The Government of Jamaica will release $10 million from the Equalization Fund to the Portland Municipal Corporation to commence a clean-up at the Musgrave Market in Portland, which was ravaged by fire on Sunday. This announcement was made by...
Kayla Wright, Jamaica’s top Mathematical Olympiad awardee for 2022/23, is excited about representing our island at the international competition, which will be held in El Salvador between July 2 and 13. Kayla, a grade-11 student of Campion College...
WITH ADVANCED technology becoming more available, Diahann Gordon Harrison, children’s advocate of Jamaica, is calling on parents involved in the process of getting divorced to take advantage of the option of the SafeSpot platform to have their...
Reacting to rumours and growing suspicion among segments of the society, Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said it was “stupidness” that some Jamaicans and others have recently been criticising the Government over its establishment of new...
WHEN DR Jason Dawson’s mother, Delta Bailey, was fatally stabbed 18 years ago, he knew, at that point, that his life’s mission was to become a medical doctor and to try to save the lives of other persons in dire need of medical care. Bailey was...
Four years ago, after Dr Ewart Brown, former premier of Bermuda, officially launched his book, Whom Shall I Fear?, he had his eyes set on returning to Jamaica and hosting a book-signing event. Jamaica has been dear to his heart, given that his...
AS JAMAICANS continue to reflect on the significant contributions the ‘Windrush Generation’ made in the past 75 years, Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, reiterated to the United Kingdom (UK) a need for continued...
Bruce Golding, former prime minister of Jamaica, declined yesterday to give his opinion on Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ decision to reject a 214-per-cent salary increase and instead keep his $9-million pay. The decision by Holness is expected to...
Three groups in Jamaica – the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Nature Touch Farms and FarmLinkr.com – will be merging resources and tools today to go beyond the Government’s Labour Day 2023 mandate of planting trees, but planting limes...
Last year, there was a major spike in the number of boys from Portland, who, on a monthly basis, contacted the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) through its SafeSpot helpline, raising a red flag regarding the need for more child-protection...
Yesterday afternoon, Tanesha Martin threw herself into chores in her yard as she sought to block her mind from the tragic loss of her 19-year-old son, Norlando McDonald, who died from a stab wound allegedly inflicted by his own sibling on Saturday...
Members of the Church and youth groups yesterday raised placards in disgust at the main entrance to Emancipation Park in New Kingston, as part of a peaceful protest against the recent granting of massive wage increases to members of the political...
After the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) conducted its first full-year assessment of persons who contacted the SafeSpot helpline during 2022, mental illness was found to account for the majority of the issues children who called in said...
When the Office of the Children’s Advocate rolled out its SafeSpot helpline for children and teenagers two years ago, they knew children would have preferred the option of sending WhatsApp messages whenever they need assistance. So, they never...
DIAHANN GORDON Harrison, Children’s Advocate of Jamaica, is concerned about the alarming number of children who directly contacted Jamaica’s national child and teenager helpline, SafeSpot, during its operations in 2022. SafeSpot was officially...
Yesterday’s celebration of Mother’s Day was another daunting experience for Michalia Dawkins, the lead beneficiary of the recently relaunched Shining Hope Foundation. It was a difficult day as it reminded her of single motherhood and the loss of...
Drivers who have amassed over 10 demerit points in recent years could still face the possibility of having their driver’s licences suspended even if they have gone to traffic court and paid their fines. In an interview with The Gleaner yesterday,...
AS JAMAICANS celebrated Read Across Jamaica Day yesterday, numerous readers from government and corporate bodies called for more parents and guardians to encourage our nation’s children to stick with the tradition of reading physical books over...
Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams has rejected concerns of critics who are of the view that the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) should not expand the sorrowful Crying Child Monument in downtown Kingston, so that more names of...
Residents of Berwick Road in Whitfield Town, Kingston, have blamed a lack of response to repeated calls for the only street light in that section of the community to be repaired for the fatal attack on District Constable Ricardo Jarrett. According...
The fact that the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) could only give 23 discretionary grants for the 2023-2024 period, turning down more than half of the more than 50 local charities which applied, continues to weigh on the mind of Dr Laura Tanna....
Matthew Hyde, the 20-year-old student accused of torturing his ex-girlfriend in his dorm room at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in February, was again remanded until May 17, when he will undergo a committal hearing. This decision...
On Monday morning, a desperate Sean Ramsay moved from one automated-teller machine (ATM) to another in Portmore, St Catherine, making multiple attempts to withdraw funds to pay his fare to go to work. All dispensers were out of cash, leaving Ramsay...
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte suggested on Tuesday that Jamaicans could be called on to participate in more than one referendum as the Government works to overhaul the nation’s Constitution. Malahoo Forte, who is...
Ronardo Ormsby, one of two inmates released from the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre in time for Easter after their fines were paid by Food For The Poor Jamaica (FFTP), vows never to lay his hands on a woman again. Ormsby told The Gleaner in...
