6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 12, 2014
More Kids Being Forced Into Sex Trade By Families. The increasing number of teenage girls and boys being forced into a life of prostitution to help support their families has raised a renewed cause for...
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Cease And Desist! OUR Lights Up JPS Over Power-Cut Policy. The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has flexed its muscles by issuing an immediate cease-and-desist order to the Jamaica Public Service...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 12, 2014
Human Rights Push – Holness Wants Commission Established To Proactively Protect Citizens. With Jamaica under the microscope of international rights organisations for alleged human-rights violations,...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 8, 2014
Ja Embarks On Commercial Bamboo Production. Houses made from bamboo? Far-fetched? Not at all, for Jamaica is to embark on large-scale production of bamboo for the construction of low-cost houses and...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 13, 2014
Portia Sinking. People’s Champ Sees Worst Poll Numbers In 20 Years. For the first time in almost two decades of doing polls in Jamaica, pollster Bill Johnson has found that more Jamaicans have an...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 15, 2014
Jamaica On High Alert For Ebola – PM. An integrated National Coordinating Team, headed by the Ministry of Health and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), has been established to lead the country’s...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 5, 2015
Killed By Teens. Two 16-year-old suspects have been held for the murder of retired matron of the Falmouth Hospital, Hyacinth Hayden… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com JUTC Clampdown. The Jamaica Urban...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 19, 2015
Corporates Ready For Labour Day. On Labour Day, May 25, GraceKennedy and Staff Community Development Foundation plans to remove gravel from the play area at Higholborn Street Basic School and plant...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 28, 2015
Political Lawbreakers – More That Half Of Candidates Yet To Disclose Election Spending. Nearly four years after the parliamentary election of 2011, less than half of the 150 candidates who contested...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 5, 2015
Delegates ‘Discipline’ Damion – Crawford Defeated In Constituency Run-Off. When the results of the People’s National Party (PNP) run-off for East Rural St Andrew were announced yesterday, a wave of...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 28, 2016
Portia Promises Happy Easter – PM Expected To Announce Election Date At Half-Way Tree Meeting Sunday. Having confirmed on Tuesday that she had been “touched” by her Master, People’s National Party...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 8, 2016
Cabinet Warning – Holness Declares Zero Tolerance Approach To Corruption Among Ministers. Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday sounded a warning to his new Cabinet that he would be taking a...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – April 8, 2016
Scamming On ‘Decline’ But West Remains ‘Epicentre’ Of Activities. Lottery scamming activity is ‘declining’ in western Jamaica, but that section of the island remains the “epicentre” of the deadly...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today- May 31,2016
Conductor In Fatal Bus Crash To Face Manslaughter Charges. Thirty-six-year-old Rohan Robinson of Galina, St Mary, is expected to be charged with five counts of manslaughter as a result of last Friday’s...
View Article5 Tips To Live A Life Worth Living
Nowadays, the goal of many millennials and “Gen Z-ers” is to “live their best life”. The saying, which gained popularity thanks to the song “I’m living my best life” by Lil Duval, and numerous internet...
View ArticleWhat Happened Off The Coast Of Kingston To The Prinzessin Victoria Luise?
On a dark night during the winter of 1906, a lone ship sailed ahead, marking the beginning of a promising voyage that would later end in misfortune. Such is the case of most naval tragedies, the most...
View Article7 Tips For Transitioning Hair
In light of the recent “natural hair movement”, many Jamaican women are opting to skip the relaxers and heat styling in favour of their naturally growing kinks and curls. Yendi Phillips, Terri-Karelle...
View ArticleHow Did White Horses In St. Thomas Get Its Name?
White Horses, St. Thomas ahead of Hurricane Matthew Upon hearing “white horses”, one may immediately think of the majestic beasts that tend to gallop along a beach, however, this White Horses is a...
View ArticleUPDATED: Champs 2019 – Results, Schedule, How To Watch, Data, Trivia and More
“What exactly is the Boys and Girls Championships? The only way to properly answer this question is to actually go to Kingston, Jamaica, at the end of March and witness the event that is affectionately...
View ArticleChamps 2019 – Day 1 News Roundup
Here’s a roundup of the news stories from Day One of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships at the National Stadium, as per The Gleaner: “Calabar’s sprint star Christopher Taylor seemed to...
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