But Council Member Peter Ortiz had gotten a temporary order that was in effect for nearly four months; the underlying disputed stemmed from a controversy related to a "Drag Queen story time." From ...

(Jamaica Gleaner) Asians make up the largest number of people requesting an extension of stay in Jamaica, accounting for 46 per cent of the 10,146 aliens registered in 2024, according to Planning ...

Quantic has decribed the “fun process” of curating his new DJ Kicks collection for !K7 Records, which hits shelves today. The album is no ordinary mix session, as every track has been written and ...

How they got here: Boston shook off some injuries in the first round to beat an Orlando team even more weakened by injuries to win in five games. Jayson Tatum missed a game after injuring his wrist in ...

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite steady growth in exports of yam over several years, stakeholders in the agricultural sector say the once humble tuber can earn even more than the US$40 million it did from ...

The government approved the divestment of state owned land, valued at J$314 million, to the private sector in 2023. The Economic and Social Survey, published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica, ...

ABM and point-of-sale (POS) Jamaican-dollar transactions processed by deposit-taking institutions last year grew to $1.77 trillion —11 per cent above the $1.59 trillion recorded in the previous year.

1 School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States 2 Liberatory Infrastructures Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of ...