NEW YORK – From a European sovereign credit-risk perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic differs from other recent crises. First, the current economic crisis arose from recession-inducing lockdowns to combat a viral contagion, rather than from an...
WASHINGTON, DC – This period in US history could go down as the moment when America’s democratic system for electing a president – the most consequential duty of US citizens – was broken, perhaps for good. True, the US...
LONDON – Nearly five years after the Brexit referendum, and in the five months since Brexit itself, the debate about the future of the City, the financial centre of London, has remained a dialogue of the deaf. Those who voted in June 2016 to...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist’s pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more. Take a look at this week past’s line up of cartoons as...
The Gleaner has seemingly grown impatient with the tardiness of the Jamaica Labour Party in handling a black eye from allegations surrounding one of its new Members of Parliament. The fact that the issue is closely related to national outcry about...
The scenes from a shoot-out between police and alleged murderers, fresh from a caper, played out on phones all over the island, turning the intersection of Trafalgar, Hope and Waterloo roads into something from a movie. However, the grief of a...
Chief internal auditor at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has made findings, that if borne out, could prove more entrenched corruption within the government’s various arms. The Gleaner, insistent on bringing these...
Our world is increasingly being caught on camera. With the change has come questions about privacy and appropriateness. In truth, there is much to loathe about the cellphone-wielding cameramen and women more interested in grabbing followers than...
The ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships is now over. The drama, the joys, and the pain over the course of five days are left for the memories of those who witnessed, but the meaning of the greatest high-school...
Whenever a story like this grabs national attention there is the inevitable look back at how a tragedy could have been avoided. A dead 14-year-old and a jailed accused later, those questions come thick and fast, especially for those closest to the...
The Corporate juggernauts that push capitalism to newer and greater heights just keep chugging along, no matter what. There can be no greater example than the revelation, in last week’s Gleaner, that Island Records had prepared a death...
Louise Bennett, “Miss Lou, “a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator, is the most decorated among Jamaican poets and songwriters and with good reason. Born on September 7, 1919, Bennett is most revered for the part she played...
When Kamala Devi Harris, attorney at law, became the 49th Vice President of the United States of America, she also became the highest-ranking female official in US History. And what’s more, she is of Jamaican and Indian parentage. Harris was...
The brilliant mind and determination of Jevene Bent has carried her from a humble childhood in Southfield, St Elizabeth to leading men and women in Jamaica’s police force and prison system. Teaching was her first focus, before switching to a...
Scarlette Gillings, known for her work in developing the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in Jamaica, is a social engineer who spent decades running programmes aimed at reducing poverty in Jamaica. Through decades of service, she devoted her...
Internationally, the name Marley is synonymous with reggae music. Rita Marley was also the wife of Bob Marley, the musical artiste, known as the King of Reggae. Rita Marley was a vocalist, who provided backup for Bob Marley as a member of the I-...
The celebration of Child's Month has been a long tradition in a country now struggling with handling violence against the vulnerable young. Looking back at how long we have been celebrating our children is a good way to recognise how much we...
In April of 1981, Bob Marley was conferred with the Order of Merit, by May of 1981, he was dead. The fact that he was being conferred with the honour at just 36 years old, says it all. Jamaica had lost the greatest of its musical ambassadors. Here...
With the achievements of Jamaican athletes like Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in recent times, and Veronica Campbell-Brown before that, there may be the tendency to forget some of the people we call heroes. That 'forgetfulness'...
Jamaica has gone through more changes than you would think on its way to achieving a sort of mature democracy. One of the ways of doing that is to ensure free and fair elections. Fairness is the purview of the Political Ombudsman, a position...
It is easy to overlook those on whose backs we have stood to produce excellence and the Musgrave Medal awards are a wonderful way to ensure that doesn't happen. The work of people like George Goode may not have been remembered otherwise, so it...
Published:Thursday | May 13, 2021 | 12:04 AMBANG Bizarre
Visitors to Dracula's castle in Romania are being offered the coronavirus jab. Medics wearing fang stickers are providing shots of the Pfizer vaccine to everyone who visits Bran Castle, which is believed to have inspired the vampire's lair...
Published:Wednesday | May 12, 2021 | 11:56 PMBANG Bizarre
A bottle of wine that has spent a year in space is expected to sell for around US$1 million (£720,000). Auction house Christie's explained how the bottle of Petrus 2000 spent 14 months ageing on the International Space Station and is now...
Published:Wednesday | May 12, 2021 | 11:48 PMBANG Bizarre
Injecting human blood into the penis can boost men's sex lives, scientists have said. A study has revealed that jabbing a teaspoonful of blood down below can enhance bedroom performance with an upgrade in erectile function. In the first trial...
Published:Wednesday | May 12, 2021 | 11:42 PMBANG Bizarre
An Australian woman woke up from tonsil surgery with an Irish accent. Gie Mcyen went under general anaesthetic to get her tonsils removed and claims that she had a completely different accent after the procedure. Mcyen posted a video on TikTok...
