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Published:Tuesday | May 30, 2023 | 1:46 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Monday | May 29, 2023 | 12:41 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Saturday | May 27, 2023 | 12:08 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 1:36 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 1:21 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 12:59 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Monday | May 22, 2023 | 3:11 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Saturday | May 20, 2023 | 1:03 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Friday | May 19, 2023 | 1:23 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Friday | May 19, 2023 | 12:11 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 1:10 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:05 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 12:52 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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,...

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 12:26 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Tuesday | May 9, 2023 | 1:05 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Monday | May 8, 2023 | 12:57 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Friday | May 5, 2023 | 1:52 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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....

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 1:08 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:16 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Wednesday | April 19, 2023 | 1:54 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 12:41 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

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...

Published:Monday | April 10, 2023 | 1:12 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Egerton Newman is calling for taxi operators to have a formal set of working hours, expressing concern that some of them are running themselves into the ground by working up to 16 hours per day. Newman, who is the president of the Transport...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 1:07 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

A group of Corporate Area taxi operators pooled funds to patch sewage-filled potholes at the intersection of West Queen Street and West Parade in downtown Kingston on Good Friday. According to the cabbies, who ply routes from downtown Kingston to...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:47 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

The Government has established a Tourist Train Committee to provide oversight of the execution and management of the strategic engagement with a potential investor partner, who, one year ago, expressed an interest in reviving the service from...

Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 12:38 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

The main reason Arianna Buchanan, a teacher’s child, applied for one of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade’s Jamaica 60 Scholarships, is because she knew firsthand that her mother’s meagre salary was only enough for hand-to-mouth...

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