8+ hour, 31+ min ago   (349+ words) The Government is moving to have local farmers get first preference in supplying the tourism sector as the country targets 10 million visitors and US$10 billion in tourism earnings over the next decade. The move is in keeping with the tourism…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (909+ words) China often leans into its “developing country” status, portraying itself as a defender of the Global South’s interests and cultivating a close alliance with the Group of 77, which includes 134 countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But some…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (834+ words) The consultation was over. So was the diagnosis. All that remained was to pick up the medication. “We don’t have it,” they told him at the hospital pharmacy. “You’ll have to buy it elsewhere.” For that patient, the care he…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago   (398+ words) There is need for greater clarity by the government on its plan to build a new, state-of-the-art prison, including timelines for construction and proposals for a public-private partnership for the project. Plans for a new prison have been on and…...

9+ hour, 6+ min ago   (88+ words) It was hard to watch a big youth cry in disappointment and shame last week at the start of the school year, especially in the presence of the parent who has invested so much of the little they had in…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago   (127+ words) Jamaica Gleaner Singer-songwriter Sevana brought the spirit of a classic house party to Cherry Drive for the promotional visual rollout of her latest single, Jeans N’ Marina. Produced by Teflon Zincfence, the track was officially released last Wednesday. The intimate…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (393+ words) Last month, we talked about moving on after regret – a topic that is popular in many movies. This month, I want us to consider another growing theme in movies: What happens when we can no longer tell what is true?...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (967+ words) At one end, we have the black nationalist who believes that he’ll never be black enough to attain his real value. At the other end are those who believe that the white Europeans were the most pragmatic and saw economic…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (403+ words) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was acquitted last Friday in a case related to a marine’s drowning death in a rare reprieve in one of the criminal cases brought against him following his ouster for imposing martial law....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (86+ words) Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has doubled down on his criticism of Jamaica’s public procurement system, insisting that the prolonged delay in getting a proposed 100-bed psychiatric facility at Bellevue Hospital approved reflects a failure of government agencies…...