The Building Alternative Bridge For Success (BABS) Foundation has been making a big impact in Clarendon, St Catherine and Manchester, with the goal to reach even more places soon. Started in 2012 by Barbara and Adrian Reynolds, the foundation is...
Sixteen-year-old Wadada Dixon has every reason to be proud. After sitting 15 subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, she attained 12 ones, two twos and a three. Dixon, who hails from the Portland Cottage district of...
The odds may have seemed to be stacked against Dane Coleman, but he has defied the odds and is a happy farmer. When he was one year old, he lost both parents – his father murdered and, according to him, the murderer took him to his grandmother....
The nude body of Anglican priest Father Larius Lewis was found in the rectory in Chapelton, Clarendon, on Friday. The body was discovered by persons from his church after a report was made to the police that they had not seen him since Wednesday...
Seventy-three-year-old Navlette Pryce is convinced that had there been better roads in her community of Goldmine in Clarendon, her ailing husband would not have died when he did eight years ago. Complaining that they feel cut off from civilisation...
The Free Town Church of God of Prophecy Outreach Foundation in Clarendon on Friday distributed tablets, two laptops and back-to-school supplies to struggling students from the community and nearby areas. Director and pastor for the church, Dr Rev...
Janet Thompson*, who has recovered from COVID-19, as well as her two-year-old child, still regrets that she never did enough to protect them all from the virus. In an interview with The Gleaner, Thompson, who hails from Clarendon, said initially,...
Sixty-year-old Agatha Smith of Diamond district in Rock River, Clarendon, expressed to The Gleaner how overwhelmed she was by the outpouring of love shown to her by readers, since her story was carried in the paper on Saturday, July 18. “I’m...
Denise Moodie, principal of Free Town Primary School located in Clarendon says that they are “almost ready” for the new school year. Ultilising the blended approach to teach the 410 students on the roster, Moodie said that the plan is to have one...
On Thursday when incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon South East Pearnel Charles Jr easily won the seat, his joy was somewhat dampened by him not having his declared mentor to celebrated with him. “No matter what anybody wants to say...
Uriah Mitchell, councillor for the Rock River division in Clarendon is one proud man, and, as he puts it to The Gleaner, “I feel like a father whose son won a gold medal,” he said after Robert Morgan won the Clarendon North Central seat in Thursday...
Sonia Johnson* has never voted in her life, and she will not be starting on September 3 either. In an interview with The Gleaner, the Clarendon South Eastern resident, who resides in the community of Raymonds in Hayes, said that she has been left...
To vote or not to vote? That is the dilemma facing 54-year-old Daniel Wedderburn, who says that he has not seen where the support for politicians has translated into benefits for him or his community of Raymonds in Clarendon South Eastern. “I can...
Ever since she has been eligible to vote, Rose Watkin of Landlease in Clarendon has only marked her ‘X’ for the People’s National Party (PNP). Come Thursday, September 3, this will change as she said her loyalty has not been paying off. When she...
Newcomer to the political landscape Damion Young will be challenging incumbent Mikael Phillips for the Manchester North West seat, and he is brimming with confidence about pulling off a win. Young, who sees himself as a ‘candle of hope’ for the...
There are some supporters who are always expecting compensation for work on the campaign trail. Patrick Mitchell is not one of them. Mitchell, who is a supervisor, sits on the management committee and is also a delegate involved in on-the-ground...
Marcia Edwards of Crooked River, Clarendon, has a sense of regret that she never pressed her husband, Earl, not to take that final trek to the United States to work at Gebbers Farms. Mrs Edwards got the crushing news on Friday, July 31, that her...
With the new academic year scheduled to begin in a month’s time, Cara Campbell-Ellis, a desperate mother of two teenagers and a two-year-old, is struggling. She is yet to collect school registration for one of her high-school children. With one...
Deon Palmer, president of the Clarendon Cycling Club, has expressed concern about the number of accidents involving bicycles in the parish, saying many of these incidents go unreported. “Bicycle accidents are more regular than you think,” Palmer...
With the lack of potable water among the chief concerns for residents of North Central Clarendon, the two men gearing up to face the electorate in the impending general election are already looking into solutions to address the long-standing...
The temporary relocation of several services from the Chapelton Hospital in Clarendon to the Donald Sangster community centre, Summerfield is presenting a challenge to residents in the parish. The changes took place on April 1, 2019, and was...
With preparations in high gear for the 2020 hurricane season, Debby Donaldson, board chairman of Rest Primary School in Milk River, Clarendon, is expressing concern about the condition the school is in, especially because it is a designated shelter...
Hubert King is now a senior citizen and there is only one thing he knows for sure, it is that he was born in St Mary. He has no idea just where, though. In a sit-down with The Gleaner, King said his parents died when he was young and the “one aunty...
AS THE hurricane season gets into high gear, some residents of Rock River in northern Clarendon are apprehensive about the damage and loss of livelihood that can arise from a drain at the back of their houses. Rosetta Taylor, who is leading the...
Forty computers valued at almost $5 million was handed over to four schools in Jamalco’s operating areas in Clarendon and Manchester last Thursday at a ceremony held at Bustamante High School. Presented under the company’s Computers in Schools...
