Mixed opening results for Jamaica at CAZOVA Championships
Jamaica mens and womens teams endured mixed results in their opening games at the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Senior Volleyball Championships, as the mens team defeated Bahamas while the womens team fell to Barbados. The me
All systems go for Nomination Day
The machinery of the two major political parties will be at full throttle today as the prospective candidates and their supporters are expected to whip up frenzied carnival-type celebrations that accompany Nomination Day exercises across Jamaicas...
PNP stands firm on Swaby's right to call Seivwright Gardens by-election
Chairman of the Peoples National Party (PNP) Dr Angela Brown Burke is warning that the Opposition is prepared to take the Government to court if it fails to walk back its announcement of a by-election in Seivwright Gardens and follow the law....
Spanish Town FC wants exemption for coach Stewart
Spanish Town Police FCs technical director, Corporal Howard Dyer, is appealing for an exemption that would allow their experienced former national assistant coach Bradley Stewart to sit on the bench during the upcoming Jamaica Premier League (JPL...
With laughter and insight, ‘Miss Lou Still Ah Talk'
An attractive young woman stopped me as I was exiting the theatre last Friday night. But it was only to give her opinion of the production wed just seen. “I liked it,” she said. “It was different. Very educational.” She couldnt have been mor
Editorial | Manifestos have value
The Gleaner commends the Peoples National Partys (PNP) attempt to widen accessibility to its manifesto for next months general election. The document is delivered not only in written formal English, but is being made available in audio form - in.
Letter of the Day | Commit to protect rights of all children
THE EDITOR, Madam: The next two weeks will be marked by frenzied preparation for ‘back to school. Bookstores will be crammed with parents scrambling to purchase textbooks, and dressmakers will work under pressure to complete last-minute uniform...
Something Extra | Monday
Clarks is marking its 200th anniversary. Locally, Signature Style, Jamaicas first affiliate store for Clarks Originals, is at the heart of the islands celebration of The Rocks unofficial national shoe. On Friday, the brand gathered footwear...
‘Schools for husbands' aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying
DAKAR (AP): On a recent evening in Senegal ‘s capital of Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they should be more involved in household chores. “The Prophet himself says a man who does not help support his wife...