- JUTC to end free ride programme for essential workers 8:26 am
- COVID responses chip away at democratic norms worldwide — study 8:12 am
- West Indies tour in doubt as virus hits Sri Lanka team 7:57 am
- Olympics organisers unveil virus rule book for Tokyo Games 7:53 am
- Bangladesh 242-5 at stumps in first West Indies Test 7:47 am
- 42-y-o St Andrew woman reported missing 9:21 pm
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Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says that, with Jamaica virtually assured of vaccines to meet initial COVID-19 immunisation demand later this month,...
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Frantic voice notes and old recycled video footage of violence that have been making the rounds on social media since Sunday morning, after the murder of 51-year-old Harry McLeod from...
HOWARD McIntosh, chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board, is calling on the Government to make reopening the entertainment sector a priority.
Cigarette company Carreras is seeing an imminent demise of the tobacco trade in Jamaica coming from the new tobacco Bill now before Parliament.
FORMER Mount Alvernia High and University of Technology, Jamaica sprinter Kemba Nelson introduced herself to the US National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) circuit in a grand...
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Today's Headlines
- Yasus wants 'poetic justice'
- A word to the wise on the global supply chain for vaccines
- Dinthill Technical moves for full digitisation with fibre-optic technology
- Russell wins silver, Fenlator-Victorian disqualified
- Davis, James lead Lakers over Hawks, fans ejected
- Bring back SOEs... in another form
- US-Caribbean congresswoman Yvette Clarke appointed to top post
- Government revenues up by $378 million as at December 2020
- Responsible journalism vs sensational reporting
- CLA boss tipped to be next postmaster general
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LATEST NEWS
China to offer 10 million vaccine doses to Covax8:42 am
BEIJING, China?AFP) — China plans to provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 jabs to the WHO-backed international vaccine distribution programme Covax, Beijing said... Read More
JUTC to end free ride programme for essential workers8:26 am
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be discontinuing its free bus ride programme to essential workers come February 14.... Read More
COVID responses chip away at democratic norms worldwide — study8:12 am
PARIS, France?AFP) — Emergency measures to curtail the coronavirus pandemic took tolls on democratic freedoms around the world last year, with setbacks in the West even...... Read More
West Indies tour in doubt as virus hits Sri Lanka team 7:57 am
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka?AFP) — Sri Lanka's national coach Mickey Arthur and a player have tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's cricket board said Wednesday,...... Read More
Olympics organisers unveil virus rule book for Tokyo Games 7:53 am
TOKYO, Japan?AFP) — Olympics organisers unveiled the first of a series of "playbooks" aimed at holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Games safely on Wednesday, warning...... Read More
Bangladesh 242-5 at stumps in first West Indies Test 7:47 am
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh?AFP)?#8212; Opener Shadman Islam struck a patient...... Read More
42-y-o St Andrew woman reported missing 9:37 pm
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Forty-two-year-old Nickeshia Litchmore otherwise called 'Nicky', of Rock Hall, 19 Miles in St Andrew has been missing since Monday, February...... Read More
WHO team to visit Chinese virus lab in Wuhan8:37 pm
WUHAN, China?AFP) — World Health Organization (WHO) inspectors will visit a laboratory in China's Wuhan city on Wednesday that American officials suggested could have...... Read More
NEWS
PAC raps labour ministry over non-response to weaknesses identified by audit
THE chief accountable officer in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) found herself under sustained fire yesterday as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)... Read More
Tourism and hospitality scholarship created in honour of 'Butch' Stewart
In one of his first initiatives as Sandals Resorts International (SRI) executive chairman, Adam Stewart has announced the creation of The Gordon...... Read More
CAC to release details of all labs approved for COVID testing
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is to this week release the details of all approved private sector laboratories that can legitimately test for SARS-CoV-2, the...... Read More
JPS to expand vegetation-control project
THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said its recent and new scientific methods are proving effective in helping to keep vegetation off the company's lines. This latest...... Read More
SPORT
Grant, Owens impress at Virginia Beach Invitational track meet
Former Jamaican junior representative Owayne Owens set a new University of Virginia indoors long jump record as three Jamaicans recorded victories in... Read More
Man Utd equal record with 9-goal blitz, Arsenal lose at Wolves
London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Manchester United equalled the biggest win in Premier League history as they crushed nine-man Southampton 9-0,...... Read More
Fan-free Tokyo Paralympics can still have major impact, says IPC chief
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Paralympics chief Andrew Parsons is confident the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games will go ahead this year, and will be...... Read More
