Arlene Harrison Henry, the nation's public defender, wants the state of public emergency in St James to come to a rapid end, as she believes it has failed to achieve its targets and is a means of detaining youth unlawfully.The Gleaner spoke to...
The late veteran photojournalist Alpheus Gordon, better known as 'Herbie', whose relatives say did not cease to put a smile on their faces, or utter words of encouragement, was laid to rest yesterday at Dovecot Memorial Park.Gordon was 78 years old....
Two videos of mothers violently beating their young daughters that surfaced last year were brought back into perspective on Wednesday by Chairman of the National Child Month Committee Dr Pauline Mullings, who pointed out that frustration was no...
A delegation of 11 from Cuba will attend Expo Jamaica 2018 - to be held at the National Arena and environs on April 19 - in search of some of the finest products made in Jamaica.At a Gleaner Editors' forum held yesterday at the company's North...
In-ground burial is still the leading and preferred type among Jamaicans. However, Ingrid Chambers, chief executive officer of Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St Catherine, has disclosed that cremation is becoming more popular.Chambers spoke with The...
Evacuating Maranatha Ministries from the comfort of an upscale St Andrew hotel in the 1990s, moving to Waterhouse, St Andrew, which was, at that time, one of the most dangerous communities in Jamaica, made Pastor Bobby McIntosh lose more than half...
The surfacing of an alleged threat against the life of former National Security Minister Robert Montague may very well indicate that the business of gunrunners is being dented, Professor Anthony Clayton, sustainable development professor at the...
Dr Patrece Charles, former chief executive officer of the National Parenting Support Commission, has argued that if students transitioning to secondary-school level are to feel comfortable being placed at non-traditional high schools, the Government...
After being sold the idea of travelling to the Dominican Republic to work as a teacher at a particular school in the summer of 2017, Alwyn Allen jumped on the opportunity.He told The Gleaner recently that he did an interview at that country's...
Howard Mitchell, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), says that action will be taken against member companies if they are found denying Seventh-day Adventists jobs simply because of their faith.Speaking yesterday on the...
The Jamaica Cancer Society is calling for local organisations to take advantage of an outreach programme it has embarked on to bring Pap smear testing to women inside their various places of work, study, and worship.Speaking with The Gleaner...
Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) passengers are just a couple months away from travelling with free Wi-Fi at their disposal. In anticipation of this development, Neil Lawrence, chief executive officer of Growth Tech Limited, the company that...
Unapologetic about some of the toes she has stepped on in her pieces as Gleaner columnist, notably, a few attacking the raunchiness in the music of the now-incarcerated Vybz Kartel, Esther Tyson has held firm and has successfully launched her first...
A few Kingston College old boys from the class of 1973, have expressed a bit of doubt that the team from North Street, Kingston, will run away with the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, which climaxes at the National Stadium...
Feeding a multitude of poor people every week is no easy feat, but 50 years after the dedication of the St Luke's church building in Cross Roads, Kingston, the leaders of that church remain committed to the task of uplifting less fortunate...
The lessons of embracing and supporting family have not vacated the hearts of members of a Kingston College (KC) group who graduated in 1973. That is what motivated some of them to return to the institution yesterday to donate $1 million to help...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness's proposal in Parliament on Tuesday that local dons be put on "watch lists" and intensely surveilled has received backing from Anthony Clayton, professor of sustainable development at the University of the West Indies."...
The Embassy of Japan in St Andrew on Tuesday enabled the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) to become the first local health entity to offer cardiac ambulance services through a donation of two specialised ambulances.Costing approximately J$10...
Shortly after a state of public emergency was declared in the St Catherine North division on Sunday, The Gleaner ran into a man in the parish who travelled along the Spanish Town bypass on a custom-designed bicycle he constructed.A welder by trade,...
Based on expectations from some school administrators, as well as Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid, the state of public emergency in theSt Catherine North Police Division, should not severely impact general school operations or the staging of...
Three wanted persons were among a group of more than 60 men picked up by the police in St Catherine yesterday, following Prime Minister Andrew Holness' declaration of a state of public emergency in the St Catherine North Police Division.The state of...
Termite-infested plyboard classrooms at the Fair Prospect Primary School in Portland and a lack of adequate classroom space at the Black River High School in St Elizabeth are problems that should soon be no more, following two multimillion-dollar...
Based on some negative public responses to the Jesus in the City, Jamaica parade, planned for October 27 this year, president and founder of Jesus in the City, Toronto, Ayanna Solomon, has said that Jamaicans should not view the event as beating...
The young man who, last month, threatened in a voice note to carry out acts of violence against his schoolmates at Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston, has been withdrawn from the school population and is now being taught at home.Adamant that the...
Pressure has been put on criminals in St James since the zone of special operations was implemented in Mount Salem and a state of emergency called in the parish, but Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Montego Bay Leon Golding is fearful that chaos might...
