New York police apprehend man they believe left rice cookers at subway station
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of leaving two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a subway station yesterday has been taken into custody, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has confirmed. The incident triggered an evacuation...
Charge ahead - Businessman urges fresh thinking to accelerate growth
Jamaica Producers CEO Jeffrey Hall is urging policymakers to stop treating agriculture as a poverty-alleviation measure but as a sound business enterprise. Warning that geopolitics is dictating that there is a need to change the conversation around...
Edna, here I come! - Dream comes true as artist gets full scholarship to Edna Manley College
Phillip Robinson’s dream of attending Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts has come true. The talented artist from the rural community of Watt Town in St Ann, whose works have elicited overwhelming response since The Gleaner...
Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaican brigade in Birmingham
Fifteen Jamaicans led by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be in action tomorrow in the 11th series of the Diamond League competition, the Muller Grand Prix in Birmingham. This will be the penultimate meet in the cash-rich series, before the grand...
Trinidad's Boom Boom Room drummers hit the mark - Say it is easier to capitalise on carnival as a duo
Give these two a soca rhythm and it will come to life with the effervescent tapping of their drumsticks. Modupe Onilu and Rhys Thompson, or together called Boom Boom Room, come from the island where the steel pan originates, but the instrument of...
Editorial | Decorum in Parliament next
The swift and sharp condemnation of two politicians who recently made disparaging remarks about their opponents seems to suggest that Jamaicans may be losing their appetite for the kind of rabble-rousing so typical of political campaigning....
Letter of the Day | Politicians mustn't spew rhetoric of hatred, division
THE EDITOR, Sir: The presidential campaign within the People’s National Party has ignited the taste buds of political pundits and others who believe that a strong and viable Opposition is essential to a healthy democracy. Like many other types of...
Thanks, Trump, but we're not for sale
TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP): Greenland said Friday it’s happy President Donald Trump has taken an interest in the nation, talking to aides and allies about buying the island for the US, but that it’s not for sale. Following reports that Trump had...