Published:Tuesday | March 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Parents are being urged to create an environment that will provide relaxation and comfort for their children as they sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) this Thursday and Friday.Everton Hannam, president of the National Parent-Teacher...
When Morine Thompson entered the Jamaica Fire Brigade in November 1976, her plan was to save enough money to pursue what she thought was her dream of becoming a teacher. That dream is now history, however, as she fell in love with the profession and...
Published:Wednesday | March 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Prime Minister Andrew Holness was strident yesterday in his dismissal of the common belief shared among many Jamaicans that women are the cause of incidents of rape and abuse that they suffer because of their attire.Speaking at a luncheon, which he...
Except for issues regarding a number of students who deferred in the last sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Kandi-Lee Crooks-Smith, principal at Allman Town Primary School in , believes all is in place for her students to sit the...
Published:Saturday | March 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Latheva James and the rest of her family are nervous yet overjoyed as they prepare to travel with three-year-old Lashell Campbell to the Health City Hospital in the Cayman Islands, where the younger is to undergo heart surgery.Campbell is among...
Her non-traditional story is about following a childhood passion for service. Pauline Ford-Caesar, a daughter of Jamaica, went ahead and made her mark in the city of Birmingham in Alabama, United States, to which she migrated many years ago,...
Published:Wednesday | February 22, 2017 | 5:52 PMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Juliet Holness is at the helm of one the largest constituencies in Jamaica, and as a result, she has had to be strategic in ensuring that she effectively carries out her duties as member of parliament (MP), while not neglecting her role as a mother...
Published:Thursday | March 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
A number of initiatives implemented by the St Catherine North division to curtail crime and violence have given police officers some hope that fear among residents has been quelled.Officer in charge of administration, Deputy Superintendent of Police...
Published:Thursday | March 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Extortion continues to be a major source of income for criminals operating in Spanish Town, St Catherine, but the police have lost track of just how much this illegal activity is costing the business community. This admission comes nine months after...
Published:Monday | February 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
In January 2016 when Hazel Espeut turned 99, family and friends were eagerly counting down to the new year, hoping that she would be alive to see her 100th birthday.Their wish came true, as Espeut made the century mark on January 31 surrounded by...
Published:Tuesday | February 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
In updating the nation on plans to remedy the myriad challenges now plaguing the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said every effort is being made to alleviate the discomfort faced by workers, including finding...
Published:Saturday | February 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
While not diminishing the frustration faced by members of the police force as they deal with emerging incidents of 'fake news', Professor Anthony Harriott, crime researcher and director of the Institute of Criminal Justice at the University of the...
Published:Monday | February 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
There were high hopes of continuing the 10 per cent reduction in the number of children who go missing across Jamaica - a trend that was achieved by the Office of the Children's Registry (OCR) in 2015 and 2016.That dream could be thwarted this year...
Published:Tuesday | February 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
On September 6, 2016, Gayle Brown* turned a new chapter in his life. He decided that his more-than-30-year struggle with drinking and smoking addictions would not control his life anymore.Brown revealed in an interview with The Gleaner that the...
Published:Monday | February 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
A failure on the part of parents to provide guidance, and their unwillingness to access social services available to needy students are factors Howard Isaacs, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, said are stifling efforts to see a...
Published:Tuesday | February 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Delroy Williams, mayor of Kingston, is expecting that the long-awaited restoration of the 105-year-old Ward Theatre in downtown Kingston will be realised by May of this year.In an interview with The Gleaner following the Kingston and St Andrew...
Published:Saturday | February 11, 2017 | 8:43 PMJodi-Ann Gilpin
An urgent call has been made for all gatherings hosting 200 or more persons to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED).In explaining the potential devastating nature of cardiac arrests, Dr Hugh Wong, director of emergency cardiac...
Published:Friday | February 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
The sudden and potentially debilitating nature of cardiac arrests, have prompted medical experts to make an urgent call for every lay person to learn the techniques of conducting a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).Dr Marilyn Lawrence Wright,...
Published:Thursday | February 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Several young people from inner-city communities across the Corporate Area have concluded that the Throne Speech presented by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen lacked adequate information as to how issues plaguing the country will be addressed -...
Published:Wednesday | February 8, 2017 | 4:32 PMJodi-Ann Gilpin
The Meteoro-logical Service of Jamaica has declared a number of parishes as experi-encing drought, but noted that Westmoreland and Hanover are most severe.In an interview with The Gleaner, Evan Thompson, head at the Meteorological Office, said that...
Published:Friday | February 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
With the notion of making efficiency a way of life for Jamaicans, at the back of their minds, the principals of a local organisation is hoping to kick-start this in the schools.They are adding a productivity club to the list of options that students...
Published:Saturday | February 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Commissioner of the Jamaica Tertiary Education Commission Maxine Henry-Wilson has expressed concern about the ongoing challenge to get teachers' colleges to enhance their teaching methods and mode of operation in a bid to adapt to the changing times...
Published:Wednesday | February 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Rolande Pryce is extremely grateful for the experience she gained, having worked for the Government of Jamaica for more than 10 years. This, she believes, paved the way for her securing the post of portfolio and operations manager for the World Bank...
Published:Tuesday | January 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
The controversial debushing programme is among several issues that have pushed Contractor General Dirk Harrison to urge politicians and other leaders to place country over party. Harrison disclosed that three government ministers have been...
Published:Thursday | January 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
A call is being made for community leaders to be included among the invitees to the annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast.The event, which was first held in 1981, was established with the aim of bringing together leaders from various sectors...
