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Russian journalist shot and killed in capital

Published:Tuesday | May 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KIEV (AP):A Russian journalist harshly critical of the Kremlin was shot and killed in the Ukrainian capital yesterday, and the national police said they are assuming he was targeted because of his work.Ukrainian police said Arkady Babchenko's wife...

Two Seasons marks decade of 'Moods. Music, Memories'

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Treasure Beach is known as the home of community tourism in Jamaica and Two Seasons Guest House, a garden oasis located in a quiet neighbourhood, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary of welcoming its first visitors in May 2008 and becoming an...

Tuesday Talk

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

1 Our usually vocal Jamaican women have not added heft to the #MeToo movement, although there are loud whispers about sexual occurrences (including consensual) that go on in high places. Take this high-profile executive who can't understand why his...

Parkland parents decry game that simulates school shootings

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):An upcoming computer video game that would allow players to re-create school shootings by stalking school hallways and racking up kills has been condemned as insensitive and inappropriate by the parents of students who were shot to death...

27 rabbits abandoned at Long Island train station

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

RONKONKOMA, NewYork(AP):Officials on Long Island are offering a reward for information leading to the person or people responsible for dumping 27 rabbits by a Suffolk County train station.The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...

Cow slaughter aims to end bacterial disease

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd.Politicians and industry leaders announced the ambitious plan on Monday. They say it will cost hundreds of...

Pensioners hung out to dry

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Can you check with the Ministry of Finance and the Accountant General's Department to clarify the reason(s) for the late pension payments for a number of retirees across the island?This is a recurring problem that is severely...

Abortion - less emotion, more reason

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Clinton Chisholm's article, 'Justifying abortion', in The Sunday Gleaner of May 27, 2018, is one of the most neutral and emotionally detached commentaries on the topic I've seen for a while.But, unfortunately, whatever reasoning that...

PEP exam mired in chaos

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am writing in response to a column titled 'Ill prepared for PEP' by Owen Speid, principal of Rousseau Primary School. Mr Speid indeed hit the nail directly on the head with this one, as it is clear that there will not be any smooth...

Gino Jennings on church whores:

Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Gino Jennings on church whores:"You so-called Christian-looking hoes, jumping in some church, flapping your ankle chains around. On the choir, breasts hanging out, lips all red, nails painted red, purple, blue, green, long like bird claws, all this...

Victim welcomes Lawrence ruling

Published:Sunday | May 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Kaon Northover, the business-man at the centre of the dispute with the now-disbarred attorney Minette Lawrence, has welcomed Saturday's ruling by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council."I am happy and relieved that this case and the...

Superfast LTE for JUTC passengers from Growth Tech and Digicel

Published:Sunday | May 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Passengers on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses will later this year be able to access Digicel's superfast LTE through a partnership which sees Growth Tech Limited, providers of the service, striking a deal with Digicel business.Both...

Gov't to overhaul complex public sector pay, allowance structure - Clarke

Published:Sunday | May 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says the complex compensation and allowance system in the public sector is to be overhauled as the government moves apace with transformation of the sector.Addressing the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Civil...

Glenford Smith | When to call back about your job interview

Published:Thursday | May 24, 2018 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I am an avid reader of your columns in the Sunday and daily Gleaner and I would like to ask a question. When one gets shortlisted for a job interview and one is contacted to come in for an interview, why after one has done the interview...

Madrid downplay UCL experience

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):Real Madrid are entering today's Champions League final with the attitude that the past means nothing.According to coach Zinedine Zidane, the fact that the Spanish giants are two-time defending champions, playing in their third straight...

Ramos critical of Kiev final

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KIEV, Ukraine (AP):Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has criticised UEFA's decision to hold the Champions League final in Kiev, as fans continue to struggle with travel problems.The Ukrainian capital has failed to cope with the influx of fans from...

Liverpool ready for Madrid - Klopp

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KIEV, Ukraine (AP):Juergen Klopp wouldn't reveal if Mohamed Salah is fasting for Ramadan, while preparing for the Champions League final.But either way, Liverpool's star forward is "full of power", his coach said yesterday on the eve of the club...

Morgan Freeman says sorry

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman on Thursday apologised to anyone who may have felt "uncomfortable or disrespected" by his behaviour after CNN reported that multiple women have accused the A-list actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate...

Sri Lanka's de Silva withdraws from tour after father's death

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: (CMC)All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva has withdrawn from the three-Test tour of West Indies following the shooting death of his father on Thursday.The 26-year-old de Silva, who bowls off-spin and has already struck four Test...

Parliament poppy-show

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Daniel Thwaites writes: "This is why Parliament is for the most part useless for what it is supposedly meant to be doing. The Government treats [legislative work] as an annoying distraction. Questions aren't answered when they're posed to ministers...

Cartoon for Saturday, May 26, 2018

Published:Friday | May 25, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A FRESH LOOK FOR WHITEHOUSE FISH MARKET

Published:Wednesday | May 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Estimated 7,000 bodies may be buried at former asylum

Published:Wednesday | May 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP):Some of the boxes stacked inside anthropologist Molly Zuckerman's laboratory contain full bones a skull, a jaw, or a leg. Others contain only plastic bags of bone fragments that Zuckerman describes as "grit".These...

High hopes but tough road for black woman in governor's race

Published:Wednesday | May 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ATLANTA (AP):She's a Yale-educated attorney and a romance novelist who served a decade in the Georgia Legislature. Now, Stacey Abrams has gained a shot at becoming the first black woman elected governor in US history.Abrams, 44, easily won the...

Yulia Skripal says recovery from poisoning 'slow, painful'

Published:Wednesday | May 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, said yesterday her recovery has been "slow and painful" and that she hopes to return to her home in Russia someday.In her first appearance on camera since...

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