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Garvey charged and convicted
WHILE MARCUS GARVEY’S popularity and influence were growing in the USA, so was the suspicion with which he was held by US government officials. They had never seen the likes of him, and the fact that he was not an American made the suspicion even...
CommentsSt Ann welcomes Garvey pardon
The St Ann Homecoming and Heritage Foundation has welcomed the presidential pardon granted to the Rt Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The foundation’s Chairman Lance Neita has said that the foundation has long advocated for the pardon and now looks...
CommentsSunshine Girls set for series sweep
Having already clinched the Margaret Beckford Trophy in their Sunshine Series against South Africa, the Sunshine Girls will enter today’s final match needing just a win to complete a sweep of their opponents at the National Indoor Sports Centre....
CommentsBig gap between netball games at NISC explained
Anxious to get a bucket deal watching back-to-back matches, a commonly asked question among spectators watching the senior Sunshine Girls and South Africa’s SPAR Proteas is why is there such a big gap in time for the playing of the accompanying...
CommentsJamaican gov’t to sell stake in highway operator TransJamaican
The Government of Jamaica will be offloading its $10-billion stake in TransJamaican Highway Limited, operator of the Highway 2000 East-West toll roads, and divesting outsourcing assets held by the Port Authority of Jamaica later this year. The...
CommentsAI taking the jobs of ‘agents’, not professionals, says expert
A globally recognised expert on artificial intelligence says the new technology will not take the jobs of professionals – not right away – but is taking on the tasks normally done by agents, for example, those who provide answers in call centres...
CommentsCoveside Concert series ‘representing excellent music’
Last Wednesday, Coveside Concerts lifted the veil on its four-month-long 2025 season, which, by all indications, has the right ingredients for a successful staging. Between February and May, the Plantation Cove venue in Priory, St Ann, will play...
CommentsA$AP Rocky’s lawyers to cast accuser as money seeker
AP: A$AP Rocky is the celebrity in the room, but A$AP Relli will star at his trial. The hip-hop star, fashion maven and actor, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, is accused of firing a gun at his former friend Relli, born Terell Ephron,...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Social institutions matter
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was recently speaking with a group of upper-school social sciences students, and they raised a pretty interesting question: are our social institutions even that important? They felt like they didn’t see how these...
CommentsJury trials critical for fair justice
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article ‘ DPP not in favour of judge-alone-trials’, published in The Gleaner on January 23. Like the DPP, we do not support ending jury trials. Jury challenges are not unique to Jamaica’s...
CommentsAsylum-seekers pushed to new extremes after Trump’s border crackdown begins
ATOTONILCO DE TULA(AP): When Dayana Castro heard that the US asylum appointment she waited over a year for was cancelled in an instant, she had no doubt. She was heading north anyway she could. The 25-year-old migrant, her husband and their four-...
CommentsGovernor dies fighting with rebels
GOMA (AP): The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital. M23 made significant territorial gains...
CommentsGoodHeart |Yvonne Clarke is a true humanitarian at heart
After dedicating more than 50 years to the Jamaica Red Cross, Director General Yvonne Clarke says she would do it all over again. Speaking with GoodHeart on Thursday evening, the selfless and devoted humanitarian reflected on a journey that took...
Glenmore Cummings trades insurance for life as a plant parent
Finding peace in nature is something that speaks to the heart of Glenmore Cummings. After working several years in the field of insurance, he said goodbye to the office and hello to a whole new green world. Making the discovery that true therapy is...
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