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Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:12:10 -0500
Fearless and valiant
TOKYO, Japan: Nine medals on paper show Jamaica’s lowest haul at the Olympic Games since the 2004 installment in Athens, but, in reality, it represented significant success for a transitioning Jamaican team, highlighted by the coronation of Elaine...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:10:22 -0500
INSTACROOKS!
There is no room for remorse if you are a Jamaican scammer. On the best days, such feelings could jeopardise one’s loot, while on the worse, it may cause a slip-up that ends in a prison sentence or death. That’s the resolve of some scammers who...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:12:05 -0500
Good Samaritan who helped Parchment invited to Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: The Good Samaritan who gave taxi fare to Olympic gold medallist Hansle Parchment in Japan, allowing him to secure his place in history, is being invited to Jamaica by the Government. The woman who literally saved Parchment from...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:11:28 -0500
‘I would do it again’
The Reverend Merrick ‘Al’ Miller could not believe what he had just heard after he answered his telephone while relaxing at home with his family last Monday. The caller disclosed that he had been selected to receive a national honour, Commander ...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:10:21 -0500
Third wave
President of the Medical Association of Jamaica, Dr Andrew Manning, believes that Jamaica is now in the midst of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, the country recorded 326 new cases, which is the second-highest number of cases...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:10:09 -0500
INDEPENDENCE GIFT
TOKYO, Japan: Jamaica will be looking to close out the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on a positive note after enjoying success in the women’s 4x100m relay inside the Tokyo Olympic Stadium as the island celebrated its Independence on Friday. The team o...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:09:03 -0500
Convicts escape Hunts Bay lock-up
Two criminals awaiting sentencing at the Hunts Bay Police Station lock-up made a pre-Independence Day jailbreak and are still on the run. Yesterday, the leadership of the station held an emergency meeting to, among other things, ascertain how the......

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:09:20 -0500
Pre-teen traumatised after gunmen take her mother’s life
An 11-year-old girl, who just passed her Primary Exit Profile examination to attend Westwood High in September, has been left traumatised after gunmen shot and killed her mother at their home in Tank Lane, Oracabessa, St Mary, on Thursday night....

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:09:41 -0500
Trench Town residents shaken!
Trench Town residents claim that their community will never return to the days of peaceful living and enjoyment following Thursday night’s senseless attack that left six persons, including a woman, nursing gunshot wounds after a drive-by shooting....

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:10:16 -0500
Gonsalves says attacker wanted to kill him
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been released from a Barbados hospital where he underwent several tests yesterday morning. Gonzalves was hit on the head with a stone near the Parliament on Thursday as he made his...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:10:28 -0500
Clarendon crash leaves one dead, two in critical condition
The Clarendon police have confirmed that one man died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident in the community of Race Course in Toll Gate, Clarendon, yesterday afternoon. Ramone Henry, an eyewitness, told The Gleaner that overtaking...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:09:28 -0500
Terrelonge slams ‘bathroom scientists’
In a sweeping condemnation of persons who are using social media to perpetuate misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine, State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alando Terrelonge, has called on those...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:05:56 -0500
TCCU boasts J$3.6 billion asset base
Western Bureau: The Trelawny Co-operative Credit Union (TCCU) has announced that its current asset base is a whopping J$3.6 billion, which means the institution is now on a solid foundation to approach the future with confidence. The good news...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:05:52 -0500
‘I had a crush on Roy Rayon for two weeks!’
The year 1987 marked a significant milestone in the life of Jamaica as a nation, as the country marked 25 years of independence from Britain. For a female student at the impressionable age of 11, though, seeing Roy Rayon perform his winning...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:13:21 -0500
OM FOR KAMALA’S DAD
Professor Donald Jasper Harris will be this year’s only inductee into the Order of Merit, Jamaica’s third-highest honour, for his outstanding contributions to national development. He will be among 144 Jamaicans who will be given National Honou...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:29:05 -0500
Jamaica records 3 more COVID deaths, 326 new infections
Jamaica on Thursday recorded three more COVID deaths pushing the tally to 1,214. At the same time, the number of infections continued to climb. Latest deaths *An 88-year-old male from Clarendon *A 78-year-old male from Westmoreland *A 52-year-...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:09:36 -0500
CARICOM chairman condemns assault on St Vincent PM
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman Prime Minister Gaston Browne has condemned the physical assault on St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves. And he is warning against the introduction of violence in Caribbean...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:12:40 -0500
Injury just another hurdle of life, says Hansle’s dad
Jumping over zinc fences and bearing the weight of old tyres as he ran up and down the hill of Cashew Lane in Port Morant, St Thomas, may have all contributed to the crowning of Hansle Parchment as the newest 110m hurdles Olympic champion....

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:13:26 -0500
Vaccine vibe shifts, says CMO
Jamaica’s health officials are banking on an upswing in COVID-19 vaccinations as new survey data are emerging suggesting a softening of the high levels of hesitancy that have stymied the pace of inoculation. That news is likely to be a fillip for...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:13:06 -0500
Hansle delivers golden reward for coach
In every career, there comes an accomplishment that makes one complete. For coach Fitz Coleman, that defining moment glistened on an Olympic gold medal-winning performance, delivered by Hansle Parchment in the men’s 110m final at the Tokyo 2020......



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