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Bangladesh strike first in ODI

Published:Sunday | July 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC):Hamstrung by a slow pitch, West Indies failed to fire, and Bangladesh, led by their most-capped opener, Tamim Iqbal, and most-capped bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, won the first One-day International by 48 runs yesterday.With the...

Vacation offer to Thai boys a good idea

Published:Sunday | July 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I saw on social media where some persons took issue with Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett's invitation to the 12 Thai boys rescued from a cave to visit Jamaica free of cost.Persons who have an issue with this brought up that the...

Syrian White Helmets evacuated to Jordan through Israel

Published:Sunday | July 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):The Israeli military in coordination with its U.S. and European allies evacuated hundreds of Syrian rescue workers known as the White Helmets from near its volatile frontier with Syria, in a complex and first-of-a-kind operation.The...

Glenford Smith | Target your job search

Published:Thursday | July 19, 2018 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I enjoy reading your columns whenever they are published in the Career Section of The Sunday Gleaner, because I find the advice you give helpful and I try to implement your suggestions in my own endeavours. I am currently employed in a...

NCEL conducts leadership training for teachers in Turks and Caicos

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 8:18 AM

Twenty-six school leaders in the Turks and Caicos Islands were recent beneficiaries of an intensive two-week leadership development training programme facilitated by the National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL), an agency of the Ministry...

Call for youth to enter 'Get to know India' quiz

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 11:25 AM

Kingston:The Government of India is organising a quiz contest and is encouraging youth to participate.The Bharat Ko Janiye (Get to know India) Quiz is open to persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), as well as Foreign Nationals...

Oran Hall | The route to NHT contributions for the self-employed

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I would like to know how I can become a contributor to the the National Housing Trust (NHT) to get financing for owning my own home I am currently self-employed. My husband resides overseas, and he makes more than $20,000 a week. We would...

This week's shutterbugs

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 7:24 AM

Rescuers were the real heroes

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Just saw this article 'Jamaica to invite Thai boys, coach on free vacation' on Gleaner online where Edmund Bartlett was moving to invite the recently rescued Thai boys and their coach to Jamaica for vacation.We are all happy that the...

Focus more on blockchain technology

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am a Jamaican expat living in the US and I would like to read more about blockchain technology in Jamaica.As we all know, corruption and graft hinder Jamaica's economic growth and blockchain could help address some of the...

Air traffic controllers say wage talks unproductive

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 6:37 PM

Maintaining that the island's air traffic controllers (ATCs) are being "grossly underpaid", the Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers Association (JATCA) says that it is contemplating "taking action" after a series of unproductive wage talks with the...

PM makes official visit to Africa, Chang in charge of Gov't

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 8:22 PM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness departed the island yesterday afternoon for historic official visits to Namibia and South Africa, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has announced.During the prime minister's absence, Dr Horace Chang, minister of...

Atkinson hoping for more Colombian success

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia:Alia Atkinson is back on familiar territory, looking to make the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, yet again, a springboard for world-conquering performances.In 2006, it was in this same South American country that...

Flow Foundation Summer Web Design Programme for Innercity Students

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NCB seeks investment projects in the Caribbean

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The island's largest and most profitable financial conglomerate, the National Commercial Bank (NCB), with its imprint in parts of the Caribbean - has expansion in sight as it seeks to invest in new and existing projects.Winston Lawson, assistant...

Rising Sun looking to shine in Florida

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HAVING won the 7-8 advanced division last year, Jamaica's Lee-Michael Henry will today attempt to add the 9-10 black-belt title to his fight rÈsumÈ, one of the feature events of the Bring It Fight Championship Belt Challenge at the Homestead...

Offer to Thai cave boys is gimmickry

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:What a gimmick! 'Jamaica to invite Thai boys, coach on free vacation' (Gleaner, July 19, 2018).Yes, it was a miracle - really, that those boys and their coach survived, and were rescued from their terrible ordeal in the Thai cave...

More traffic restrictions for Constant Spring Road

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the motoring public that the section of Constant Spring Road between Shortwood Road and Dunrobin Avenue in St Andrew will be closed to through traffic tomorrow.This is to facilitate the ongoing relocation...

Mentoring the youth matters – Floyd Green

Published:Friday | July 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, has underscored the value of mentorship programmes in improving outcomes for underperforming or unattached young people.Green, who was addressing the Jamaica...

Jamaica exploring diaspora bond to finance disaster recovery

Published:Wednesday | July 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica exploring diaspora bondto finance disaster recoveryThe World Bank recommended in a new report released this week that the Jamaican Government explore the diaspora and catastrophe bond markets as a disaster risk financing strategy.But it also...

Leonard, DeRozan make moves

Published:Wednesday | July 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Kawhi Leonard saga in San Antonio is over. So is DeMar DeRozan's time in Toronto.An NBA summer blockbuster got pulled off yesterday, with the Spurs sending Leonard to the Raptors as part of a four-player deal that has DeRozan heading to San...

Past the Finishing Post | Caymanas Park Racing Results

Published:Wednesday | July 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Caymanas Park Racing ResultsWeather: GoodTrack: FineRace 1 800 M (S) (Purse $600,000) NB5-Y-O...

PM plans to review building approval process

Published:Tuesday | July 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed an intention to review the process involved in the approval of building permits, which he believes is being negatively affected by territorial behaviour exhibited at the local government...

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation- A monster trap!

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 4:10 PM

Hotel Transylvania 3It is summer, and everyone needs a vacation. Our favourite monster family embarks on a luxury monster cruise to give Drac a break from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel.It's smooth sailing for the monster pack as...

Classism fuelling pregnancy debate

Published:Monday | July 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Motivational speaker, entrepreneur and media personality Krystal Tomlinson has been the topic of discussion over the past few days in the media. It is not because of her lovely 'Good Gas Monday' sessions, her business acumen, or the...

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