Grassroots Windrush organisations in the United Kingdom (UK) have renewed calls for a cessation or moratorium on deportation flights until the Windrush Scandal is fully addressed. At least 30 Jamaicans have been issued deportation orders for a...
As the Government prepares for the possibility of the full resumption of face-to-face education in September, public-health experts and educators are expressing concern about the health and safety of students, the majority of whom commute via...
Jamaican senior citizens age 75 years and older received their first monthly payout of $3,400 under the new Social Pension Programme on July 22. Some $800 million has been allocated in this fiscal year to implement the programme, which targets...
The impending mass-deportation flight to Jamaica from the United Kingdom (UK) has threatened to impact the work of groups like the Windrush National Organisation. Chairman Dr Desmond Jaddoo told The Gleaner that the deportation is scheduled for...
School leaders across Jamaica are bristling against Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ proposal to offer preferential treatment to vaccinated teachers as the Government seeks to push ahead with a return to face-to-face classes in September after...
The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has been slammed for failing the Windrush Generation in its handling of a designated compensation scheme. The scheme was launched in 2019 as part of a set of measures to right historical wrongs experienced by...
Optimism among public-transport operators for a summer bump in revenues is fast fading amid the imminent tightening of COVID-19 regulations that have left them reeling. More than a year of school closures and remote work has significantly reduced...
Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is set to expand with the creation of nine new sites across the island by existing players in the market. In his State of the Nation Debate at yesterday’s sitting of the Senate, Aubyn Hill,...
A study has found that an alarming number of foods in Jamaica are high in trans and saturated fats, with some products on local shelves registering traces despite being labelled as free of the substances. The findings are troubling for health...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has launched ‘Operation Revenue Revolution 75 +’ as it seeks to address challenges to its financial sustainability. Vice-Chancellor Hilary Beckles said the university will be shifting from its decades-old...
A task force is being set up to action the recommendations made in the recently tabled Study of Children Working and Living on the Streets in Jamaica. Seven recommendations were presented in the report, which includes stemming intergenerational...
Preliminary approvals issued by government organisations for the hosting of entertainment events will not automatically get the green light from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Mayor Delroy Williams has insisted....
A St Catherine pastor is on the run after he allegedly raped an 11-year-old last Thursday. The victim had been residing with her aunt in the rural community since April to facilitate online classes. The aunt of the pre-teen told The Gleaner that...
Eleven-year-old twins Karrissa and Rennessa Cameron repeatedly amaze their parents with their brilliance. The two aspiring medical doctors, who recently graduated from Gospel Chapel Preparatory School, are as undeniably carbon copies of their...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging local and international investors to transform idle properties across Jamaica into meaningful economic activities. “Put together more deals and transactions with these properties that are just laying there,...
The Bustamante Hospital in Kingston will by 2023 offer comfortable overnight accommodation for parents as their children receive medical care. Ground was broken on Wednesday for the construction and furnishing of the two-storey, 18-room Overnight...
Senator Floyd Morris has warned members of the parliamentary committee reviewing the proposal for Portmore to become Jamaica’s 15th parish against having grand sights on multimillion-dollar infrastructural developments in the area. Citing a recent...
In less than two months, 21-year-old Jamaican Avery Barnett will commence her Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in public Affairs in science, technology and environment policy at Princeton University in the United States. The Immaculate Conception...
Enforcement and sanctions against the sale of single-use plastic appear to have collapsed as trading of the contraband items is done openly in the capital Kingston, a few hundred metres from the Parliament building that crafted legislaton against...
An electrical engineer by profession, Bryan Francis has ventured into hydroponic farming, a method of growing crops without soil. Without a steady water supply or adequate rainfall, hydroponics is a sustainable means of growing produce, even in...
With 50 per cent of disconnected water supplies restored illegally, the National Water Commission (NWC) has become increasingly concerned about theft and its impact on revenues. Monthly, illegal connections amount to $3.5 billion to $4 billion in...
“Enough is enough!” That is the warning of president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA), Dr Mindi Fitz-Henley, as she prepares to meet today with Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and technocrats over a smouldering dispute...
A day of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) ‘super classes’ has left students of Penwood High School feeling more prepared for the regional exams which commence today. The sessions were hosted on Saturday by the Jamaica Millenium...
A fraction of the children on Jamaica’s streets are involved in risky sexual practices as they seek to ‘hustle’ in response to poverty, parental neglect, perceptions of parental responsibility, and other factors. The Child Protection and Family...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has expressed regret for the inconvenience caused to hundreds of Jamaicans who were turned away from vaccination centres on Wednesday, days after the weekend fiasco that saw the National Arena shutting its...
