The United Nations World Food Programme donated $155 million to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on Tuesday to launch the COVID-19 cash-transfer assistance programme, which will benefit more than 27, 000 Jamaicans who are not on state...
The communities of Bellefield and Banana Ground in Manchester will benefit from new development projects and road repairs come January 2022, according to Mario Mitchell, councillor of the Manchester Central division. Mitchell told The Gleaner last...
Yam farmer Richard Bailey of Virginia district in Manchester sees a high demand for his crop every year as the holiday season draws near. On Christmas morning, yam is boiled as a complement to breakfast meals such as ackee and salt fish. It is also...
Despite having only 17 per cent of its students vaccinated – a far cry from the education ministry’s intended goal of 65 per cent – Bellefield administrators are making headway to remedy a long-standing challenge with a $60-million push to...
Elaine Thompson-Herah, the world’s fastest woman alive, zipped into Banana Ground, Manchester, on Saturday and brought Christmas cheer to residents who turned out for their hometown hero. The five-time Olympic champion personally distributed care...
THE DEPARTMENT of Correctional Services (DCS) officially opened the new block of the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre in St Catherine on Wednesday. Dormitories, classrooms, a staff room, a medical examination station, and bathroom facilities...
Toll Authority of Jamaica (TAJ) has donated $10 million to help renovate the Ferry Police Station’s interior and external structures, which are in dire need of repair. In a handover ceremony on Tuesday, the TAJ committed to give funds according to...
Many Jamaicans are eagerly looking forward to receiving barrels with goodies from their families abroad, which is a source of stocking up on mostly food items, and the wharves are now witnessing crowds of people arriving to collect before Christmas...
Ned Barrington Carter, 72, who lives on swampy lands left to him by his now deceased uncle, has endured numerous storms and floods in his one-room dwelling that is now at risk of collapsing on him at any time. Carter told The Gleaner last Thursday...
More than 400 students on state welfare are set to be brought to school under the ‘Back on Track’ transportation initiative just in time for the start of the new academic year, commencing January 3. Six St Catherine schools will benefit from the...
Despite the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a female farmer from northern St Catherine recounts the year as one full of many blessings. Callene Thompson, who began farming at the age of 19, was, unlike many of her peers, not as interested in...
As the struggle with termite and rodent infestation continues, police officers in Glengoffe, in the St Catherine North Division, continue their call for a safer work environment. Last week Thursday, cops informed The Gleaner that they could no...
Jamaicans are being urged to cut down fewer trees for decorative purposes as they celebrate Christmas this year as the 876 Volunteer non-profit organisation ramps up its On a Mission for Modda Nature drive with its No-Cut Christmas campaign to...
The COVID-19 pandemic has not appeared to have dampened the Christmas spirit of some Jamaicans who still take pride in erecting and decorating their trees every holiday season. This is so, as pine tree vendors located in front of the Village Plaza...
Vendors of gungo peas and sorrel in downtown Kingston’s Coronation Market are hoping for a turnaround in flagging sales for the Christmas season. With just over two weeks before Christmas Day, the expected rush of customers stocking up ingredients...
Weeks before the heights of the Christmas shopping season, thieves in the rural northern St Catherine region of Glengoffe are already targeting small business operators on Main Street and other districts like Cassava River and Big Road. Just last...
What started out as a friendly challenge from a concerned member of the public who believed Bahja Bent possessed some level of artistic and visionary skills to solve her problems has now spawned a fledgling business venture for the Negril,...
Education Minister Fayval Williams has reasserted her support for blended classroom learning and has lobbied that administrators maintain that option in the new year, even as more schools reopen for face-to-face classes. Addressing a ceremony for...
Investment Consultancy Service (ICS) is seeking to bridge the gap in the education system by assisting parents with children ages three to 18 years in meetings their educational needs. Recognising that some children in Jamaica are still lost in the...
IN AN effort to empower women, PROEVENTS Jamaica has launched its first-ever virtual conference, to be held December 11 and 12. In acknowledgement of the stresses brought on by the pandemic affecting women of society, the ‘She Thrives,’ conference...
DESPITE THE onset of the pandemic in 2020, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government has seen high levels of job recovery and growth, said Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke. Clarke, who made the announcement at the JLP’s 78th annual conference on...
“Nobody went out there and picked HIV off a shelf.” That pithy and profound message by Joseph McIntyre, deacon of Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew, served as a rallying cry on Sunday for Jamaicans to end discrimination against people with HIV...
Gender State Minister Alando Terrelonge yesterday called for more men to join efforts to eliminate violence against women in the society and be willing to participate in discussions about women’s protection. He lamented that toxic masculinity “robs...
Katrina Coombs, Jamaica-based textile artist, has inadvertently staged an all-female art exhibition titled ‘Fiberactive Germination’, which has been warmly received by the nine women artists who have taken hold of the opportunity to showcase their...
