Illustrator Cory Mills determined to ‘Enter Zion’
Jamaica’s animation sector is flegdling but keeps on a determined path because of people like Cory Mills. As the sector develops and is steered towards becoming a functioning, profitable industry, creatives like Mills are playing their part to...
$54M blunder - Phillips' wife said opposition leader declared real estate assets of $58m, not $3.6m
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips’ wife has revealed that his 2018 statutory declaration placed the value of the real estate assets owned jointly with her at $58 million and suggested that the Integrity Commission was to blame for the grossly...
Growth & Jobs | Social Media: The new money-maker?
Twenty years ago, the terms social media manager, vlogger, social media influencer or Youtuber, did not exist; and were not viable career options for most graduates. However, with the popularity of the Internet and the growth of social media...
Small clubs cry FOUL! - Argue that transfer limit crippling football development
The Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) is expected to, at the upcoming Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) annual general meeting, call for a review of the local transfer cap system, particularly for lower-league transfers. Currently...
Illustrator Cory Mills determined to ‘Enter Zion'
Jamaica’s animation sector is flegdling but keeps on a determined path because of people like Cory Mills. As the sector develops and is steered towards becoming a functioning, profitable industry, creatives like Mills are playing their part to...
Editorial | The politics of poverty
The recent publication of the 2017 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), showing a 2.2 percentage point increase in the rate of poverty, has set off...
Letter of the Day | Integrity Commission erred; real estate values $54m more
THE EDITOR, Sir: Daniel Thwaites’ column titled ‘Unreal estate declarations’ (Sunday Gleaner, August 18, 2019) conveys to the reader that, in his last statutory declaration to the Integrity Commission, my husband, Peter Phillips, declared the...
Something Extra | Tuesday
Specially invited guests and members of the media were recently wowed at the Veuve Clicquot Garden Party for the unveiling of the 2020 Range Rover Evoque, held at the Summerhouse Liguanea Club in New Kingston. It was a real treat in every sense,...
National Trade Facilitation Task Force Committee prepares for WTO TFA Notification
Jamaica’s Trade Facilitation Reform Programme (TFRP) is aimed at resolving procedural obstacles and impediments in Jamaica’s border regulatory procedures, in order to improve the overall business and trading environment. These reforms are expected...
US talks secretly to Venezuela socialist boss
BOGOTÁ (AP): The United States (US) has made secret contact with Venezuela’s socialist party boss as close allies of President Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees that they won’t face prosecution for alleged abuses and crimes if they ced