Amid renaming the administrative block of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona in honour of Sir Kenneth Hall two weeks ago, the former principal is still disappointed that a campus centre has not been constructed over a decade after he...
Robert ‘Tred’ Morrison, the brainchild and animator of Jus Fi Fun, highly anticipates the day when the first 13 episodes of his cartoon series hits the screens of Television Jamaica (TVJ). The series, which is set to air on TVJ in 2024, was...
When Jason Brown, village director at the SOS Children’s Village, was invited to the Courts Dear to Dream Scholarship Awards Ceremony in September, he made sure to intersperse his address with points touching on the needs of houses he supervises...
In an effort to revive the vibrant yesteryear spirit in communities of East Kingston and downtown, Sherbourne Limited has broken ground for a $2.1-billion investment project that will comprise 119 housing units in Bournemouth Gardens, Kingston 2....
The Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre has responded swiftly to the plight of a double amputee who was anticipating his “worst Christmas” this year due to an inability to have two working prosthetics ahead of the approaching holiday. Sixty-two...
For Ellajean Johnson, one of the six recipients of a scholarship in honour of Portia Simpson Miller Day last Tuesday, the $100,000 received will go a far way for her this holiday season. To her, the sum of money might seem to be a drop in the...
In a toast to a career dedicated to regional development on Thursday evening, the administrators of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, renamed the campus’ administrative building in honour of former principal Sir Kenneth Hall. Hall...
A scientific study is to be undertaken to examine the claims by scores of Jamaicans who continue to complain that the closure, in recent years, of several Jamaica Public Service (JPS) offices islandwide has negatively impacted them.W Since 2021,...
Three strong, vibrant, and hard-working Jamaican women in charity are now striving to see who can raise the most money this Christmas through the Ashley Couch Conversation series. These women are Stacey McKenzie, Michelle Gordon, and Christelle...
With scores of Jamaica’s less fortunate children still left wondering if they will get a gift this Christmas, Xodus – one of Jamaica’s Carnival bands – has taken on elf-like duties by calling for revellers and others to gather 800 toys in time for...
Cristophe Phillips has high hopes of securing a job in Jamaica after recently becoming the first deaf graduate to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance and Choreography at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts....
When Meghan Swaby saw a piece of land she inherited, from the will of a deceased neighbour, being cleared for the construction of a new house for her just in time for Christmas, she openly wept. For two decades, the woman from Warrick district in...
This Christmas season, 155 laptops will be distributed among students at the five campuses of the Windsor School of Special Education. The gifts were handed over to the school on Wednesday by Food For The Poor Jamaica at the institution’s Duncan’s...
The house that 76-year-old retired vendor Enid Walters-Johnson lived in for more than four decades is now on the verge of collapsing. Fortunately, she now enjoys peace of mind, having been the first recipient to have her wish of a new home for...
When Dekardiago Nelson rose to give the final address from the party in power at the 14th sitting of the National Youth Parliament of Jamaica on Monday, he placed those opposed to the island’s push to become a republic in the crosshairs. Nelson,...
With his grounded beliefs and Anglican faith, Jovan Johnson, the Press Association of Jamaica’s (PAJ’s) 2023 Journalist of the Year, has thrived amid the challenges faced by all media workers in making their way in the industry today. “The Church...
Stressing the importance of spiritual intervention from the Almighty heading into a new year as the island seeks to overcome the challenges it faces, the National Prayer Vigil Committee launched its 2023 event on Thursday. Now in its 31st year, the...
Attorney-at-law Gavin Goffe has noted that persons buying motor vehicles in Jamaica may soon need the services of a lawyer, as is the case with purchasing real estate. Under the new Road Traffic Act, which was passed in 2018 and took effect earlier...
Political figures and stakeholders in the health sector were yesterday thrown into mourning as news emerged that longtime publich health advocate Professor Winston Davidson had died after a brief illness. Davidson died yesterday morning while...
If Sherene McIntyre’s life were to end tomorrow, she would have already been proud to have broken the glass ceiling with one major accomplishment. That is becoming the first deaf person to graduate from the Jamaica Theological Seminary (JTS) as a...
A TOTAL of 47 hard-working students who performed outstandingly in the last Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations were awarded with scholarships and bursaries by the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation on Sunday. These scholarships from the...
THE BEST Dog in Show at the True Pet Expo and German Shepherd All-Breed Championship on Sunday was Becks, an imported timber Rottweiler dog who arrived in the island the previous Monday. According to its owner Warren Clarke from Warrack Kennel in...
After missing out on being there in person to collect her honorary doctorate from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) in July, Jamaica-born multimillionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr Trisha Bailey opted to make the...
The Korean government has donated 4,103 tablets, valued at US$600,000 (J$92,835,576.82) to Jamaica’s One Laptop or Tablet Per Child initiative, which was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020. The gift, which represents the second-...
Nile Anderson, the 2024 Rhodes Scholar, harbours dreams of becoming Jamaica’s dreamgineer – a term he coined himself, which will bring engineering to another level in the nation through his dreams. He also has visions of his fellow countrymen...