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Thousands pay tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP):Emotional tributes to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela poured in yesterday during an hours-long memorial service attended by thousands at Soweto's Orlando Stadium. Madikizela-Mandela died on April 2 at the age of...

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Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 12:46 PM

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Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 1:59 PM

Ronaldo rescues Madrid after Real Juve scare

Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):Cristiano Ronaldo converted an injury-time penalty to prevent Juventus from pulling off another stunning comeback in the quarter-finals of the Champions League as Real Madrid advanced despite a 3-1 home loss yesterday.The goal was enough...

Glenford Smith | Action is liberating

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Recently, I got a question from a reader of my column who said he was surprised when a friend embarrassed him with a response he wasn't expecting.He was telling the friend about his goals, when his friend told him he needed to see actions. He knew...

Healthful Tip | Read the label before buying

Published:Tuesday | April 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A processed food is any food that has been altered in some way during preparation. Not all processed foods are unhealthy, but some processed foods may contain high levels of salt, sugar and fat. The best indicator of how highly processed a food is...

Shipping schedule April 10-16

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

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Facebook users to learn if they were part of privacy scandal

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Facebook was to begin notifying users Monday if their data have been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but it isn't clear if it's started yet.The 87 million users who might have had their data shared with Cambridge Analytica were supposed...

Gov’t encourages local onion farming

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Garfield Forbes of Newport, Manchester on Audley Shaw’s new portfolio

Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 1:43 PM

The view that Audley Shaw has been "demoted" from finance minister to the Minister of Agriculture reflects our skewed vision of what constitutes an organisation and our misguided ideologies of what service ought to be. Service must never be regarded...

Warm welcome for new agriculture minister

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Is there a hellfire?

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I find Garth Rattray's article 'Winning souls over' (Gleaner, April 9, 2018) quite interesting. The irony of most religious teachings is that the very means that they use to win souls over is that which deters souls, considering...

Police appreciation service

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 4:51 PM

Book charts history of William Knibb Memorial High

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 8:29 AM

William Knibb Memorial High School in Martha Brae, Trelawny, alma mater of sprinting superstar Usain Bolt, was recently the venue for the launch of a book on the school's history, William Knibb Memorial High School: The First Fifty Years 1961-2011....

Acupuncture risks very minimal if practitioner is certified – local specialist

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Oriental medicine practitioner and acupuncture specialist, Dr Tracey Ann Brown, believes that while the risks associated with the ancient Chinese practice are minimal, the relevant authorities should put in place regulations to govern the use of...

Dwight Fletcher: YOLO: Live to win - Pt 2

Published:Thursday | April 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Dwight FletcherI think we can all agree that if you only live once, you should make it count. So, although YOLO (you only live once) has caught on as a trend for trying to squeeze as much 'fun' as possible out of life, God offers a better...

No respect for life, passengers

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:What can be more stubborn and stiff-necked than a donkey? We are behaving like a stubborn donkey by not heeding the call to save our lives and our country.For example, we sit in public passenger Coaster buses and taxis and allow the...

Stop the blame game about CRH

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:So what if the previous administration knew of the problem (at the Cornwall Regional Hospital(CRH)) and did not act decisively! Does that now absolve the present administration from addressing the problem? Are they not the one in...

Facebook admits to secretly deleting CEO's texts

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Facebook has been secretly deleting some messages CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent through its Messenger application, an option that hasn't been available to most of the social network's 2.2 billion users.The company says that it has been...

Spain, Portugal bust gang smuggling glass eels to Asia

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):Spanish and Portuguese authorities announced yesterday that they have taken down a criminal network that has been making large profits by smuggling glass eels to Asia.Authorities across the continent have been trying to tackle the...

Congrats Ambassador Audrey Marks

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 9:10 PM

Portland police mourn murder of colleague -killer caught

Published:Friday | April 6, 2018 | 8:45 PM

The Port Antonio Police are mourning the killing yesterday of a retired corporal, 66-year-old Homer Davis. The retired corporal, who had served approximately 35 years in the Portland police division, was reportedly stabbed all over his body after he...

Arrest warrant issued for former Brazilian president 'Lula'

Published:Thursday | April 5, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SAO PAULO (AP):A Brazilian judge issued an arrest warrant yesterday for former President Luiz In·cio Lula da Silva, dealing a major blow to the once wildly popular leader who was trying to mount a political comeback ahead of October's elections.The...

JASL’s Patrick Lalor on the Data Protection Act

Published:Wednesday | April 4, 2018 | 6:51 PM

The Jamaica AIDS Support for Life wants the Data Protection Act to provide "...a more deliberate effort in the wording of the Act to protect people's health information, sexual orientation and HIV status... is for legislation to "PROTECT" and not "...

US-China trade dispute escalates

Published:Wednesday | April 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM

After the United States unveiled plans to impose tariffs on US$50 billion in Chinese imports Tuesday, China lashed back within hours, matching the American tariffs with plans to tax US$50 billion of US products, including soybeans and small aircraft...

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