Olympics will happen 'however coronavirus evolves' – Tokyo 2020 chief
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The pandemic-postponed Olympics will go ahead this summer “however the coronavirus evolves”, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori...... Read More
BUSINESS
Jamaica Olympic Association on track
With a focus on growing the ability to support its membership association of sporting bodies, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) invested $325 million over the... Read More
QWI posts blowout quarter as earnings season begins
AFTER facing the ravages of COVID-19 in its first financial year as a listed company, QWI Investments Limited has delivered a solid turnaround to generate net profit of...... Read More
Tropical Battery powers up for expansion
TROPICAL Battery has been energised for expansion mode having declared its intention to pursue a number of acquisitions in the coming months.... Read More
FosRich partners with Huawei to provide energy solutions to the Caribbean
FOSRICH Company Limited has partnered with global technology company Huawei in an effort to improve renewable energy and energy efficiency in Jamaica and the wider...... Read More
ENTERTAINMENT
ELEPHANT Man's bail was extended to March 7, 2021 when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree yesterday. The dancehall deejay is... Read More
Yasus wants 'poetic justice'
THE poet once held a high rung on the ladder of Jamaican culture but that esteem has slipped in recent years, seemingly now handed to their dancehall and reggae...... Read More
McIntosh makes case for sector
HOWARD McIntosh, chairman of the Entertainment Advisory Board, is calling on the Government to make reopening the entertainment sector a priority.... Read More
Sounds of Dalton Browne
BASS guitarist Glen Browne said he is planning to release new material featuring his late brother Dalton on lead vocals.... Read More
ALL WOMAN
Sertina McGreggor Fuller - Fixing women's crowns
DR Sertina McGreggor Fuller knows that necessity is the mother of invention. She learned this lesson after having her first baby when she, like many women do after... Read More
COLUMNS
We need decisive leadership to defeat the crime monster
In his address to the recent Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investment and Capital Markets Conference Prime Minister Andrew Holness called... Read More
Responsible journalism vs sensational reporting
The new year started with a bang — no pun intended. And, there is no hiding the fact that Jamaica is a country in crisis when it comes to crime...... Read More
Microcredit Bill the first step
The Jamaica Association for Microfinancing (JAMFIN) congratulates the Government of Jamaica on the passing of the Microcredit Bill. The Bill was passed with the...... Read More
Say, Aye!
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has announced his availability to serve a second term when his current term ends on December 31. Arguably, Guterres is...... Read More
REGIONAL
Westmoreland residents encouraged to remain vigilant in fight against COVID-19
HEALTH promotion and education officer at the Westmoreland Health Department Gerald Miller has renewed the call for residents to remain vigilant in the fight against... Read More
Highway completion still on track for next year
REDBERRY, Manchester — Work is set to resume this week on the US$188-million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of the east-west corridor of Highway 2000 after being...... Read More
O Canada, your travel ban is painful, but...
Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth — He knows the three-month suspension of Canadian airline flights to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean because of...... Read More
Wi-Fi prep excites Falmouth Mayor
FALMOUTH,Trelawny —Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor C Junior Gager, is elated over advanced preparation by the Government to roll out free secured Wi-Fi hot spots to...... Read More
EDITORIALS
A word to the wise on the global supply chain for vaccines
Although the European Union (EU) has backtracked on its threat to restrict COVID-19 vaccine exports to Northern Ireland, the intention has signalled... Read More
Has the PNP abandoned Dr Phillips' position on crime?
For what little it did for him electorally, Dr Peter Phillips at least took the principled position that the stakeholder approach is the best way to...... Read More
Private sector's vaccine offer a good move
This newspaper welcomes last week's announcement by the Jamaican business sector that it has offered to partner with the Government “in the National Coronavirus...... Read More
Welcome back to the Paris Accord, America
Climate change poses a clear and present existential crisis to the entire world but most particularly to the small island developing...... Read More
AUTO
Gordon Town Road reinstatement works to commence in February
THE National Works Agency (NWA) has instructed the contractor to commence works by early February on the collapsed section of the Gordon Town Road, in St Andrew. Read More
2021 Kia Sonet: a technological marvel
THE 2021 Kia Sonet joins the brand's expanding line of sport utility vehicles (SUVs). This is Kia's smallest SUV yet but the Sonet boasts advanced technology,...... Read More
Onika Miller gets interim post at FIA
ONIKA Miller — former managing director of the MCS Group, a member company of The Jamaica National Group — has been appointed interim secretary general for...... Read More
VW ON SHOW
ADOLF Hitler may have missed an opportunity to leave a more appealing legacy behind. But he may have done enough to win the admiration of motor vehicle fanatics by...... Read More
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