With school-age children committing 52 gun-related murders and 82 shootings in Jamaica since 2018, there are calls for increased action to keep firearms out of the hands of students and away from places of learning. The issue of violence...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed certainty that once Jamaica leverages technology to achieve prosperity and establishes more partnerships with technology firms like Huawei, the leading world provider of information and communications...
More than seven households located along the Rocky Hill Road in the Gibraltar Housing Scheme, St Mary, have complained about persistent low voltage for more than a month. The residents lamented about spending most days in darkness. They claimed...
Residents of Third Street in Trench Town are experiencing a heightened level of anxiety as mere hours after a shootout claimed the life of Corporal Oliver Mullings and 26-year-old Shemar Fletcher, a second fatal incident occurred, taking the life...
The Rollington Town Health Centre in Kingston on Friday became the 39th facility to be adopted under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic Programme. The 43-year-old type-two health centre will benefit from an injection of more than...
REGIONAL DIRECTOR of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Errol Greene, says the main issue facing the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is the high number of outdated medical equipment that medical personnel have to rely on the...
The Equality For All Foundation Jamaica (EFAF) is reporting that more organisations are becoming more tolerant of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) employees. After an explorative case study on the employment of LGBTQ+ people...
As she gazed into the distance at the home in which Michael ‘Mikey’ Graham once lived, Shantal Thomas was at a loss as to how she would carry on in caring for her three children, two of whom were fathered by him. Speaking with The Gleaner on Friday...
Joshua Mattis believes that the sport of skateboarding has saved his life, offering him an avenue to break free from his abusive past and set him on a course for a brighter future. “It changed my life a lot because if it wasn’t for it, me woulda...
Attorney-at-law Matthew Royal believes that the Broadcasting Commission’s move to impose an immediate ban on the playing of music glorifying lottery fraud, the use of illegal substances and illegal firearms raises a number of potential...
As part of yesterday’s commemoration of World Mental Health Day, the Convent of Mercy (Alpha) in Kingston received a symbolic wellness bench, representing a safe place for students of the all-girls institution to unburden themselves from the...
While President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) John Mahfood is lamenting the high-energy prices that continue to significantly impact the manufacturing sector’s electricity and transportation costs, former energy...
Tanya Williams is growing more anxious daily as her two-year-old son, Jahari Headley, is in need of urgent heart surgery with his condition worsening. In an interview with The Gleaner on Friday, Williams detailed how she took her son to the doctor’...
Julia Rogers was overcome with emotion on Thursday being one of two recipients of a two-bedroom home, valued at under $6 million each under the Government’s indigent housing solution programme. The resident of Fleet Street in Kingston Central...
Some Jamaican creatives have called for more art festivals to be organised in the various communities across Jamaica to help struggling artists promote themselves and realise their full potential. Musician Kenardo Ellis was one of three persons who...
The Japanese government has donated a marine vessel to Jamaica to help strengthen the island’s capacity to police its borders. The vessel, which was donated through Japan’s grant aid programme, was handed over in a ceremony at Marine Police...
G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is seeking to expand its campus’ facilities and double student enrolment to maximise revenue generation as part of its strategic five-year plan. Chairman Vishu Tolan said that the 42-year-old...
The Michael Lee-Chin-owned Trident Estate in Port Antonio has submitted a road realignment proposal to extend the footprint of its landholding to envelop more picturesque seafront in Portland. The move, which could add buoyancy to property value...
The transport operator who breached the lock on one of three safety floodgates in the Bog Walk Gorge, St Catherine, on Monday during storm rains has expressed regret for his action, claiming that he felt compelled to reach home to attend to his...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to embrace ambitious infrastructural developments geared towards transforming the economy. “I don’t want Jamaicans to be fearful when you see your Government taking on massive nation-building...
The state-run Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has been accused of greed and marginalising poor Jamaicans after imposing restrictions at public beaches prohibiting visitors from consuming food and beverages not sold at the facility on month-end...
From the testimonies of several of its clients at last Friday’s event, the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) first-ever show exhibition dubbed ‘Unlocking Success’ was well named. The SRC has been conducting workshops and training sessions to...
Dwight Burgess was forced to spend the eve of his 50th birthday elevating his bed and other furniture before abandoning his home as alarming floodwaters swept through Halse Hall, Clarendon, on Monday. Burgess and many other locals spent Tuesday...
THE LACK of a consistent water supply in the homes of residents in the Needham Pen district in St Thomas has heightened their discontent with the plethora of issues confronting the rural community. Locals explained that the water flow to their...
Twelve new residents of the Bell Rock neighbourhood off Olympic Way in St Andrew are thrilled to have a new place to call home that can adequately protect them from the approaching storm as Jamaica braces for severe weather this weekend. Michael...
