The Kiwanis Club of North St Andrew (KCNSA) is currently undergoing fundraising efforts to offer well-needed support to the Matthew 25:40 Boys’ Home operated by the Mustard Seed Communities. Through the recently launched Sensational Solar Raffle...
Some Jamaicans have voiced concern about a possible roach infestation along the Palisadoes strip which not only leads to the Norman Manley International Airport and the community of Port Royal, but also serves as a major passageway to the capital...
The community of Wakefield in rural St Catherine continues to thirst for access to running water in their taps. The years-long inconvenience has soured the spirits of residents of the farming community, which largely relies on the weather to bring...
Superintendent Bobette Morgan-Simpson, head of the St Mary Police Division, has voiced concern over an ongoing sewage inundation problem affecting the Port Maria Police Station. In an interview with The Gleaner on Saturday, Morgan said that just...
Enoch Tackey, who has lived in The Netherlands for over three decades, found himself with a lot of unanswered questions when his then 11-year-old son brought to his attention that there was a man on the Internet with similar facial features to him...
After years of calls for Chief Takyi (also known as Tacky) to be declared a national hero, St Mary Western Member of Parliament Robert Montague has hinted that such a change in status might soon be a reality. Speaking at a civic ceremony to mark...
In 2020, Petrova Kenward visiting a friend in the United States who had artistically added rhinestone trimmings to her graduation cap and an outline of Jamaica topped with a local proverb. Six months later, Kenward had a dream one night that the...
Taking care of children is not always a simple task, and it can be especially difficult when that child has been diagnosed with a developmental disorder like autism. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder caused by...
Despite being dealt a bad hand in life, former state ward Anthony Ellis is striving to restructure his life to make an impactful contribution to society through sport. The 21-year-old recently represented Jamaica in the two-man bobsleigh event at...
A Jamaica-born author and illustrator of children’s books wants more to be done to raise awareness about people living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain that impacts social...
Thirty-year-old Emerson Benjamin says he has turned a new leaf, having shunned his former lifestyle of being engaged in criminal activities, and is now more focused and driven to be an agent of positive change in his community of Majesty Gardens in...
For Richard Williams, a grade nine student at Charlie Smith High School, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Sterling Asset Management’s Agents for Transformation Project has renewed his mindset and caused him to...
HEALTH MINISTER Dr Christopher Tufton has expressed optimism that the animal-assisted recovery and care (AARC) programme that was officially launched on Tuesday at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), will become mainstreamed and will over...
JAMAICA IS the only Caribbean nation among 10 communities that has been chosen from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to receive a grant from the Metaverse Communities Challenge. The Challenge was launched by the innovation laboratory of the...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang, has expressed the need for a more holistic approach to preventing criminal behaviours in the nation’s youth. “Community-based organisations cannot effectively effect transformation. The reality is when...
Dr Norman Dunn, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, has admitted that there are gaps within the legislation and inter-agency jurisdiction concerning the quickly evolving cannabis industry. He told the House of Representatives on Tuesday...
In light of increasing anxieties concerning online frauds as well as other cyberattacks, a group of senior citizens were educated on Saturday on how best to use the Internet and its applications in a safe and responsible way. The cybersecurity...
There was a rallying call for reparations on Saturday as Culture Minister Olivia Grange and members of the National Council on Reparation (NCR) marked the United Nations-declared International Day for Remembering Victims of Slavery and the Slave...
Despite always having a passion for fashion design, Stacia Shaw decided to pursue a university degree in business administration with a major in human resources and a minor in banking and finance. “I had put sewing and fashion on the back burner,”...
After enlisting in the United States Navy at the age of 21, Sashjenelle Ince, who grew up very shy and reserved in De La Vega City in Spanish Town, St Catherine, underwent a total psychological transformation. The now-28-year-old certified plane...
Despite rainfall in sections of the island over the past week, the National Water Commission (NWC) says the drought-induced water restrictions in the Corporate Area will not be lifted just yet. According to the NWC, the rainfall experienced has not...
Tracy Ann Taffe Thompson, the immediate past president of the Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education, is urging parents not to disregard their children’s behaviours and utterances that might indicate suicidal intentions. “Once they utter...
Mark Jackson believes that a principal should possess genuine passion and commitment to serve the children, with the vision of seeing them excel in all aspects of life and not solely in academics. Jackson, the headmaster at Ascot Primary School in...
An attorney, who handles contentious landlord-tenant cases, says there is a noticeable increase in the number of local property owners deciding to list their properties for vacation rentals as opposed to long-term options as a result of harrowing...
