Patients at the paediatric ward at the Lionel Town Hospital will no longer have to be referred to the May Pen Hospital, thanks to the donation of two incubators from Medical Strategies. Dr Roger Hunter, who made the presentation, said the donation...
While some parents are making plans for the new school year, mother of five Tanisha Sewell is just trying to keep food on the table and keep a roof over her and her children’s heads. She cannot even look as far as a month ahead as her children...
FOUR PATHS, Clarendon: Anthony King, father of 19-year-old Nzinga King, whose dreadlocks were allegedly cut while in custody at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon, is adamant that justice must be served in his daughter’s case. King, who...
Markland Allison, a Rastafarian resident of Mitchell’s Hill in Rock River, Clarendon, has strong views regarding the opening up of the ganja industry in Jamaica. Jamaicans are encouraged to take advantage of the wealth that can be earned by...
Janet Foster, president of the Summerfield Development Committee (CDC), and Secretary Doreen Graham are hoping that a $200,000 grant given to them by Digicel will help to span a lucrative juice business. With unemployment a big factor in the...
CLARENDON: Nurse Sandra Lindsay, who made history on December 14 in the United States by being the first person to take the COVID-19 vaccine in New York, is appealing to Jamaicans to join in the fight against the debilitating virus by also taking...
August 6, 1962, is a day that will forever be etched into the memory of Winston Maragh, mayor of May Pen. In a sit down with The Gleaner, he recalled the first-ever Independence celebration as the family headed to the Mitchell Town Primary School...
There is no missing the excitement and glee in 68-year-old Paulette Jones March’s voice as she relived the joy and fun she had celebrating Independence back in the day.. Dismissing the annual Denbigh Agricultural Show of today, although it has been...
The space is cramped, and students sit huddled, masks on, staring intently at the whiteboard as Shelly-Ann Watkis-Reid engages them and goes through the process of solving a mathematics problem. “Let me try, miss,” one of the eldest in the group...
THE COMMUNITY of Banks in Clarendon is among one of five communities selected to benefit from the $650-million allocation to the Rural Development Programme aimed at improving the lives and economic well-being of rural communities over the next two...
Drawing on biblical imagery in a fired-up address on Saturday, People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell cast himself as a modern-day Job under Satanic attack and delivered a rebuke to unnamed members whose support to the...
Jéanelle Taylor of Free Town Primary School, Clarendon, is giving credit to her teacher, Jacqueline Hunter, as well as her parents, who are both teachers who ensured that she lived her dream of attending Immaculate Conception High School, St Andrew...
Clarendon’s fire chief has raised alarm about the high incidence of false reports made to the brigade and blamed prank callers for wasting public resources and jeopardising lives. Citing a unit’s response to false alarm in Douglas Castle in...
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Jason Lawrence is breathing a sigh of relief now that he has been placed at the institution of his choice – Manchester High School. Lawrence, who attended Sanguinetti Primary School in northern Clarendon, faced some serious...
Central Clarendon Member of Parliament Mike Henry says he has one thing on his bucket list he wants to accomplish before he hangs up his political boots. This is what he terms ‘unfinished business’ and that is, pushing a successful petition for...
Keisha Hall is a broken woman as she tries to come to terms with the death of her 22-year-old son, Mickael Reid. Hall had refused to speak with her son during a two-week-long dispute over a car. She admits to repeatedly walking past him inside the...
Today, Ricardo Brown is a graduate of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education and now works as a specialist teacher at the Bustamante High School, focusing on agriculture and integrated science. However, he has had to beat the odds to get...
For a lot of Jamaican families, the issue of mental health is still taboo, more so in light of the fact that some members are super bright and do not reflect any of the symptoms that are associated with it. Malaika Sinclair Bailey, principal of...
Many see Hopeton Henry as the Television Jamaica cameraman for Clarendon, but few know that he is actually a certified electrician/electronic technician. With the summer now upon us, Henry says persons will be using their appliances even more –...
Following a tour of the Clarendon South East constituency by Member of Parliament Pearnel Charles Jr and Mayor of May Pen Winston Maragh, both are breathing sighs of relief that the damage is not more extensive. Maragh said the two communities...
Last Thursday, Charmaine Warburton was overcome with emotion as she struggled to find words to thank Randy Griffiths, founder of the non-profit organisation Pencils4Kids. “Thank you so much, thanks, I don’t have words to say thank you, but God will...
Olivia Daley, mother of 10-year-old Dayquan Drummond, is overwhelmed as she tries to deal with the issues associated with eczema affecting her son. Breaking down in tears, she told The Gleaner that she is struggling to handle the pressure that has...
The Clarendon Inter-Agency Network (CIAN), through its Violence/Abuse-Prevention Committee teamed up to host a men-only forum, with men being encouraged to talk about issues affecting them. Arising out of the forum, a committee was formed with the...
Jamaica Youth Education Support (Jamaica YES) will be hosting its first benefit golf tournament on Saturday, July 17, to raise funds to continue breakfast- and-lunch-feeding programmes for schoolchildren in rural Jamaica. The 2021 Changing...
Last week Wednesday, the Porus Health Centre in Manchester benefited from a donation of medical supplies from Vassell O’Gilvie, a Jamaican psychotherapist now residing in New York, United States. The clinic received items such as walking sticks,...
