Four of the eight women who usually clean and shred callaloo at Farm Best Vegetables in Lakes Pen, St Catherine, were absent when The Gleaner visited yesterday. The company, which usually produces between 500 and 1,000 one-pound bags of the...
The Jamaican Government on Tuesday moved $10 million closer towards bridging the digital divide with a donation from the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation to its ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Minister of Education, Youth and Information...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green has signalled his intention to take strong action against poachers who continue to plunder Jamaica’s territorial waters. Green, who delivered the keynote address at the formal handover of a twin-...
The special coronavirus curfew imposed on Rae Town on October 23 in response to a spike in infections in the Kingston community could be lifted on Friday, Minister of Health and Wellness Christopher Tufton has said. The disclosure came during a...
THE DONATION of medical equipment and supplies to the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), valued at $5 million, by the Good Samaritan Inn on Tuesday, will go a far way in improving healthcare delivery, Regional Director of the SERHA,...
Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green is well aware that while there is the need for urgent action to address the concerns of farmers hard hit by the ongoing heavy rain across the country, with more showers projected for the island, a quick fix is...
With eight acres of papayas ready for harvesting, St Elizabeth farmer Omar Ramsamugh was all set for a merry Christmas. That was until the elements, it would seem, conspired to wipe out his bumper crop, dealing him a severe financial blow....
A World Bank consultant to the Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has expressed concern that most Jamaican judges presiding over cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green has given SCJ Holdings Limited until the end of November to provide a report on the status of the lease arrangements of all land over which it has jurisdiction. Thereafter, he will decide on a...
Residents of Bayshore Park in Harbour View are not optimistic that the main road leading into their community will be rehabilitated anytime soon following the destruction of several sections of the surface after a weekend of withering wind and rain...
Shalk Electronic Security Limited, one of five companies which this year won lucrative government contracts for providing security services to hospitals and health centres across the island, is again in the news for its failure to make outstanding...
Governments in the Eastern Caribbean have been making use of the Enhanced Country Poverty Assessment (eCPA) toolkit, with one using it to help guide their response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Government officials have noted that the...
A survival guide produced in Braille for persons who are blind or living with vision impairment was unveiled at a handover ceremony recently as part of an effort to ensure that they are not left behind when disaster strikes. The ceremony at the...
The global coronavirus pandemic has created some business opportunities for local food exporters who have been able to adopt their strategies in line with the challenges and have been able to survive and thrive. One such business is Carita Limited...
Cornel Alphanso Grant, affectionately called ‘CJ’, is being remembered for his outstanding courage and faith in the face of overwhelming odds, which now serve as a source of strength for grieving the passing of the Calabar High School student....
A Patrick City shopkeeper said on Wednesday that she was still traumatised by the gun murder of a 70-year-old man in the western St Andrew community the night before. The killing of Maurice Bailey, otherwise called ‘Beenie’ or ‘Likkle B’, has...
Thousands of students from inner-city and rural communities are at risk of being displaced or left behind as a result of the digital divide as the new academic year enters its third day today, Julian Robinson has said. Robinson, opposition...
Residents of the lower section of Maxfield Avenue in St Andrew are demanding a full investigation into the circumstances under which Errol Caven, also known as ‘Fisher’, was shot dead by soldiers on Thursday night. They used debris to block...
When classes resume at 38 Fleet Street in downtown Kingston on Monday, the students will be equipped with Wi-Fi-enabled tablets to augment lessons courtesy of the Canadian High Commission. Paula Smith, principal of Aunty Paula’s Reading and...
The Ministry of Education said it is ramping up the number of teachers to serve students with intellectual disabilities and investing in training for parents. The Government has also committed to provide caregivers to work in homes. A manual has...
The Port Royal Street Coastal Revetment Project is on track to meet its April 2021 deadline within budget, says Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director Omar Sweeney. The assurance came during Tuesday’s tour of the works along the...
The global economic challenges caused by the COVID pandemic have also created lucrative opportunities for local businesses, chief executive officer of the Seprod Group, Richard Pandohie, assured stakeholders on Monday. COVID-19 is truly reshaping...
Despite relocating its milk-production plant to Bog Walk in St Catherine in 2018 and last year’s closure of the Golden Grove Sugar Factory, in which it acquired major share holdings in 2009, the SEPROD Group of Companies has said that it has not...
THEIR SHOP was among the many trading establishments which adorned the roadway at the Content Gap square in St Andrew East Rural during the recent reopening ceremony for the resurfaced Guava Ridge to Content Road, all offering the same general...
