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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The US dollar on Friday, February 9 ended trading at $157.51 down by six cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange trading summary. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar ended at $117.41 up from $117.08, while the British pound sterling ended at $199.93 up from $196.62.

VertiCast Media Group Limited says it is in communication with the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) following customer complaints of intermittent issues with viewing the English Premier League via CSport cable channels and website over some months. VertiCast, parent company for CSport distribution channels and the exclusive rights holders for the English Premier League in the Caribbean, said in a statement on Friday that it is “in the process of addressing...

THE EDITOR, Madam: I wish to highlight the urgent need to effectively limit exposure to lewd lyrics in public settings. It is often said that ‘repetition is the mother of retention’. People who repeatedly hear or listen to music that promotes...

The trend of punishing people in Jamaica for being disrespectful is becoming troubling. Citizens support penalizing uncouth characters without recognizing that sanctions violate free speech.

THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) is continuing to mourn the passing of Emeritus Professor of English, Edward Alston Cecil Baugh, who it has described as a quintessential scholar and gentleman who exemplified the ideals of the institution,...

Such shockers as Brief Encounter and The Big Sleep were once prohibited here. Ciarán Kissane of the Irish Film Classification Office explains his more modern approach

THE GOVERNMENT’S leading communications branch, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), has met 78 per cent of its performance target as of September 30, which, according to Robert Morgan, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Various broadcasters have commenced testing for digital switchover (DSO), says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, R...

Paul Watson, who has died aged 81, was a pioneer of the “fly-on-the-wall” documentary and credited, to his disgust, though not unfairly, with being the godfather of today’s reality TV genre.