For some, it’s a career. For others, it’s a great way to pass time. But for the women who flock to Eight Miles, Bull Bay, surfing is therapy – every incoming wave an opportunity to ride the crest of new problems and claim new victories. Surf Girls...
Sandra Linton still mourns the loss of her only son, Renardo Wilson, just days before his 20th birthday in the community of Grants Pen, St Andrew, in 2010. Her lament has been rendered more painful because the Independent Commission of...
Jamaican women haul nearly 5,000 fathers to court for child maintenance every year. Data from Court Management Services (CMS) show that an annual average of 4,775 fathers are brought to book for not paying their share of child support. That number...
As concerns grow about the care of Jamaica’s ageing population, fewer than a third of nursing homes are registered, Sunday Gleaner checks indicate. Only 17 facilities governed by the Nursing Homes Registration Act were licensed up to 2017, the last...
Despite warnings that two appointments by the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) board in 2016 breached several public-service stipulations and could be “construed as favouritism and/or nepotism”, that advice was ignored and one of the promoted persons was...
Jamaicans who have the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia are at grave risk of death in the event of a traffic accident, as only one hospital in the island has ready access to the life-saving medical intervention. Dosages of Factor VIII, a clotting...
A wave of robberies has hit the south St Andrew inner-city community of Rose Town, driving fear into residents and shopkeepers that the worst is yet to come. Almost nightly, residents say, at least one house or a shop is stripped of goods or other...
