Stories by Carlene Davis

Her father was murdered in the community of Majesty Gardens, where she was born and raised, but Desrine Bryce still calls the gritty Corporate Area community home.Bryce is adamant that she will not leave the area, popularly called 'Back To', until...

The explosion of the Airbnb market across the island has been pushing well-needed cash into the pockets of many Jamaicans, but it is providing a painful side effect - the tightening of the rental market.While figures for last year are not yet...

Having dropped out of four colleges due to financial difficulties, Hulla Cooper is now celebrating as the first member of her immediate family to have graduated from university.Just two weeks from her 40th birthday, Cooper, in an interview with The...

Daryl Vaz, the Government's point man on the ban on single-use plastic bags, styrofoam products and plastic straws, has rejected calls for a pushback of the January 1, 2019 implementation day.According to Vaz, any date which is selected for the...

At nine years old Kailee Coombs is jumping into the world of entrepreneurship with her own brand of sanitation kits dubbed 'Kai Kits for Kids'.The hygiene kit, which includes at least seven items for girls and boys, was born out of a need for Kailee...

The National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) has joined forces with other state agencies in an effort to rid school gates of the CiCi liquid fruit candy that appears to have a rainbow-coloured male genitalia on the package."We have gone...

Garth Reid hated mathematics to the point where he failed at his first attempt at the subject in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, but the 19-year-old now dreams of teaching the subject at the highest level."I really...

Jamaica is advancing steadily and has made steady progress in the digital revolution in the past 10 years, but weak infrastructure and poor institutional quality are two of the factors causing the country to lag behind much of the region.That's...

As Jamaican health officials continue the fight to reduce antibiotics abuse, there are fears that some local doctors are giving in to their patients who beg for this medication even when they don't need it.Antibiotics abuse is a worldwide problem...

Many business analysts predict that the future of retail shopping is online, and entrepreneur Gavin Lindsay is ensuring that Jamaicans are moving with the times by creating a new online freight-forwarding company.Lindsay's company, Internet Package...

Students at 18 educational institutions will have to pay more for meals tomorrow as the concessionaire for their canteens, Tastee Limited, introduces higher prices.This has sparked concern among some school administrators, who note that the students...

When Doris Parkes and Myrtle Passley, selected Fairy Hill in Portland to retire, they had no idea the drama they would face as it relates to potable water.According to the two elderly returning residents, the public water supply is more off than it...