The debate is now raging about men being able to access paternity leave. Some feel it is not necessary for both parents to take time off from work while others think it will be a blessing to the new mothers to have this kind of support available to...
If anyone knows what it feels like to be put down and made to feel small, then motivational speaker, author, minister and counsellor Paul Blake can relate.Throughout his primary-school years, Blake was called a dunce because he was a slow learner....
David Martin has his hands full these days. Between work, and mentoring and training indigent and at-risk youth, he finds time for little else.His days might be full, but it is something he said he would not trade for anything.In an interview with...
Youth mayors from across the island gave Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie more than enough food for thought during their presentations at the inaugural youth forum at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation last Thursday.Presenting under...
It is advisable for persons to have a health check-up, every year to ensure that everything is working right in their bodies. But when it comes to a union that is meant to last forever, there is usually no such 'health' check.But just like the human...
You pass them on the street corners enjoying a game of dominoes. The loud banter and the laughter indicate that they are enjoying the powerful process called male bonding.This is prime enjoyment for a lot of men, but unfortunately, often times, it...
Hazard Primary is the first of 18 schools that will be benefiting from physical improvements to their school zones road infrastructure over the next three years.The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica National Foundation's 'X Marks...
There is nothing like seeing a family transformed and mothers building closer relationships with their children. It is that kind of satisfaction which sees Anglican Diocesan president Judith Spencer Jarrett being a part of the 120-year-old Mothers'...
"Facing right and wrongWhile waiting for lifeCan't change this destinyThe curtain's close by."- Canvas of Life- EpicaShe has been very active and involved in the church youth group. She has a dynamic personality, and others are drawn to her zeal in...
CLARENDON:Fourteen-year-old Leroy Hamilton of Central High School in May Pen, Clarendon, was burnt to death at his home in Stewarton Gully, Mocho, early yesterday morning.Hamilton got caught in the crossfire between his mother and her 42-year-old...
Jamaican gospel pioneers Claudelle Clarke, Shirley Willis and Lester Lewis will be among the Caribbean gospel acts who will be honoured with awards at a special function dubbed Honouring the Legends of Caribbean Gospel Music in Connecticut on...
As far as math and science teacher at Bethel Academy, Nordia Bailey, is concerned, there is no need for 'specialised' math teachers, but for the current crop to exercise some creativity in how the lessons are taught.Bailey, who said she has a 100 per...
Recently a young woman was found with her throat slashed and her body stuffed into an igloo. It was later discovered that the culprit was a Seventh-day Adventist deacon who had previously served time in prison for the heinous murder of his wife....
Tears flowed down Candice Chambers' cheeks yesterday and with a weak wave of the hand, she signalled to the Gleaner team to talk to her mother at their home in Oliver Gardens, May Pen, Clarendon.She was inconsolable as she tried to process the death...
The Community Safety and Security Branch of the May Pen Police Station stepped up its outreach in schools during the country's observation of Anti-Gang Week - a national initiative put on by the counterterrorism arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
Love don't come easy This, you know, I understand I want to be your woman If you'll be my man Let yourself go freely and I'll Show you things that you've dreamed of Don't think that your dreaming We've found the perfect love And I'm like a cup come fill me...
Come next year, residents of the community of Longville Park will have their own health centre.The announcement was made on Wednesday, September 12, by South East Clarendon Member of Parliament Rudyard Spencer at the official handover of the latest...
The heartbreak of trying to absorb the shooting death of one of its own was overwhelming for the community of the Church of God of Prophecy, yesterday.On Thursday evening, Pastor James Johnson, who was ordained a minister in 2014 and who served as...
Tonya King was not born in Jamaica, but throughout her life, she got to enjoy the beauty of the island through her parents who hail from Clarendon.She recalled looking forward to the yearly trek to vacation in Jamaica where she got to bond with...
"I was born a discipline child, never knew how I got so wild.When I used to go to school, they taught me the Golden Rule.They said, 'Son you better know yourself, in time to come it's gonna be dread.'I didn't heed this advice, now I got to pay the...
According to an article on healthy women.org more than 60 per cent of divorces are initiated by women in their 40s, 50s or 60s - the menopause years. The article cites a survey done by AARP Magazine with women attributing lack of communication as one...
After 40 years of being happily married and performing more than 300 wedding ceremonies, Bishop William Hutchinson has chronicled his life's experiences in two books - Autobiography and Pictorial of a Fulfilled Life and A Unique Passion For A...
"How can you see into my eyes like open doors?Leading you down, into my core Where I've become so numb, with outa soul My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there, and lead it,back home."- Bring Me To Life - Evanescence They have done...
Father-of-four Sigel Scott died earlier this year before realising his dream of seeing his youngest child, Anushka, attend the May Pen High and Prep School. It was something he spoke about often, even while saving towards making it a reality.The...
