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Published:Monday | October 16, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

After a 19-per-cent fare increase came into effect for public transport operators yesterday morning, numerous Corporate Area passengers complained that they were being charged varying fees, some not in accordance with those outlined by the...

Published:Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

With Jamaica recording a decline of 12 per cent in murders since the start of 2023, when compared to last year, Reverend Astor Carlyle, pastor at Webster Memorial United Church, believes that members of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group can help...

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Immediately after Hansle Parchment was handed the key to the township of Morant Bay, St Thomas, on Monday, the Olympian was speechless. Although the Morant Bay High School alumnus was appreciative of the honour made possible by his alma mater and...

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

IF THERE is one Jamaican you will meet who is grateful about being laid off three years ago during the pandemic, that is entrepreneur and twice teenage mother Shally Hall. After being laid off in 2020, she was introduced to the NCB Foundation’s...

Published:Saturday | October 7, 2023 | 12:05 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Jamaal Muirhead, a former student of Denbigh High School whose story made the rounds four years ago after he was rejected a scholarship because of poor vision, has lived up to his words of making a major academic comeback with the gift of a glasses...

Published:Thursday | October 5, 2023 | 12:06 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Two weeks after the National Water Commission (NWC) promised that work valued at $84 million would start for the repair of a broken sewage main in Harbour View, St Andrew, the residents remain disgusted with the authorities over the matter. For...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:06 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

AS VIOLENCE continues to escalate in Grants Pen, St Andrew, the Shortwood Seventh-day Adventist Church, located within its environs, wants to remind bloodletters that its members will continue pressing for peace “without fear or compromise”. Mere...

Published:Thursday | September 28, 2023 | 12:06 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Dr Elaine McCarthy, chairperson of the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches (JUGC), hailed the hundreds of persons who turned out for the renewal of the annual mass prayer event in Half-Way Tree Square on Sunday to intercede for the nation’s...

Published:Tuesday | September 26, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Camille Barrett, a Television Jamaica (TVJ) producer, hopes to see tourism arrivals and spending figures keep climbing, with more Jamaicans benefiting in the long run. In April, her manager, Judith Alberga, introduced her to the World Broadcasting...

Published:Monday | September 25, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

With technology at the fingertips of Jamaican children, and the threat of adults who engage in sexual grooming through social media sites and apps, Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison is putting individuals overseas on notice that they can...

Published:Tuesday | September 19, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Tragedy struck on a sewage-filled Harbour View street in St Andrew last Tuesday after a motorist lost control of his vehicle while trying to navigate the mucky roadway. The vehicle being driven by Devon Edwards, who lived in Port Royal, reportedly...

Published:Monday | September 18, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Gary Rowe, a member of the People’s National Party (PNP) from North East Manchester’s executive group, lost his right foot six months ago, but he was determined to be physically present for the party’s 85th annual conference. Rowe, like other...

Published:Friday | September 15, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Residents of a section of Harbour View in St Andrew are frustrated with the lack of response to their pleas for relief from the stench of overflowing sewage in their community. The sewage, near the offices of West Indies Home Contractors Ltd (...

Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Kingston Creative’s beautification project in downtown Kingston will today receive a further boost of US$15,000 from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Expedia Group to continue the mission of beautifying the previously aged spaces and enhancing...

Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 12:06 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

MARK GOLDING, president of the People’s National Party (PNP), is confident that his party will be victorious at the polls in the next general election. Speaking at the PNP’s St Andrew South Constituency Conference at the Tony Spaulding Complex in...

Published:Thursday | September 7, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

FOR THE last three years Arianna Warren, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation’s 2023 parish champion for Kingston, has been living without electricity and using a kerosene lamp to study at nights. After the loss of the power source to her...

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

It was a bittersweet send-off on Sunday for Dr Peter Phillips in the constituency of East Central St Andrew,which he has anchored for the past 29 years. Phillips resigned as constituency chairman for East Central St Andrew in February 2021....

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:09 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

When Crystal Bent underwent an interview for a scholarship with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation some days ago, she left the judges speechless because of the three words she honestly uttered: “I lost everything.” The 20-year-old young...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

THE JAMAICA Public Service Foundation has donated $16 million to The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to conduct workshops for Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examination (CAPE)-level students in science, technology, engineering and...

Published:Friday | September 1, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Nine-year-old Marley Case, who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder, has only one wish: to be able to swallow and digest food with ease. Touted as ‘the worst disease you never heard of ‘, epidermolysis bullosa causes his skin to blister and...

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

For the three years that Ajahni Walton pursued courses for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) at Barracks Road Primary School in Montego Bay, he was bullied, but thankfully not to the point of depression and failure. On Tuesday, Ajahni was announced as...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:08 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

The government has committed its support for popular Jamaican radio jock, radio host and entrepreneur, Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess, who has embarked upon a $600-million housing/construction project in honour of his late mother, Mavis Almira Burgess...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

National Mathematics Coordinator Dr Tameka Benjamin is encouraging teachers to work towards becoming more financially literate this year and to use that power to boost their earnings. Speaking at the Scotia Group Personal Financial Management...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 12:10 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

As the nation approaches the start of another academic year, Marsha Smith, state minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, is calling for local educators to teach through the popular social media app TikTok. While speaking during the annual...

Published:Tuesday | August 22, 2023 | 12:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Dr Laura-Lee Lynch is happy to be the first Jamaican dental surgeon awarded a Chevening Scholarship in the programme’s 40 years of existence. Lynch, who works with the Hanover Health Services, told The Gleaner last week that she was first...

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