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France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge
France says it has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics this summer, as organisers finalise security planning for the French capital's first Games in a century...
CommentsInvestigators search for bodies of Easter pilgrims in bus that crashed off a bridge in South Africa
MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa (AP) — Forensic investigators in South Africa were searching Friday for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire. An 8-year-old child was the...
Comments- Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle ‘catastrophic’ gang violence, UN expert says
- JDF veteran Brigadier Radgh Mason is new prison boss
- St Mary woman accused of selling crack cocaine
- Transport operators agree to hold off on 16% fare increase
- Traffic court judge orders family court judge to promptly attend court
New CMO aims for Andrews Memorial to become high reliability healthcare organisation
Newly appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr Francene Gayle has been mandated to lead Andrews Memorial Hospital into becoming a high-reliability healthcare organisation (HRHO). The move comes amid the hospital’s 80th anniversary celebrations, which...
CommentsGuys Hill cops fête Jubilee Primary youth for Easter
Members of the Guys Hill police in St Catherine, in collaboration with its Youth Club, this week descended on the Jubilee Primary School in the parish with good cheer for the Easter. The students were gifted with bun and cheese as part of their end...
Comments‘We are going to continue doing it’
THE STRIDES Tivoli Gardens have made under coach Jerome Waite this season have been nothing short of remarkable. Last season, the Jermaine ‘Teddy’ Johnson-led outfit finished a disappointing 11th in the 14-team Jamaica Premier League table, with a...
CommentsTwo Jamaicans make Nations League best XI
JAMAICA’S REGGAE Boyz have two players among the Concacaf Nations Best XI line-up, in Dexter Lembikisa and Michael Hector. The list, announced after the United States beat Mexico 2-0 in the final and Jamaica clipped Panama 1-0 in the third-place...
CommentsFTC: Bank competitiveness improves but concerns remain Premium
Jamaica’s banking sector provides stability but might not be competitive enough, despite improvements in recent years. That, on the face of it, is the upshot of a new study done by Fair Trading Competition, FTC, of the $2.4-trillion commercial...
CommentsIndies Pharma earnings dragged by inflation and stock-outs Premium
Pharmaceutical trader Indies Pharma Jamaica Limited’s performance was moderate in the first quarter ended January but below expectations. CEO Guna Muppuri blames inflation for the company’s missed targets. He also points to stock-outs occasioned...
CommentsFive Questions with Taller Dan
Matching his six-foot-five-inch frame, soca artiste Taller Dan’s music has been steadily soaring to new heights in fêtes across the Caribbean and the United States. Through the years, releasing songs such as Problem, Natural Whiner, and Sucka Bag...
CommentsA fabulous celebration of women unfolds at QORIHC
A fabulous celebration of women of varying ages, shapes, colours and form – united through natural sisterhood, and also by being threads in the fabric of the entertainment industry– unfolded inside the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium on Sunday evening...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Given the importance of the House Speaker’s role...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Could the wife of President Joe Biden, were she a sitting US senator, become Speaker of the House in the US Congress? Yes, she could, but, it would never happen. Why? Because the wife of the president of the United States,...
CommentsWhy the long delays for lab test results?
THE EDITOR, Madam: I write to express my deep concern regarding the unacceptable turnaround time to receive laboratory test results. In today’s fast-paced world, where timely medical information can be critical, the delays we are experiencing are...
CommentsGuyana calls on international legislators to condemn Venezuela
GENEVA (CMC): Guyana Tuesday called on the global legislators to condemn new moves by Venezuela to seek to gain control of the Essequibo region that that makes up about two-thirds of the CARICOM country and is home to 125,000 of its 800,000...
CommentsTrump assails judge after gag order in hush-money case
NEW YORK (AP): Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, suggesting without evidence that the veteran jurist was kowtowing to his daughter’s interests as a...
CommentsSomething Extra | Thursday
The JMMB Fairview team recently hosted an exclusive ‘Paint, Sip, Cheers’ event catered to female beauty and wellness professionals in the west. Held at Hotel Grand A View in Montego Bay, the event aimed to foster a laid-back ambiance where...
Fit Fiyah Soca Series set to ignite ‘wining’ appetite for finale
With the grand staging of Carnival in Jamaica less than two weeks away, socaphiles are gearing up for a tour which promises to whet ‘wining’ appetites and have everyone begging for more. If you’re looking to get in some last-minute cardio and learn...
Editorial | Speaker blunders … again
Basil Jarrett | Now that Champs is over, what next?