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Published:Monday | June 26, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

THE LATEST Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report, published on June 12, has revealed no improvement in biases against women in a decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide still holding such biases today. Half of people worldwide...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2023 | 1:00 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

DELROY WILLIAMS, mayor of Kingston, wants the entire country to get more involved in taking a more comprehensive and balanced approach to addressing the ongoing issue of child abuse, neglect and violence. Criminal acts against children should not...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2023 | 12:41 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

AN EXCEPTIONAL individual who has left an indelible mark on our hearts and the legacy of Wolmer’s High School for Boys is how Duane Extol remembered his classmate Captain Blake James Roper during the thanksgiving service for his life at National...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:49 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has allocated $30 million in emergency funding to repair farms road damaged by recent rains in southern Manchester, southern St Elizabeth and St Ann. In addition, $15 million is being provided for...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:40 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

THE PORT Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) is advising all owners of yachts and small craft in the Kingston area that with the annual Atlantic hurricane season having started (June 1-November 30), in the event of a storm, they should shelter their vessels...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

KEYNOTE SPEAKER at last Wednesday’s ‘Women in Agriculture’ conference at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew, Patricia Duncan Sutherland, closed out the programme with a jarring reminder of the violence too many women and girls in Jamaica...

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 1:11 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

HE PROUDLY admits to being old school and is unapologetic about his lack of interest in going online or accessing the Internet for any reason, but does manage to stay on top of current affairs via three traditional news channels – newspaper,...

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 12:23 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

SIX YEARS after walking away from the leadership of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), former President Norman Washington Grant is eyeing a seat on the board of directors when the 126th annual general meeting (AGM) takes at the Denbigh...

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 12:21 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Launched in 2003 under the auspices of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), the ongoing ‘Grow What We Eat, Eat What We Grow’ campaign has done very little to dent the preference of Jamaicans for foreign foods. In fact, the continued dominance of...

Published:Monday | June 12, 2023 | 12:21 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

A local sign-language interpreter is challenging the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management’s (ODPEM) declaration that the organisation’s disaster communication system is one of the most comprehensive and robust in the world....

Published:Saturday | June 10, 2023 | 12:11 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Patrons were treated to an enjoyable evening as the art auction, wine and cheese party morphed into much more with a car show and live band at Fort Charles, Stony Hill, last Saturday. With 34 of 50 pieces of paintings and sculptures sold, Marvin...

Published:Friday | June 9, 2023 | 12:30 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Chief of Party for the United States Department of Agriculture Food for Progress Jamaica Spices project, Dr Ronald Blake, used the recent launch at the AC Hotel by Marriott to call out financial institutions for their failure to offer competitive...

Published:Friday | June 9, 2023 | 12:25 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

WHEN OFFICERS at the Richmond Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St Mary reached out to JP Farms in the parish, requesting that they provide any kind of organic products left over from their fresh fruit and chip-making operations, a management team...

Published:Thursday | June 8, 2023 | 1:17 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Cooking meals out in the open on a coal stove, catching a shower in public business places and sleeping at nights in an old Nissan motor car, Lamour Pinnock is living on the edge, in direct contrast to her neighbours in the Portmore Pines housing...

Published:Thursday | June 8, 2023 | 12:21 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

THE REFUSAL of some farmers to pay for irrigation water delivered to their properties by the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is threatening the continued financial viability of the agency, which has now vowed to embark on a collection or...

Published:Tuesday | June 6, 2023 | 1:10 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

CHIEF OF party for the United States Department of Agriculture Food for Progress Jamaica Spices project, Dr Ronald Blake, has challenged journalists and the Jamaican public to hold his organisation accountable for delivering on the stated...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 12:50 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

AS CLIMATE change continues to affect the frequency and intensity of weather events and as demographic patterns shift around the world, the impact of natural disasters will only increase. Therefore, building resilience and properly planned disaster...

Published:Friday | June 2, 2023 | 1:02 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Applicants who were granted Industrial Lobster Fishing Vessel licences for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 spiny lobster fishing seasons, but failed to utilise those licences, will not be eligible for licences for the period 2023-2025. This notice was...

Published:Friday | June 2, 2023 | 12:55 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Principal of the Half-Way Tree Primary School at 34 Burlington Avenue, St Andrew, Carol O’Connor Clarke, was, by her own admission, feeling quite ‘boasy’ when The Gleaner caught up with her on Saturday to ask how the prohibition notice imposed by...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 12:18 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The People's Republic of China’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang, gave notice on Tuesday that his country will never again cede sovereignty of Taiwan, declaring that this issue is an internal one that must be resolved by the Chinese. “We...

Published:Saturday | May 27, 2023 | 12:47 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

PRESIDENT OF the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Dr Derrick Deslandes, has lamented that students at the Passley Gardens, Portland institution have rejected local foods and are consuming the imported and fast-food options...

Published:Friday | May 26, 2023 | 12:14 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

AS JAMAICA and the rest of the Caribbean brace for the annual Atlantic hurricane season which runs from June 1 to Novermber 30, a scientist based at The University of the West Indies, Mona, is calling for a regional rethink on preparing for the...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 12:10 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The Hanover Association of Branch Societies (ABS) of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is going all out to ensure that patrons who turn out Friday for what it intends to become an annual agricultural show and exhibition at the Bioprist Complex...

Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2023 | 12:25 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

As the Integrity Commission’s investigation continues into the operations of the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), and specifically the role of Deputy Director General Wayne Hunter, The Gleaner has learnt that the terms...

Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2023 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has identified significant investment in capital expenditure on infrastructure as among the major policy shifts in the government’s national budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024. Executive Director...

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