While President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) John Mahfood is lamenting the high-energy prices that continue to significantly impact the manufacturing sector’s electricity and transportation costs, former energy...
Tanya Williams is growing more anxious daily as her two-year-old son, Jahari Headley, is in need of urgent heart surgery with his condition worsening. In an interview with The Gleaner on Friday, Williams detailed how she took her son to the doctor’...
Julia Rogers was overcome with emotion on Thursday being one of two recipients of a two-bedroom home, valued at under $6 million each under the Government’s indigent housing solution programme. The resident of Fleet Street in Kingston Central...
Some Jamaican creatives have called for more art festivals to be organised in the various communities across Jamaica to help struggling artists promote themselves and realise their full potential. Musician Kenardo Ellis was one of three persons who...
The Japanese government has donated a marine vessel to Jamaica to help strengthen the island’s capacity to police its borders. The vessel, which was donated through Japan’s grant aid programme, was handed over in a ceremony at Marine Police...
G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is seeking to expand its campus’ facilities and double student enrolment to maximise revenue generation as part of its strategic five-year plan. Chairman Vishu Tolan said that the 42-year-old...
The Michael Lee-Chin-owned Trident Estate in Port Antonio has submitted a road realignment proposal to extend the footprint of its landholding to envelop more picturesque seafront in Portland. The move, which could add buoyancy to property value...
The transport operator who breached the lock on one of three safety floodgates in the Bog Walk Gorge, St Catherine, on Monday during storm rains has expressed regret for his action, claiming that he felt compelled to reach home to attend to his...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to embrace ambitious infrastructural developments geared towards transforming the economy. “I don’t want Jamaicans to be fearful when you see your Government taking on massive nation-building...
The state-run Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has been accused of greed and marginalising poor Jamaicans after imposing restrictions at public beaches prohibiting visitors from consuming food and beverages not sold at the facility on month-end...
From the testimonies of several of its clients at last Friday’s event, the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) first-ever show exhibition dubbed ‘Unlocking Success’ was well named. The SRC has been conducting workshops and training sessions to...
Dwight Burgess was forced to spend the eve of his 50th birthday elevating his bed and other furniture before abandoning his home as alarming floodwaters swept through Halse Hall, Clarendon, on Monday. Burgess and many other locals spent Tuesday...
THE LACK of a consistent water supply in the homes of residents in the Needham Pen district in St Thomas has heightened their discontent with the plethora of issues confronting the rural community. Locals explained that the water flow to their...
Twelve new residents of the Bell Rock neighbourhood off Olympic Way in St Andrew are thrilled to have a new place to call home that can adequately protect them from the approaching storm as Jamaica braces for severe weather this weekend. Michael...
A former inmate is urging the Government to pump more resources and effort into programmes to steer young boys clear of the prison system. The 27-year-old ex-convict pointed out that many boys were being recruited to commit crimes by negative...
Seeking to gin up support for cashless transactions, Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has cast the digital economy as the future for Jamaica. Speaking at the launch of a Lynk ABM feature on Tuesday, Clarke recalled a trip to London on which he...
Sue-Ann Ebanks wallowed in grief outside her home in Spring Village, Old Harbour, on Monday, oozing regret that she had persuaded her sister to attend a community football match that descended into a killing field a day earlier. As Ebanks huddled...
Twenty farmers from Needham Pen, St Thomas, have benefited from an eight-week training programme on how to treat farming as a business to maximise their earning potential. The programme was conducted in April and June by the Rural Agricultural...
Despite a survey of 35 schools by the health and education ministries finding that most were non-compliant with the interim guidelines for beverages in schools, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said no action would be taken...
EDUCATORS AT the St Andrew-based Papine High School are advocating for greater investment in developing technical and vocational education programmes in secondary schools. In a recent interview with The Gleaner, headmaster Leighton Christie...
Papine High School is looking forward to the construction of a new three-storey block as it aims to eliminate the shift system and increase students’ contact time with teachers up from roughly three hours daily and improve overall academic...
The donation of 10 refurbished haemodialysis machines has boosted the capacity of the Spanish Town Hospital to take on an additional 30 new patients with renal illness. Valued at more than $28 million, the machines were donated by Renal Dynamics, a...
Administrators of Papine High School have launched a work-to-earn and mentorship programme to refocus at-risk teenage boys and loosen the influence of gangs that have historically infiltrated the school population. The strategy is reportedly...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) ex-servicemen who had the honour of meeting Queen Elizabeth II were saddened by news of the passing of the monarch on Thursday as the news spread around the globe. The Queen, who made six trips to Jamaica during her...
Labour and Social Security Minister Karl Samuda is encouraging members of parliament (MPs) to work with the ministry to identify people who should be enrolled in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), the State’s chief...
