Stories by Carlene Davis

It was being celebrated as the National Children's Day 2018, but the children at St Paul's United Infant School in central Kingston were not the ones getting the treats. Instead, they treated the elderly and less fortunate from the communities...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is facing new questions about the safety of persons who travel on its buses which are almost completely wrapped with advertisements.The issue was placed back on the front burner last week by a bus passenger...

The oft-repeated warning to Jamaican motorists, in an effort to reduce the carnage on the roads, is "Speed kills", but a study of the fatal accidents across the island last year found that lane violation and not speeding was the main cause of road...

One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, is expressing fear that some pharmacies in Jamaica are selling counterfeit versions of its flagship drug Viagra, which is used to treat erection problems in men.Security Consultant for...

Scores of Jamaicans facing psychological pressure are avoiding the professional counselling they need because of fear that they could be labelled mentally ill or mad."Counselling is talk therapy, and you try to restructure mental processes and...

While dashboard cameras have been introduced in several police forces around the world, Jamaica is yet to catch up, but local security experts are arguing that the time has come for this move.Assistant commissioner of the Independent Commission of...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) and the police Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch(C-TOC) are appealing to Jamaicans to report when and where they have been sold 'knock-offs' or counterfeit goods.Addressing a Gleaner...

Canadian parliamentarian Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin has apologised for her claim that the use of ganja by Jamaicans has made them lazy and unproductive, but the firestorm she has sparked is not going away. Economist and ganja advocate Dr Andre...

With counterfeit cigarettes being sold for approximately half the price of legal ones, some smokers could believe they are getting a bargain, but if you thought regular cigarettes were unhealthy, wait until you hear what is inside their counterfeit...

Sanitation workers (garbage collectors) employed to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are becoming increasingly frustrated at what they say are their low wages and poor working conditions.The workers, who spend their days moving...