Between having severe challenges during the first three weeks of her life and being diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) a few months later, the last thing Leana PeliciÈ expected was to be awarded the United States President's Gold Award for academic...
Ronald Jackson, executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), said though Jamaica has one of the better disaster-preparedness plans in the region, there is still concern about the lack of resources.In an interview...
Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Jamaicans are being warned to brace for a marked increase in mosquitoes with the start of the 2016 hurricane season.Speaking at a press conference and prayer breakfast to launch Disaster Preparedness Month, Dr Melody Ennis, director, emergency,...
With projections showing that at least three storms could become major hurricanes this season, Richard Thompson, deputy director at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), is reassuring the public that the agency is...
The popular assertion that an invasion of crabs on a shoreline signals that there will be heavy rains or some other form of natural disaster was dismissed by renowned Jamaican scientist, Dr Karl Aiken.His response follows a recent occurrence at the...
SHOULD JUSTICE Minister Delroy Chuck consider extending the limitation period to file civil cases for persons affected by the Tivoli incursion? Public Defender Arlene Harrison Henry believes there could be more than the approximately 70 claims her...
Though Jamaica's Chaunté Blackwood would have wanted to be the winner of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, she is treasuring what was taught and the experience that she gained at the competition, valuable lessons, she says, which will be...
Published:Wednesday | May 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
It's a list no parent wants their child to be on - just ask Nardia Campbell.Campbell is the mother of the late Ananda Dean, whose murder in 2008 shocked the nation. Ananda's name is engraved on the Crying Child's Monument and her mother was among a...
If the walls of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital could talk, they would probably be expressing profuse gratitude to members of the Jamaica National (JN) Foundation following a massive clean-up exercise that took place there yesterday.The JN Foundation'...
Ann-Jean Atkinstall was not at all surprised when her 11-year-old daughter emerged the winner of the 2016 Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica National Essay Competition.Lori-Ann Atkinstall of the Jessie Ripoll Primary School in Kingston was among...
A study done by the Commonwealth secretariat has shown Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean region having a grim outlook when it comes to issues of crime and youth employment.The study which was obtained by The Gleaner highlighted that by 2050,...
Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
A major thrust for Child Month was to focus on safety tips for children. However, in a cruel twist of fate, a community has been plunged into grief and despair following a blaze that claimed the lives of two children yesterday morning. Rosalee Gage...
Despite plans to collaborate with popular social-media site Facebook to aid in the search for missing children, Emily Vacher, director of trust and safety for the network, has urged local investigators not to forget the basics of including the...
Published:Wednesday | May 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Members of the National Bioethics Committee of Jamaica (NBCJ) believe the Government has failed to include them in critical areas of decision making to address some of the ills facing the country.The NBCJ was established in 2008 through the United...
The tears were many, the distress and grief obvious, but somehow those inside the Faith Temple New Testament Church of God in Portmore, St Catherine, found the courage to celebrate the lives of Chevelle and Jermaine Lewis at their thanksgiving...
Howard Mitchell, former chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), has shot down as impractical a recommendation by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) for the State to relinquish its construction of low-income houses to the private...
In sharing his experience while at the recent US Caribbean Central American Energy Summit in Washington, DC, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said issues of climate change and the environment will have to be taken more seriously if the country is to...
The Jamaica Government is preparing itself to adequately address emerging concerns related to gender identification and other issues tied to sexuality.In fact, legal battles in the United States, where school officials are grappling with confusion...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that the issues surrounding vector-borne diseases currently affecting the country have prodded the Government to focus heavily on health and the environment for Labour Day.Speaking at the launch of National Workers...
Published:Saturday | April 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
While many of Jamaica's young people are hunting for new and emerging avenues to make money, Travis Graham, parish manager at the Social Development Commission (SDC) in St Mary, is concerned that some youngsters in St Mary are still stuck in the...
Kingston's mayor, Dr Angela Brown Burke, said the family park to be erected in downtown Kingston is a signal of the nation's commitment to give children a wholesome environment in which to grow and fulfil their potential.Speaking at the...
Published:Saturday | April 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
At least one player in Jamaica's hotel industry says skill-training institutions such as HEART Trust/NTA are not able to produce the number of culinary professionals needed to fill the demand in Jamaica.Brian Roper, general manager of Beaches Ocho...
Published:Wednesday | April 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) is in the process of submitting a letter to Senator Ruel Reid, minister of education, youth and information, urging him not to allow inappropriate sex...
Published:Thursday | April 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Gloria Henry, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, said she is fully on board with the directive from Senior Superintendent of Police Steve McGregor to implement a 9 p.m. curfew for students in St James.Under this new directive, all...
Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Evan Thompson, senior meteorologist at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, is warning Jamaicans to value water resources as, despite projections for increased rainfall, cooler temperatures might not be on the cards.The National Oceanic and...
