.
FOR YEARS, criminals ran to the communities nestled in the Good Hope range in the Blue Mountains, using the quiet rural districts as footstools for the launch of illegal activities and cover for their transgressions.
Many track and field enthusiasts are still in shock following Thursday's news that Olympic and World 100-metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser had tested positive for a prohibitive substance following a drug test taken in mid-May.
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised to address several trade disputes which have been the source of disquiet between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago businesses.
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington is urging the nation to hold the champagne and delay the celebrations despite a dramatic decline in crime last month.
THE MINISTRY of Education is advising that there should be no increase in auxiliary contributions and registration packages for students attending high schools when the summer holidays end.
