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South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It's the latest...
CommentsPolice announce traffic and security arrangements for Intimate concert
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the organisers of the Intimate concert, scheduled for Saturday, January 4, at Plantation Cove in Priory, St Ann, are advising the public of traffic and security arrangements that will be in place for...
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Guys Hill community group shows it cares
The Guys Hill Community Development Committee (CDC) in St Catherine on Monday held its third annual children’s treat. The event was held at the Guys Hill Town Hall, built in 1938, which was transformed into a zone of celebration and laughter as the...
Comments5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the...
CommentsMuschett’s Douglas opens season today at JC’s Sprint Fest
World Under-20 200 metres bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas of Muschett High will open her 2025 track season in the half-lap event at today’s Sprint Fest meet at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. The meet is set to start at 2:30 p.m. Douglas,...
CommentsGiannis the early leader in fan-balloting for NBA All-Star game
MIAMI, Florida (AP): Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo is the early leader in fan balloting for the NBA All-Star game, and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers seems well on his way toward extending his record and getting picked for a 21st time....
CommentsInvestors shifting fund to equities and bonds
Dealmaker Dan Theoc expects 2025 to attract institutional investors back to the stock market and longer term bonds for inflation-beating opportunities. Theoc, who heads the investments banking division at Mayberry investments, expects the momentum...
CommentsPulse profits plunge
Pulse Investments reported a double-digit fall in earnings for the September first quarter which followed on from write-downs to end its financial year. The company continues to transition after the passing of its founder, Kingsley Cooper, last...
Comments5 Questions With Alaine
Singer Alaine Laughton, known simply as Alaine, has been a constant in the music industry since moving back to Jamaica from the United States in 2004. One year later came her breakthrough hit, No Ordinary Love, a song that remains a big hit with...
Comments'Sounds From Yaad' a real Jamaican experience
In his synopsis of Sounds From Yaad, which is written in the programme, erudite writer and director, Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis declares: “From the onomatopoeic musicality of romantic overtures and social conversations to the creative cacophony of a...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Tourism can deliver more through strategic measures
THE EDITOR, Madam: The editorial ‘Beyond the hotel strikes’ on Sunday, December 29 highlights the significant contribution of tourism to Jamaica’s economy, citing its 6.5 per cent GDP share and employment of over 113,000 people. However, it...
CommentsTransparency on death penalty
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Election watch’, published in The Gleaner on January 1. I want to wish the two leaders of the main political parties and the citizens of Jamaica a happy 2025. I pray that there will...
CommentsCountry celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Panama Canal handover
PANAMA CITY (AP): Panama on Tuesday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the US handover of the Panama Canal, which President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take back. The commemoration was made more poignant by the death on Sunday of former...
CommentsUS Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by the Islamic State group
NEW ORLEANS (AP): A US Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and...
CommentsSomething Extra | Friday
Rising and shining in style, beautiful and dapper A-listers started the new year on a fabulous note, escaping to a tropical oasis at The University of the West Indies Mona Bowl in St Andrew on Wednesday for the much-anticipated event, Sunrise Day...
Kamal Powell rings in 40
Kamal Powell, head of marketing for Supreme Ventures Limited, celebrated 40 on Monday with a swanky celebration at Sora Japanese Restaurant in St Andrew. A new-year birth, Powell, who actually hit the milestone on January 1, rang in the big day...
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