After being laid off from his job as a contractor seven months ago due to the COVID-19 outbreak, James Morrison was left with no choice but to devise a way to support himself and help care for his grandchildren. The quickest remedy to Morrison’s...
The soothing sounds of the Rio Cobre don’t mask the distress of residents of Ham Walk in Riverside, St Catherine, who have lost sections of their cherished homes to the turbulent flow of the river when it is in spate. In the midst of a peaceful...
Japanese Ambassador Masaya Fujiwara bade adieu to assistant language teachers accepted in this year’s Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Programme on a festive Thursday evening at his residence. Wine glasses ascended in a toast of the moment,...
Although an increase in patrols by the security forces gave them some relief as they were no longer forced to confine themselves in their homes in fear of marauding gunmen, residents of Sunlight Street in Kingston Western are tempering their...
The Naval Dockyard in Port Royal on Saturday welcomed the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Norwegian tour and research vessel for five days to its port as part of its two-year round- the-world ‘One Ocean Expedition’. The 107-year-old, 98-metre-long ship, which...
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s (MOEYI) newly implemented Sixth Form Pathways Programme (SFPP) is gaining traction among the parent population as they recognise numerous benefits of their children staying in school for an...
Saidian Townsend had her dreams of a relaxing vacation dashed when she suddenly began feeling ill just days after landing in Trinidad and Tobago in 2019. With the illness persisting and experiencing excruciating head pains and signs of having a...
Strathmore Gardens residents in St Catherine have long been frustrated by the poor road conditions that affect their neighbourhood. Homeowners of Ardenne Avenue told The Gleaner last Friday that due to the community experiencing frequent rainfall,...
Opposition Spokesperson on Education Dr Angela Brown Burke has described as “utter nonsense” the Government’s decision to disallow fifth-form graduations as it transitions to compulsory participation of students in a seven-year educational plan....
Rayon Griffiths, 32, did not have the same opportunities living in Thornton district, St Elizabeth, as the other children in his grade one class who benefited from having electricity and a television to watch cartoons as early as 7:00 on Saturday...
Several members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer community are lobbying for Jamaican mental-health practitioners to exercise greater compassion in a country much criticised for its widespread condemnation of sexual minorities....
Strathmore Children’s Home in Spanish Town, St Catherine, received an early Christmas gift on Friday – its first donation since the beginning of the year, according to a senior administrator. The onset of COVID-19 has crippled donations from...
More churches have become accepting of persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, and queer (LGBTQI), a paradigm shift from the decades-old complaints about a culture of vengeful condemnation and stigma. That’s the observation...
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused her to lose one of her sources of income, an aspiring Jamaican indie author pursues her passion of writing. Shana Ledgister told The Gleaner on Monday that during the pandemic, she felt as...
The Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Government Scholarship Awards Ceremony 2021 was held virtually by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information (MOEYI) on Tuesday. The ceremony presented four special awards, each worth $180,000, to students who...
Youth State Minister Robert Morgan believes that there is a need for more stringent vetting procedures and background checks to be made by members of the society to limit exposing children to harm from unsuspecting persons in power. He was speaking...
Junior Education Minister Robert Morgan has pushed back against criticism for the Government’s decision to allow the reopening of some schools on November 8, just a few weeks ahead of the Christmas break as the current academic term winds down....
The Reverend Alvin Bailey, senior pastor of the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, has called for the Government to establish a regulatory body in efforts to combat the rise of other “cultist organisations” such as the Pathways International...
Administrators at a number of infant schools say that some parents are still uneasy about the restart of in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic despite the Ministry of Education giving the green light for children five years old and...
On October 15, the top six teams from the junior and senior categories who matriculated into the final round of the inaugural JamaA.I.ca Codefest Hackathon, hosted by the US Embassy in Jamaica, were awarded. A hackathon is an event in which...
Jamaica plans to introduce more electric vehicles (EV), according to Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Management at the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Zahra Oliphant. Oliphant was speaking at a virtual JPS Foundation...
Warren Young, a Jamaican native living abroad, has sought to apply for a firearm licence before returning home to live after numerous run-ins with armed criminals on his prior visits. This includes six accounts of armed robbery and one home...
As October 24 – the day when the set of COVID-19-induced restrictions now in place are set to expire – nears, People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding questioned the logic of the current measures, including the nightly curfew and...
Poverty continues to be one of the key issues and contributing factors preventing many young people from advancing academically, as they seek to pursue tertiary-level education. Rashaun Stewart has had a first-hand experience with how daunting the...
Technology Solutions Ltd (TSL) has awarded scholarships to four secondary schools with a strong science programme, and four top students who have demonstrated their knowledge of science and are in need of financial assistance to continue their...
