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...
Guiding his protégés to success in the inaugural Evergo Jamaica Secondary Schools’ E-Mobility Robotics Competition on Wednesday has brought a sense of fulfilment to Jamaica College coach Paul Pounall. “As a past robotics student, this is my way of...
Jamaicans can expect more roll-outs of community Wi-Fis and hotspots across the island says Daniel Dawes, chief executive officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF). Dawes told The Gleaner last week Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the...
Deputy President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Ibrahim Ajagunna, says the institution will put in place various methodologies to hold classes in the coming semester. In light of the new norm of using technology in schools...
Nogus Stewart is counting his numerous blessings. Despite the challenges that came his way, the 20-year-old has been granted the opportunity to pursue his medical studies in Brazil. Stewart was awarded a full scholarship from the Brazilian...
Twenty-three-year-old Tonia Williams, Jamaica’s 2022 Rhodes Scholar, said it was a moment of shock and emotional highs when she learnt that she was being awarded this year’s scholarship on Thursday afternoon. “I’ve had a couple of hours to process...
THE BLACK Kings Rising (BKR) movement launches its ‘Featured Faces’ social-media project today in an effort to inspire at-risk young men who have been ostracised. Jump-starting the initiative on International Men’s Day, Joel Nomdarkham, a digital...
French Ambassador to Jamaica Olivier Guyonvarch, who was appointed in October, strives for more Jamaicans to study French. At the Cocktail à la Résidence de France, held on November 12, Guyonvarch praised the efforts of instructors, French...
IN CELEBRATION of Civil Service Week, which runs from November 16 to 22, LASCO Affiliated Companies organised a blood drive at the Police Officers Club on Wednesday. The ‘Drop of Love’ Blood Drive was founded in 2016 by the 2015 LASCO/JCF Police...
Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has donated a total of $100 million to 20 outstanding achievers in state care, as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. Awardees will be able to pursue tertiary education for four years through the Supreme...
