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George H.W. Bush released from Maine hospital

Published:Monday | June 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP):Former President George H.W. Bush has left a Maine hospital after more than a week of treatment for low blood pressure and fatigue.A Bush spokesman tweeted yesterday that the president "deeply" appreciates the care and good...

EPA's Pruitt sought used Trump hotel mattress

Published:Monday | June 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt had a top aide seek a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel and perform other personal chores for him, including house-hunting and booking personal travel, according...

Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz stepping down

Published:Monday | June 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Starbucks Corp says Howard Schultz is stepping down this month as executive chairman of the coffee chain he joined more than 30 years ago.Schultz, who oversaw the transformation of Starbucks into a global chain with more than 28,000...

Volcano death toll up to 62, expected to rise

Published:Monday | June 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM

EL RODEO (AP):Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies yesterday from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire, as the death toll rose to 62 and was expected to go higher from a disaster that caught residents of...

Guerrero grabs brace in Saudi thumping

Published:Sunday | June 3, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ST GALLEN, Switzerland (AP):Peru captain Paolo Guerrero scored twice in a 3-0 win over Saudi Arabia in a FIFA World Cup warm-up yesterday on his comeback, three days after a Swiss supreme court ruling put his doping ban on hold.Guerrero looked every...

Michelle Serieux’s filmmaker workshop on June 30

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 7:38 AM

The Department of Literatures in English, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, announces the rescheduling of this semester's film workshop with 2017-2018 Filmmaker-in-Residence Michelle Serieux on Saturday, June 30, at The UWI, Mona Campus...

Austria stun Germany on GK Neuer's return

Published:Saturday | June 2, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KLAGENFURT, Austria (AP):Manuel Neuer played his first match since September as Germany were beaten 2-1 by Austria in its penultimate warm-up game for the World Cup yesterday.The Bayern Munich goalkeeper, who has recovered from a hairline fracture...

Dean-turned-dealer gets up to 26 years for maiming student

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BOSTON (AP):A former high-school dean and anti-violence advocate nicknamed 'Rev' for his pastor-like influence was sentenced yesterday to up to 26 years in prison for shooting and nearly killing a student he had recruited to sell marijuana for him....

Flood hits German zoo, sparks fear of lions, tigers on loose

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):Two lions, two tigers and a jaguar were thought to have escaped their enclosures yesterday at a zoo in western Germany, sparking a massive search by police and warnings to residents to stay indoors.Hours later, authorities said those...

Strong hiring in May pushes unemployment rate to 18-year low

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent from 3.9 per cent in April.Average hourly pay rose 2.7 per cent from a...

Trump takes aim at Canada as US protest his tariffs

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Already under fire for his combative trade policies, United States (US) President Donald Trump yesterday intensified pressure on Canada, demanding that America's neighbour and close ally "open their markets and take down trade...

Whores, outrage and fly-by-night pastors

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:"You foolish Galatians (and Jamaicans, and American pastors, who try to live by the letter of the law and condemn women who dress in a particular way or place too great a focus on keeping the Sabbath)! Who has bewitched you? Before...

Morgan attack smokescreen for Phillips' failures

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I was quite amused when I read the letter from the known PNP operative who resides abroad complaining about Robert Nesta Morgan.The letter seems more like a cry for help for the PNP than a critique of Mr Morgan. Why would the author...

10-y-o offers crime plan for Jamaica

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am 10 years old. My mother, sister and I were passing the ZOSO (zone of special operations) when I thought, why don't they put soldiers along the border of each parish and space them out based on how many soldiers there are...

Brazil's fitness concerns grow

Published:Friday | June 1, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Brazil winger Douglas Costa and midfielder Renato Augusto will miss tomorrow's friendly against Croatia in Liverpool, raising further worries about the fitness of the squad for the World Cup.Coach Tite already had injury concerns over...

Russian journalist reported killed in Ukraine shows up alive

Published:Wednesday | May 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital yesterday, less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment building. The country's security services...

Robinson’s baseless accusations

Published:Wednesday | May 30, 2018 | 2:29 PM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The Gleaner on Wednesday, May 25, published an article 'Robinson wants oversight bodies to probe Petrojam', where opposition Member of Parliament Julian Robinson called for an investigation into the state-owned oil refinery.I have...

Energy research firm predicts Guyana will retain 60% of oil profits

Published:Wednesday | May 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Norwegian oil and gas research firm Rystad Energy is predicting that Guyana's oil sector could generate annual revenue of US$15 billion and that the government would pocket most of the profit generated from the explorations."ExxonMobil's...

Region must collaborate on disaster issue

Published:Wednesday | May 30, 2018 | 4:29 PM

The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. W. Warren Smith, is urging regional leaders and development partners to work collaboratively and proactively to address the Region's vulnerabilities, and to support resilience-building in...

Louisville to require healthy food on children's menus

Published:Wednesday | May 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Kentucky's largest city will soon require restaurants to offer healthy food on its children's menus. The Courier Journal reports the Louisville Metro Council voted 13-11 this week to approve a city ordinance that says restaurants can only sell a...

Schools must accommodate all beliefs

Published:Wednesday | May 30, 2018 | 5:27 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:School is for education and not for indoctrination of any form. I am particularly disturbed by a quote attributed to Nadine Molloy, principal of Ardenne High, in her response to a parent who questioned the whole devotion issue....

Glenford Smith | Self-Esteem: The Core of Career Success

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

If you are like me, you may take it for granted that you know what self-esteem is, and believe that you have it. That's what I had thought, about 15 years ago. Then I learned that, at best, I had only a vague notion of what the term actually meant....

Weinstein lawyer: Rape accuser had consensual relationship

Published:Tuesday | May 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says the woman who has accused him of rape in his criminal case was in a decade-long consensual relationship with the film producer that continued after the alleged attack.Attorney Benjamin Brafman made the...

Michigan to give sexual abuse victims more time to sue

Published:Tuesday | May 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LANSING, Michigan (AP):Michigan Gov Rick Snyder is expected to sign into law bills inspired by the Larry Nassar scandal, including one approved Tuesday that would give childhood sexual abuse victims more time to sue.The current cut-off to file a...

Inmate on leave kills three in Belgium, setting off terror probe

Published:Tuesday | May 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LIEGE (AP):A knife-wielding prison inmate on a 48-hour leave stabbed two police officers yesterday in the Belgian city of Liege, seized their service weapons and shot them and a bystander to death before being mowed down by a group of officers,...

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