OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON on national security, Peter Bunting, has asserted that the police were unfairly treated in the recent public sector compensation restructuring exercise. “This needs to be fixed and if not done now, then a future PNP...
CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF), Corporal Rohan James, has called for improved firearm training and provision of health insurance for service members. “I believe their training is insufficient and the number of rounds that we are...
JAMAICA’S CHIEF Justice, Bryan Sykes, has pitched container courts coupled with technology as a means of reducing time and resources spent on mention date court appearances. He reasoned that in efficiently run courts, mention dates are not more...
DEMARIO WAITE never imagined that he would secure a job as a financial analyst at an American multinational corporation immediately after graduation. But looking back, he credits his successes thus far to the value he placed on academic performance...
MEMBER OF the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC), Donna Scott-Mottley, has revealed that her greatest fear, as Jamaica moves towards republican status, is whether the required level of political maturity exists to facilitate the conversation...
OPPOSITION SENATOR, Donna Scott-Mottley, is in support of the government’s decision to exclude members of the political directorate from public boards. She underscored that the work of boards is very important and requires qualified people. “They...
“CARING IS simple, when you simply care.” That statement has been the driving force behind Paulette Williams-Thompson’s continued support for the elderly locally and internationally. Founder of Hearts and Hands United, she is of the view that too...
Sheanel Gardner embodied the motto of Campion College, ‘Steadfast in faith and good work’, – as she journeyed through Fisk University to emerge as its first bioinformatics graduate. Reflecting on her earlier academic experiences, Gardner shared...
The United Kingdom (UK) has committed $2.9 billion towards violence prevention efforts in Jamaica for the next six years. The Violence Prevention Partnership aims to address the root causes of crime and violence through grassroots community...
A REMARKABLE life. That was the recurring theme of the tributes paid to former principal of Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) and devoted Franciscan Sister, Maureen Clare Hall OSF, who died on May 12. She was 88 years old. Immaculate’s...
MERE MONTHS after 18-year-old Gawain Kiffin went to the United States to pursue undergraduate studies, unforeseen circumstances left him homeless. Now 32 years old, he holds a BSc in Biology from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO), a Master...
Head of the University of Technology’s (UTech) School of Engineering, Oneil Josephs, has called for the development of a master plan for Jamaica’s railway system, in order for the country to harness its full economic potential. “A master plan is...
STATE MINISTER in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has described recent media reports of sexual abuse involving children as “disturbing”. She underscored that parents have primary responsibility for the care and...
SANIKA ROBERTS started her journey as an educator with a non-profit organisation in 2013 and then transitioned to the public education system four years ago. She smiled from ear to ear on Monday afternoon as she accepted a cheque for $100,000 from...
FORMER PRINCIPAL of Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) and devoted Franciscan Sister, Maureen Clare Hall, O.S.F., has been hailed as an “icon of education and spirituality”. Sister Maureen, who served as principal from 1963 to 1991 and was...
Standout student Kuti Ra Mahakoe has climbed another rung on the academic ladder, following his recent graduation from Claflin University in South Carolina where he was class valedictorian. He was first featured by The Gleaner in 2011 when the...
PANELLISTS AT a University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-Chancellor’s forum have asserted that ChatGPT should not be banned in schools, and urged educators to harness the benefits of the artificial intelligence (AI) tool. ChatGPT, which was...
TAMARA DAVIDSON witnessed the death of her partner and suffered a spinal cord injury which called for months of rehabilitation. Left physically scarred, mentally drained and emotionally broken, she recognised that her recovery demanded a...
Former Mayor of Kingston Colleen Yvonne Yap was on Saturday remembered as an outstanding Jamaican during a thanksgiving service at Sts Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Liguanea, St Andrew. Yap, who was the second female mayor of Kingston and...
Jamaica’s 2023 Rhodes Scholar David Salmon is slated to carry Jamaica’s national flag at the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London, England, on Saturday. Salmon told The Gleaner that he is happy to be the island’s standard-...
Attorney-at-law Christina Howell has called for greater youth involvement in Jamaica’s constitutional reform process, which demands inclusivity, unity, trust and transparency. She says youth engagement encourages active citizenship, national pride...
AHEAD OF the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, residents of Rose Town in Kingston have expressed deep appreciation for his continued investment in the development of their community. Althea Ramsay has resided in Rose Town for more than...
A PANDEMIC hobby-turned-thriving enterprise is the hallmark of the story of Deboneil Brissett, a grade-13 student at Immaculate Conception High School. Owner of Nuff Cookie, she specialises in an assortment of freshly baked cookies, ranging from...
With almost half of the more than 3,500 hectares of mangroves along the coast between Milk River and Salt River in Clarendon dead, the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (CCAM) is hoping to restore the wetland forest in the Portland Bight...
Members of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament reviewing the Electricity Act, 2015, have agreed that accords between the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) and independent power producers (IPPs) should be made public. Opposition...
