#PhotoFlashback: June 1990 Howard Dawkins (left), of Eccleston Primary receives the Howard Cooke Trophy for the Best Overall Entry in the National Primary Schools Arts Exhibition. Making the presentation at the Institute of Jamaica.

Mrs. Beverley Hall-Alleyne, Director of the Institute made the presentation.

Two former members of the opposition People's National Party, PNP, in Hanover have switched to the governing Jamaica Labour Party, JLP. nationwideradiojm.com/two-former-pnp…

Long lines formed outside KFC restaurants across Jamaica on Wednesday as eager customers gathered before opening hours to benefit from free chicken. As part of its 50th anniversary, KFC is today offering a free meal deal with the purchase of a big deal. #GLNRToday

The police had to be called in to maintain order in Linstead, St Catherine this morning as scores of persons descended on the KFC restaurant to benefit from today’s chicken giveaway. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… #GLNRToday

Jamaica sprint legend Usain Bolt has been named a Guinness World Records icon. Bolt, who is the world’s fastest man and who holds multiple records, was presented with the recognition today. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… #GLNRToday

Health Minister:

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced a 15-point strategic plan aimed at making Jamaica’s tourism sector more inclusive, with a focus on improving worker conditions, expanding local ownership, and increasing economic linkages. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-s…

Thursday’s front page of The Gleaner. Pick up a copy or read online: jamaica-gleaner.com

The police, appropriately, have acknowledged their blunder and apologised for placing in cyberspace a photograph of the wrong Alando Gray, who is reported to be under investigation for murder. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commen… #GLNROped

More than half of Jamaicans, polled on whether they would relocate to another country, said they would not leave the island of their birth. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-s… #GLNRToday

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company's fleet was this morning bolstered by the arrival of new buses at Kingston Wharves. The new buses are equipped with smart technology, which will be used to improve management and tracking, and to help reduce waiting times for commuters.

J'can 🇯🇲 Paris Olympics Discus gold medallist Roje Stona & Shot Put bronze Rajindra Campbell have completed their switch of allegiance to Turkey according to consultant with the Turkish Sports Ministry Onder Ozbilen. A J'can triple jumper is finalising his switch. Television Jamaica/Radio Jamaica Newscentre

Transport Minister:

Consultant with the Turkish Sports Ministry, Onder Ozbilen, provides details about Roje Stona and Rajindra Campbell's switch of allegiance from Jamaica 🇯🇲 to Turkey 🇹🇷 Television Jamaica/Radio Jamaica Newscentre

Plans are under way by the Government to establish Jamaica’s first shelter dedicated to supporting boys who are victims of human trafficking. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… #GLNRToday

The executive of local athletics’ governing body is scheduled to have an emergency meeting today to craft a response to the raid on top Jamaican talent by Middle Eastern nation Türkiye that rocked the island on Thursday. Paris 2024 Olympic medallists Roje Stona, Wayne Pinnock,

A woman who claimed that her life was upended by a false-positive HIV test result has lost a lawsuit she and her common-law partner filed against a Clarendon-based medical laboratory for psychological harm. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-s… #GLNRToday

Businessman Robert Bell, who is charged for allegedly assaulting a nurse during what is believed to be a case of road rage, was further remanded in the Gun Court this morning. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… #GLNRToday

I am pleased to announce that my essay entitled “Arthur Lewis Revisited: Economic Development with a Limited Supply of Labour” has been published by The Round Table. This essay was recently awarded the prestigious Harry Hodson Prize.