Jamaica Gleaner

Describing the Government's allocation for water trucking to schools as

CARACAS (AP): Nothing has shaped what it means to be Venezuelan today more than oil. For more than 100 years, in good times and bad, Venezuelans' identity has been built around the belief that their country's bountiful oil resources belong to the people,

Consolidated Bakeries Ltd, which trades as Purity, has warned shareholders it will take production offline at points over the next 18 months as it installs new plant. Also, its second-half results will carry the cost of the overhaul before any benefit sho

Medical Disposables & Supplies Limited (MDS) has been suspended from trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) after failing to submit its audited financial statements for the year ended March 2026. The suspension took effect on September 1 and prevents

Three afternoons of rainfall have made a world of difference - cooler temperatures, greener, healthier-looking plants and grass. Although it is still early to say the drought has ended, the crops will bounce back strongly with some regular and sustained s

September 1 was the 69th anniversary of Jamaica's worst transportation disaster: the derailment of a passenger train near Kendal in Manchester, during which no less than 187 persons died and more than 700 were injured. It was said at the time to be the se

Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for US$12.93 billion. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in a blog post on Thursday that more than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use Hugging Face to share more

When Simon's wife of 43 years passed away, it felt a bit like he'd died too. In his overwhelming grief, Simon sought companionship online, like so many other lonely widows and widowers. Almost immediately he met Emily. But over the next few months, Emily,

Eight young Jamaican participants in the United States-based Valda Mae Cares Foundation's (VMCF) NextGen Leadership Programme gained practical exposure to leadership, business and professional development during a recent visit to the JN Group Corporate Of

Cooling from air conditioning saves lives - more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone - but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say. As the world warms, heatwaves strike nearly every continent, and United Nations