The GrassROOTS Community Foundation, in collaboration with the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), hopes to engage more than 4,000 students across 40 schools in Jamaica through its book bag outreach initiative, which runs from May 2 to 6....
Jamaica’s state-run garbage-collection agency says it is operating at a third of the required capacity to serve the disposal needs of Portmore. That’s a major concern for residents of the fast-developing residential and commercial area that is...
Dwayne Dubidad’s love for children and passion for their growth have inspired him on his journey from art and music teacher to principal of Stony Hill Primary and Infant School, where his labour of love includes beautification and development...
Ancile Gloudon, the orchid enthusiast who immersed himself in botanical studies and travelled the hills and valleys while cataloguing plants in his pastime, has died. Serving as secretary, vice president, and later president of the Jamaica Orchid...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is closely monitoring hospitalisation and deaths as a result of the increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week, but noted that he was not harbouring regrets over the...
The Jamaica Customs Agency and its security partners have recommitted to securing the island’s borders against the trafficking of illicit drugs and arms after an 18-month disruption of the Seaport Cooperation Project (SEACOP) by the COVID-19...
Kingston Western Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie has expressed concern over the frayed relationship between his constituents and the security forces, which degenerated further last week as Denham Town as a fiery protest erupted following the...
Melorine Gizart walked along Luke Lane on Sunday in her son’s football gear, even in his socks and boots, as if seeking to summon from the dead 18-year-old football prodigy Omar Laing, who was killed by gunmen on Friday. Meanwhile, Laing’s one-year...
What began as a gesture of goodwill to a neighbour whose house caught fire ended in widespread heartbreak, with 13 homes engulfed in flames in the capital on Friday afternoon. It was a familiar refrain in west Kingston: Charred food and clothes,...
Kingston Western Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie has expressed concern over the tense and potentially damaging relationship between the security forces and civilians. Speaking at the award ceremony of 28 beneficiaries in the Denham Town...
Ann-Marie Blackstock is one of 28 Denham Town microenterprise owners who has benefited from the over $2.9 million in grants distributed by the Government of Jamaica and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) collaborative efforts in addressing...
Five years ago, Raymond Brown’s passion for beautification and flower gardening began to flourish. Having spent nine years in prison on charges of manslaughter, stemming from a 2005 stabbing incident, the ex-convict has sought to put his energy...
Torrential rains on Tuesday night triggered a flood of renewed complaints as a 36-foot deep pond overflowed its banks and inundated roads, heaping misery on residents of East Avenue in Linstead, St Catherine. Their frustration was evident when The...
After a 17-year delay, firefighters of Old Harbour now have a salubrious place to call home. Following an official opening ceremony on Tuesday, the newly constructed fire station is now fully operational to serve the vastly developing township with...
Miracle Travel Limited, a job-placement service contracted by a group of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) students to secure employment under the United States J-1 visa summer work and travel programme in 2020, has come under growing scrutiny...
Even with Friday’s expiry of mandatory mask wearing in enclosed spaces with public access, business owners and operators say they will proceed with caution, with several saying the announcement was made prematurely. That conclusion is in sync with...
The operators of 14 shops at the New Forum Fishing Village in Portmore, St Catherine, have been wallowing in misery and despair since their enterprises and valuable stock went up in flames two Sundays ago as they prepared for the Easter season,...
With the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) reporting a 41 per cent increase in emergency calls to motor vehicle crashes last year, Commissioner Stewart Beckford is seeking to ramp up the brigade’s operational response to save more lives from serious...
Fish vendors hoping for a bountiful Easter season after two years of flagging sales as a result of the pandemic are keeping their eyes peeled, hoping for a miracle as the traditionally buoyant period is yet to spring to life. Easter is...
To memorialise her America-born daughter’s first trip to Jamaica, the mother-daughter duo published their first-ever children’s book titled Jayla’s Journey to Jamaica, which unfolds the thematic concerns of family, food and highlights authentic...
Among the many challenges the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) encounters, access to water remains a major concern for its members’ ability to carry out duties within the many districts across the island. Commissioner Stewart Beckford has expressed...
Jahzeal Clarke realised his calling in life was to help individuals who have been through similar, if not worse, circumstances than himself. Despite the fact that his mother died when he was only 10 years old and his family abandoned him, forcing...
After 10 years of fighting hormonal acne, which surfaced when she was 11 years old, Janae ‘Sunshine’ Edwards has sought to learn about proper skincare on her own and has fashioned it into a business to help others suffering from the condition....
The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, held on the lawns of Devon House on Saturday, featured some of Jamaica’s finest creatives and their contributions to why visitors return or foreigners feel compelled to visit...
After becoming bored with his mother, La-Toya Samuels-Cousins, reading him bedtime stories authored by others, eight-year-old Liam Cousins began making up his own tales as a new night-time tradition. Those narrations of his wildest thoughts to his...
