The fact that there was no water coming from the face-basin tap on Tuesday did not faze Pamella Thomas. After all, experiencing severe drought conditions was nothing new for her. The reality for Thomas, however, was that she was in fact in a hotel...
A Guyanese government official has called for a re-examination of the policies that govern intraregional trade, with a view to setting an agenda for the Caribbean to achieve food nutrition and security.George Jervis, permanent secretary in the...
Jamaicans are being warned that they could fall prey to human trafficking as people, including professionals, seek and are offered employment in other countries. While it is a fact that persons living in abject poverty are at much greater risk, the...
The police have given three men they consider persons of interest in last week Tuesday's gun slaying of Constable Lynden Barrett until noon today to report to the Denham Town Police Station, St Andrew.Those wanted for questioning by the police are...
The Jamaica Broilers Group, through its Hi-Pro brand, will continue to make its presence felt at the annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, which gets under way today and continues until Sunday.For Christopher Levy, president and...
On Sunday, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is slated to officially break ground for the long-promised hotel to be constructed on the 52-acre Denbigh property in Clarendon, which is owned by the Jamaica Agriculture Society (JAS), organisers of...
The ravages of unusually strong winds have ripped to shreds the covering of the once-productive greenhouses operated by Vivienne and Winston Ebanks, a farming couple in Flagaman, St Elizabeth.The sustained winds have effectively destroyed the...
As crop and livestock production and productivity across the country continue to be negatively affected by a prolonged drought, two of the farmers who took top honours at the 2014 staging of the annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show...
The impact of any tsunami (giant sea wave) caused by an eruption of Kick 'em Jenny, the underwater volcano located eight kilometres north of Grenada, would in all likelihood be evident in Jamaica, but not cause significant damage, and definitely not...
The significant contribution of science-based information to gaining and maintaining market access was underlined at the recent launch of the book Food Safety Quality Systems in Developing Countries, Volume 1: Export Challenges and Implementation...
The restructuring of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), to officially separate its regulatory functions from the other aspects of its operations - including the development of standards as well as certification - has begun.This is in order to...
Owen Arthur, former prime minister of Barbados, has called for a fundamental review of the regional-integration movement, arguing that there could be opportunities for a comprehensive overhaul that might not have existed prior to the global...
"I would be offended if somebody wanted to get justice for me (or) against me by taking me before a court in Britain. I would be offended. Let my Caribbean people try me," declared an impassioned Owen Arthur, former prime minister of Barbados, as he...
MORE THAN 50 years after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation, a regional political union that lasted from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962, insularity remains a major obstacle to achieving any real semblance of political or economic unity...
As drought conditions worsen and the National Water Commission (NWC) puts in place a number of short and long term measures to stretch the dwindling supplies, it is also having to take steps to stem the illicit flow of money from its coffers. This...
The Water Resources Authority (WRA) has served notice that in addition to prosecuting businesses and individuals, it will take steps to name and shame those who continue to use potable water derived from National Water Commission (NWC) sources for...
Diana McCaulay, chief executive officer of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), is questioning the Government's commitment to accountability and transparency in light of its latest legal setback in the three-year struggle to get information on the...
The late Gregory Isaacs was known as 'The Cool Ruler' for his signature laid-back, seductive crooning style. And now there is a product on the market intended to cool people down named after the late...
EFFORTS TO preserve the country's water reserves must be supplemented by legislation that makes rainwater harvesting compulsory for all housing developments and other such major projects which put a drain on Jamaica's limited water resources during...
Errol Mowatt, commi-ssioner of the Jamaica Fire Bridge, wants an immediate islandwide ban on all open-flame fires in light of prevailing weather conditions that are fuelling the spate of bush fires and a drain on the brigade."To all citizens,...
'As you sow, so shall you reap' is an adage that has always resonated with Elsworth Johnson, with the understanding that everything that happens to one in life is a result of earlier actions - whether good or bad. But in recent times, the retiree...
"AT THE moment, it hasn't quite sunk in yet. It all seems very surreal. This has just been such a long time in coming," Dr Susan Otuokon, executive director of the Jamaica Conservation Development Trust (JCDT), told The Gleaner via email from Bonn,...
A senior Anglican clergyman has called for a return to traditional values centred on telling the truth no matter the consequences, as a start to addressing in a meaningful way the ills of today's society."Speak the truth, and speak it ever. Cost it...
"BEWARE OF who you buy water from" is the strong warning from Basil Fernandez, managing director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), who is concerned that public-health safety standards could be compromised as restrictions force people to source...
MARILYN HEADLEY, chief executive officer and conservator of the Forestry Department, is contending that poor farming practices in the watershed areas that feed the Hermitage Dam and the Mona Reservoir are a major contributor to the significant...
