Sun | Jan 5, 2025

Stories by - Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2022 | 12:35 PM- Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Hyacinth Gloria Chen, the matriarch of the family-owned chain of supermarkets, Super Plus Food Stores, has died. She was 89.  She was also the mother of billionaire businessman Michael Lee-Chin and chairman of the Southern Regional Health...

Published:Saturday | March 27, 2021 | 1:01 AM- Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Crowded wholesales, a jam-packed downtown Kingston market district, and scores of vehicles and delivery trucks parked on the road as Jamaicans prepared for the first of three consecutive weekend lockdowns. COVID-19...

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2021 | 9:48 PM- Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica has launched the 'Right To Know' campaign, in an effort to build support for the introduction of front of package labelling. 

Published:Sunday | November 22, 2020 | 6:10 PM- Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Executive director of the Jamaican Network of Seropositives (JN+), Jumoke Patrick, has urged Jamaicans to play their part to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. This, he said, can be done by showing care and compassion to those living...

Published:Saturday | July 25, 2020 | 12:00 AM- Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

There was an outpouring of love and tears at the thanksgiving service for Constable Decardo Hylton, who was killed during a predawn operation in Horizon Park, St Catherine on June 12.  That was exactly four years after Hylton entered the gates...

Published:Monday | November 25, 2019 | 12:09 AM- Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

With the constant migration of Jamaican nurses to North America, the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to recruit nurses from overseas to address the trend of attrition. Last year, the health sector lost just over 500 nurses, and up to...

Subscribe to - Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer