The Government has been criticised for not doing more to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic and address the hostile environment in which many infected Jamaicans are forced to survive. Jumoke Patrick, chairman of the Jamaica Civil Society Forum on HIV and...
“Collaborate or die.” That’s the message from Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr Taneisha Ingleton, to educational institutions and people operating in any other business pursuit. “The only way we are going to survive, whether we are...
Yarek Hastings was the toast of his friends on Saturday night after being the first among them to be gifted with a blazer and a tie by Minister of State in the Ministry of Cultur e, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alando Terrelonge, at the...
The spate of schoolyard brawls since the full resumption of classes this year is evidence of heightened human-resource challenges facing Jamaican administrators who might be sitting on a public-health time bomb if the crisis is not averted. That’s...
As Jamaicans attended Remembrance Day events on Friday to honour soldiers who served in World Wars I and II, Beulah Coombs took The Gleaner on a journey into the past, through the service of her uncle, Robert Smith. She shared that it was her...
The long-overdue upgrade of hospital infrastructure to improve service delivery in the public healthcare system is being hampered by government red tape, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton charged on Thursday. “We have been...
A BATCH of operating theatre nurses is set to arrive in Jamaica between December 1 and 6, to begin working at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover. The nurses’ arrival is part of an ongoing initiative by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to...
Passengers between Kingston, Jamaica, and the city of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America now have an easier way to travel with yesterday’s inaugural flight by Frontier Airlines on the route with a vow to keep costs affordable. The...
A group of students from Colombia is in Jamaica, visiting a number of organisations and institutions which cater to persons with intellectual and physical challenges as part of their coursework for a graduate diploma. The Graduate Diploma in...
Lauryn Jones made her mother, Latania Morrison, proud when she participated in and completed the Rayz for Life 5K Run/Walk organised by Jamaica Energy Partners Group last Saturday, which got its start at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. The event was...
Although former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has been widely credited with the formation of the HEART/NSTA Trust some 40 years ago, the concept behind its genesis was not originally his, according to the current head of Government, Andrew Holness,...
Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western Morland Wilson wants the Road Traffic Act of 2018 amended to include stiffer fines for motorists who are in breach, as well as mandatory imprisonment for some of the more serious offences. Morland, who...
As the economy continues to bounce back from the ravages of the pandemic, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is lamenting that these strides are not being matched in other areas of national life, pointing to the education sector, the escalating crime...
The Jamaica Energy Partners Group’s inaugural Rayz for Life 5K Run, according to the organisers, was able to raise awareness about cancer and secure funds for the Oncology Unit at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). “Our support from external...
The annual Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival returns to Minard Estate in Browns Town, St Ann, on Thursday, November 10, under the theme ‘Smart Livestock Production: Safer, Cleaner, Better’. The show was last held in 2019, after which it was...
Jamaicans have been challenged to preserve the island’s natural, cultural and national heritage in its many and varied forms manifested in buildings, monuments, landscapes, artefacts, traditions, knowledge, memory, food or music. “This is what...
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) got a major fillip in its healthcare delivery on Thursday with the official opening of the fluoroscopy unit, which medical professionals describing it as a game-changer for Jamaica and the wider...
Government red tape is again being fingered as a barrier to development with Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) the latest entity to come out against bureaucratic hurdles it said is hobbling its efforts to expand the islandwide network of depots,...
Jamaicans have been flooding the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) cages and depots with plastic bottles, so much so that the organisation has been unable to offload them for export fast enough, thereby creating a backlog that is not likely to be...
One year and nine months after he died in the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) on December 4, 2020, Daniel Palmer was finally laid to rest on Friday, September 23, 2022. Daughter Nalika Palmer told The Gleaner that while the family was...
Known as a roasted coffee company for more than 60 years, Salada Foods Jamaica Limited is moving to reduce its carbon footprint and in the process achieve a bonus of overall improved efficiencies in its operations. The company recently joined the...
Jamaicans could soon be chowing down on green banana skin – stir-fried or as part of banana fritter, if executive director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr Ronald Blake, has his way. Or, they could opt for stir-fried Spanish Needle which is usually fed...
The women and young people who will benefit from the training under the pilot project ‘Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity of Young Farmers and Fisherfolk in Jamaica’ have been challenged to become agents of change for the betterment of Jamaica, as...
Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica Emma Tudakovic has noted an urgent need for action to address the ongoing devastating impact of climate change in Jamaica, especially in coastal communities, and has stressed the importance of youth involvement...
WHEN THE factory that she was contracted to supply sugar cane failed to take the crop the first year, and also refused it the following year, on the grounds that it was standover (stale) cane, St Catherine farmer Patrice Crossfield-Spence stood to...
