The People's National Party's (PNP) is viewing tomorrow's national debate as an occasion to defend its stewardship of the island's 12 parish councils, Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), as well as the Portmore Municipal Corporation, of which...
Kingston Mayor Angela Brown Burke on Sunday defended her stewardship of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), as well as the 12 municipal corporations, all of which have grown in revenue under the control of the People's National Party (PNP...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has not been involved in any discussions on the use of coal as a potential power source at the old Alpart bauxite facility in Nain,St Elizabeth, whenever Jiuquan Iron and Steel gets its operations...
People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller has directed her candidates contesting the November 28 local government elections to "leave nothing to chance".Simpson Miller, who is also the opposition leader, was addressing candidates...
The artistry I found to be compelling as I witnessed the simplicity of the design process, Sachi Shitara chatting easily while creating my customised gift bag - in less than 10 minutes!Two sheets from the day's Gleaner publication - my choice of the...
SEVEN MILE BEACH, Grand Cayman: Drew Pettit was very relaxed in putting to rest speculation about the reasons for his mode of dress, especially during the formal sessions at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016, held in Grand Cayman from October...
More than 28 years after the State last hanged a convicted murderer, Sally Porteous, custos of Manchester, remains convinced that the death penalty is the most effective deterrent for those members of the society bent on killing others.The wave of...
The business environment in Mandeville, Manchester, is tough, according to Christopher Samuels, manager, personal banking at Scotiabank, Caledonia Road branch. But things are looking up, with a lot riding on the reopening of the Alpart bauxite plant...
BODDEN TOWN, Grand Cayman:Luelan Bodden's display at the welcome reception for the participants attending the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016, which ended last Friday, was the standout stall. Having been driven for almost 45 minutes after a long...
SEVEN MILE BEACH, Grand Cayman:The Cayman Islands on Monday served notice that its growing agriculture sector is on the way to achieving some measure of food security, even with some challenges.Kurt Tibbetts, Cayman's minister of planning, lands,...
SEVEN MILE BEACH, Grand Cayman:Michael Hailu, director of the Technical Centre for Cooperation on Agriculture and Rural Development (CTA), is challenging participants at the 14th staging of the annual Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), taking...
More than six years after the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) committed to funding a project to get rid of all obsolete pesticides in the Caribbean, Jamaica is moving to ship out two 40-ft containers of hazardous...
The unwillingness of residents to provide any information has stymied the investigation of firefighters who responded to a call at 2:40 yesterday afternoon about a house on fire at 3 Jacques Avenue (off Jacques Road) in eastern Kingston.The fire,...
Today marks 71 years since representatives of 42 countries gathered in Quebec, Canada, to formally launch the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, with a mandate to end world hunger and malnutrition, in the process...
Any serious effort to bring the Jamaica Constabulary Force more in line with achieving its mission to serve, protect, and reassure the public must begin with rooting out the culture that embraces and glorifies the actions of rogue cops, according to...
Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, former chief-of-staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and commissioner of police, has come out against the use of body cameras by local police as an effective tool in the fight against crime and improving public trust....
Ingrid Lucrecia Simone Brown packed much more living into 39 years than most people ever do - helping others while excelling professionally.She was definitely "from the class of the extraordinary", family members, friends and colleagues heard during...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is appealing to Jamaicans to protect themselves from the threat of water-borne diseases, which are a very real risk at this time, in light of the flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew."Normally after heavy rain...
The local government ministry was yesterday taking concrete steps to ensure that any flooding along Marcus Garvey Drive in St Andrew would be minimised during the impending passage of Hurricane Matthew on Monday.Local Government Minister Desmond...
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will continue to provide technical expertise and financial assistance to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries to control and eradicate the highly contagious...
Wyvolyn Gager, former Gleaner editor-in-chief, yesterday charged journalists to make time, despite their hectic work schedules, to attend to personal health issues before it is too late."A lot of people don't go to any doctor. They don't check...
The failure of Jamaican farmers and others who engage in plant and crop production to achieve and maintain consistently high levels of productivity is rooted in the poor quality planting stock they have been using over the years, according to...
"So the devils besought him, saying, if though cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.And he said on to them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down...
Even though clean-up activities are well advanced at the offices of the Fisheries Division on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, where the ground floor was flooded last week Friday, operations are not likely to resume at that location."We are not...
