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A boy drives a motorcycle in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included in the 23 de Enero neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, December 11, 2023. Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, pr

Venezuela rejects UN court order to halt election in territory under dispute with Guyana

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government on Friday rejected a ruling from the United Nations' top court ordering the South American country to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee a resource-rich region...

Expanded Saturday opening of tax offices to begin on May 3

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising that it will operate select tax offices in several parishes on Saturdays, beginning May 3. The move follows the announcement on the matter by the Minister of Finance Fayval Williams during her recent... 9:37 am EST

BANNER BATTLE

Jamaica’s Supreme Court is being asked to quash a decision by the St James Municipal Corporation to remove political posters of prospective candidates for the upcoming general election and to bar the local authority from taking any similar action....

Air travel to Jamaica generates US$235m for GAP in 2024 Premium

Travel at the nation’s two busiest airports generated US$235 million in total revenue last year for the Pacific Airport Group, GAP, the Mexican airport operator’s newly released financials indicate. The outturn was 15 per cent better than in 2023.... 7:35 am EST

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Kwame McPherson (left) shakes hands with a patron who is displaying a signed copy of McPherson’s book, ‘My Date With Depression’.

Jamaica’s Commonwealth Short Story prize-winner Kwame McPherson in Abu Dhabi Premium

IN 2023, Kwame McPherson became the first Jamaican to win the prestigious, global Commonwealth Short Story competition. Since then, his presence is being requested at high-end events and on occasions, such as the one that took place at Buckingham...

S Hotel Montego Bay tops Tripadvisor’s 2025 Best of the Best Awards in Jamaica

WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay-based S Hotel has again been rewarded for excellence by emerging as the number one all-inclusive resort in Jamaica by Tripadvisor’s 2025 Traveler’s choice Best of the Best Awards, reaffirming its position as a...

Gregory Daley, chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation’s competition’s committee.

Mount Pleasant under JFF investigation

Gregory Daley, chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) competition’s committee, has confirmed an open investigation into Mount Pleasant Football Academy regarding the allegations of fielding ineligible players in the Jamaica Premier...

Hydel look to end season on a high at East Coast meet

BALTIMORE, Maryland: FOLLOWING their record-breaking performance in the 4x400 metres at last weekend’s Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Hydel High will be hoping to end their season in fine style when they compete at the East Coast International...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness flips the switch at the commissioning of Jamaica Packaging Industries Limited’s new factory at 693 Spanish Town Road, Kingston, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Looking on from left are JPI Country Manager Gary Cole; JPI Chai

Jamaica Packaging close to tripling capacity with new factory

Backed by a big bank loan, Jamaica Packaging Industries Limited has upgraded its machinery and moved into new operating space that could see the company tripling its output. Country Manager Gary Cole said the complex, spanning 74,000 square feet,...

Express Catering grows profit despite dip in travel flow Premium

Food service company Express Catering Limited, ECL, posted net profit of US$1.8 million for the third quarter ending February 2025, a two-thirds increase year-on-year, notwithstanding a decline in passenger traffic through the Sangster... 7:37 am EST

5 Questions With Mojo Morgan

With royalty embedded in their DNA, five of the children of ska, reggae and rocksteady great, Denroy Morgan, formed a band in 1994, and it’s no surprise that Morgan Heritage has stood the test of time, touring internationally and securing quite a...

Desi Jones tribute, great performances at Bring Back the Love

The 2025 staging of Bring Back the Love Cabaret Show, the fourth in the delightful series, paid tribute to master musician, musical director, educator, mentor, and percussionist of the highest calibre, Desi Jones. “This year’s concert holds...

Colleen Lowe, clerk to the Houses of Parliament

Editorial | HR support for Parliament

By now, good sense, we hope, has prevailed and Colleen Lowe, the clerk to the Houses of Parliament, has withdrawn her threat of disciplinary action against staff who come to work with hickeys. They would be sent home, Ms Lowe said in an internal...

Peter Espeut | The end cannot justify the means

I wore black on Tuesday. I wore black because I support the police, and am appalled at how their reputation is being damaged by the appearance that they are using excessive force in the execution of their duties. No Jamaican that desires social...

Letter of the Day | Tackling crime and violence should be the priority

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Golding fires back at PM’s dismissal of PNP housing plan,’ published in The Gleaner on April 29. Housing plan should be a non-issue in the 2025 general election. There can be a good...

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Hickey Police – House Clerk threatens to immediately send home parliamentary staff who turn up with love bites. Is that legal? How can you prove they are hickeys? – @kullijhan I find the action of hickeys so juvenile for supposedly...

A group of African American students (left) enter the Boothville-Venice School in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on September 12, 1966 as a group of white mothers wait at the entrance of the school.

Justice Department ends decades-old school desegregation order

WASHINGTON (AP): When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be...

Trump’s policies loom over May Day marches

PARIS (AP): French union leaders condemned the “Trumpization” of world politics, while in Italy, May Day protesters paraded a puppet of the American president through the streets of Turin. Across continents, hundreds of thousands turned out for...

Something Extra | Friday

Time stood still last Saturday for the golden hour and beyond as Sunnation provided patrons with a fabulously fresh opportunity to fête and bask in the radiant bliss of soca. Celebrities and socialites made their way to the Caymanas Polo Club last...

‘From Stuck to Strategic’

Focus. Courage. Purpose. These are the pillars of ELEVATE: A Guide to Clarity, Confidence...