Many young girls growing up in Jamaica gets drawn into singing, dancing and acting from a tender age. When it comes to sports, many are automatically drawn to disciplines such as netball or track and field, but for the very few, there is cricket....
Jacqueline Sharp has held every post at Scotiabank you can think of, including CEO of the Scotiabank Group, a position she held between 2013 and 2017. Her journey in the banking sector, and the number of changes to perspective she had to make in...
Donna Duncan Scott, Group Executive Director, Culture and Leadership at Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), is often referred to as a visionary and ‘Ms Possibility Thinker’. She has a B.Sc. in Engineering, (UWI, St Augustine),...
She was one of the most distinguishable radio personalities in Jamaica. One just has to mention the phrase ‘Hotline’ and immediately, Barbara Gloudon’s name comes to mind. Gloudon has worn many hats throughout her illustrious...
She has been hailed as the darling of the pool in Jamaica and will surely go down as one of the country's most iconic sporting figures. Her iconic status was cemented in 2014 when Atkinson became the first black woman to hold a world record,...
The Spelling Bee Competition is older than Jamaica. In 1962, the competition on the island had already been going for three years. But nothing could be as special as being part of that competition in the year the island became author of its own...
Percival James Patterson became the sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica in 1992, but it was the road to holding the highest office in the land that is interesting. Patterson rose from the ashes of a scandal to lead the People’s National Party to...
The Students' Loan Bureau has helped thousands of Jamaicans attain higher education and improve their lot in life. The institution had its genesis all the way back in 1971 and The Gleaner was there for it. Published March 31, 1971 ...
Out of Many, One People has been the motto of Jamaicans since 1962, but before that, it was something else. The Gleaner was there for the moment that changed. So significant was the change that there is a bet going around in the office about how...
St Andrew High School for Girls have turned out a number of great performances over the 64-year history of the Girls’ Championships. In 1964, though, they achieved something they hadn’t before, and have not since. They won. Published...
Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 11:00 PMBANG Bizarre
James Bond fans are being given the chance to watch all 24 films in the spy franchise for $1,000. Culture website NerdBear.com is seeking a candidate to watch every single 007 film, from 1962's 'Dr. No' to 2015's 'Spectre'...
Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:51 PMBANG Bizarre
A dog has been hailed as a hero after stopping traffic to get help for its owner after she had a seizure. Haley Moore was walking her dog Clover in the Canadian capital Ottawa when she suffered a seizure, although the loyal pooch came to her aid by...
Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:42 PMBANG Bizarre
A barbershop in the US is offering customers coronavirus vaccinations as well as regular trims. Gee's Clippers in Wisconsin held its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the weekend with more planned over the coming weeks after the business teamed...
Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:35 PMBANG Bizarre
Human penises are shrinking because of pollution, a scientist has warned. Dr. Shanna Swan has warned in her new book that humanity faces an "existential crisis" in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when...
Published:Wednesday | March 31, 2021 | 10:28 PMBANG Bizarre
A swan is tormenting his human neighbours by continuously knocking on their front doors. The animal, named Cedric, pecks at letterboxes for hours on end at the homes opposite the lake where he lives in Northampton. The swan knocks on doors...
ATLANTA – With vaccinations raising hopes for an end to the pandemic, predictions about the post-COVID world are multiplying fast. From envisioning a reordered economy to forecasting how people will live, work, and play, experts are doing...
BOSTON – For decades, global leaders have failed to respond to climate change with appropriate urgency, even though the science has long been clear. Now, the problem has become so acute that it is impossible to ignore, and those in positions...
COPENHAGEN – One of the existential challenges facing the free world today is its disunity over emerging technologies. Divergence between the United States and the European Union in this area has helped China and other autocratic regimes as...
NEW YORK – In a recent commentary for the Financial Times, economist Dambisa Moyo makes a case for why business leaders should invest in Bitcoin. Her three main arguments are that Bitcoin is a way to mitigate company risk; cryptocurrencies...
(Kingston, Jamaica): A recently released study from the International Labour Organization (ILO) finds that a majority of institutions in Jamaica providing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with financing and business development services...
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...
While The Gleaner has long advocated for stronger laws to help mitigate against the spread of COVID-19, the organisation does have reservations about the way it is being done. Those questions warrant a second look. Published March 26, 2021 Uneasy...
The man who became the hero of a nation all the way back in 1998 when he headed in a Ricardo Gardener cross to give Jamaica its first goal in the World Cup has all right to speak about the nation’s football. And speak he has. Despite watching...
The story behind the disappearance and eventual surfacing of the body of Khanice Jackson, not just hurt a nation already under severe duress, but laid bare the nature of grief, as a mother cried for vengeance on the woman’s as yet unknown...
While there has been robust opposition to the Ministry of Finance’s COVID recovery plans, there are those praising the measured response. Some of those praises come from very high places, as The Gleaner revealed on Friday. Published March 26...
