Camille Foster held back her tears as she walked to the platform to collect her award and that of her now-deceased husband, Garnet Foster. The couple, who hail from Bullet Tree in Petersfield, Westmoreland, had opened their home last September to...
The staff and past students association of Meadowbrook High School brought Christmas cheer to 100 students with the distribution of food packages on Monday. Project lead, Natalie Moore, explained that many parents have lost their jobs since the...
Engineering alumni of the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), who have dubbed themselves ‘Engine95’, handed over cheques totalling $600,000 to three students at the tertiary institution last week. Vice-president and mechanical engineer...
Situated on the banks of the serene Sabarmati River, in the city of Ahmedabad, capital of the western Indian state of Gujarat, is the Sabarmati Ashram, which was one of the residences of Mahatma Gandhi, for 12 years. Tour guide, Lata Parmar,...
Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul), a milk product co-operative dairy company based in the western Indian state of Gujarat, is one of the biggest success stories of India. For years, many poor farmers struggled during off-seasons as their income from...
At least two transport associations in Jamaica are calling for the Government to extend the payment period for traffic fines or suspend the issuance of tickets until the collection system returns to normality. In late November, Tax Administration...
Health ministry officials have pushed back at concerns expressed by Opposition Spokesman Dr Morais Guy who raised questions about the accuracy of daily reports of COVID-19 results, including those of thousands of travellers who flow through the...
Mini Jamaica’s showroom was transformed into a thrift store on Saturday for New Wave’s Celebrity Closet, giving new life to clothing and shoes with the goal of raising funds for charity. Conceptualiser Lindsey Lodenquai said the event has been...
The father-daughter artist duo Hilroy and Jacey Bulgin stood out at the Association of Jamaican Potters annual art and craft fair on Saturday. Bulgin, a 40-year-old fine artist based in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, recalled that his mother, a retired...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening the regional institution. UWI Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said the...
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie says that the island’s efforts to boost vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government has been offering the...
Despite the low take-up of COVID-19 vaccines across the island, the health ministry has indicated that it will not be ceding the battle to anti-vaxxers as it pushes towards its target of inoculating 65 per cent of the population by next March. More...
Plunging take-up of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has forced Jamaica’s health ministry to scale back procurement of the flagship brand and to fast-track negotiations for the swapping out of more than a million doses of one-shot Johnson and...
An established dressmaker with no formal training in education, Joyce Gray started Miss One’s Basic School on the grounds of her home in 1952. It was made from bamboo and thatch and when it rained, classes continued in her one-bedroom home. In...
Denese Douglas-Shirley’s family was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her husband, the main breadwinner in the household, was laid off in April 2020 and she had already been unemployed, having resigned from her job in 2017. A production manager...
Former University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer Dr Euna Moore is being remembered as a dedicated educator and a stalwart of the UWI. Her early years were dedicated to teaching in primary and secondary schools in a number of parishes across...
Jamaican women who are victims of domestic violence will be able to receive free legal services following the signing of a memorandum of understanding yesterday between the Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR) and Woman Incorporated. The partnership...
With the pandemic creating new challenges for war veterans, Jamaicans are being urged to offer their support as retired servicemen seek to live out their golden years. Chairman of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Jamaica, Major (Retired)...
A journey led by God. That is how 37-year-old Shakeisha Simms, a geography educator at Titchfield High School in Portland, sums up her experience with pursuing a Master of Education in Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship and Peace at The...
Shermott Facey, the father of 16-month-old Charlotte, could not contain his joy. His daughter is among 13 Jamaican children currently benefiting from cardiac catheterisation, a non-surgical procedure, through the first medical mission to...
Thirteen-year-old Rodney Dixon has been basking in his success in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English A examination. The then grade seven student of Morant Bay High School in St Thomas scored a grade one in the subject....
A psychotherapist in Britain was a picture of frustration as she spoke to The Gleaner five hours before the charter flight with deportees, including her partner, was due to take off at Birmingham Airport in the United Kingdom (UK) for Kingston,...
Minto Primary School is hoping to have its doors reopened come Friday, as it seeks to recover from learning loss caused by COVID-19. Principal Udell Dawkins said the major challenges faced by students are unstable Internet connection and a lack of...
There wasn’t a swarm of paparazzi, but students of Franklin Town Primary strolled down the red carpet like movie stars as school administrators welcomed them back on Monday. In adherence with protocols of the COVID-19 era, students washed their...
A recent study has revealed that urgent action is needed to safeguard the gains achieved in the fulfilment of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Vision 2030 Jamaica. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Caribbean Policy Research...
