One of Jamaica’s most treasured music institutions, Alpha Institute, has opened a state-of-the-art facility with the goal of training 120 students in performance and technology in the next four years. The Digicel Foundation sponsored the...
It would be a dream come true if 24-year-old Gabriel Walters is afforded the opportunity to pursue a postgraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, United Kingdom. The Excelsior High School alumnus is currently a music...
Debbie Powell has been battling breast cancer since February 2018 and is appealing for a fighting chance at life. The mother of two, a 22-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, fears dying and leaving her teen behind. “I woke up one morning...
Approximately $10 million was spent to renovate the COVID-19 isolation and quarantine wards at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston, which can accommodate 30 patients each. The renovation included purchasing of new beds, installation of partitions,...
Convinced that women are natural problem solvers, engineer Natalie Sparkes is encouraging more women to pursue careers in the field and not shy away from information and communications technology (ICT). Sparkes, a past president of the Jamaica...
The United Nations (UN) has launched a global funding appeal to raise US$29.2 million for relief efforts in St Vincent and the Grenadines and other affected countries, following a series of eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano. Eruptions began...
Ten students of Elletson Road Primary School in Kingston were gifted with supermarket vouchers valued at $5,000 each, ahead of the Easter weekend lockdown. Of the students, five are assigned to the special education unit on the compound, run by the...
The rise in COVID-19 numbers and more importantly, the increase in those hospitalised on account of the virus have had devastating impact on those suffering from other illnesses. The story of six-year-old Nathan Wanliss is one such case. Published...
Six-year-old Nathan Wanliss is unable to attend online classes, watch TV, or use his tablet as he suffers from cataract in the right eye and deteriorating vision in the other. He cannot see well enough to practise penmanship or read without...
A quiet Lillian Leslie was sitting on her doorstep enjoying the cool of the afternoon when The Gleaner visited her West Prospect, St Catherine, home on Thursday. “Mi nuh suh strong and hearty again. I can’t walk down the steps like you,” she said...
Developing countries are in a fight to be rid of COVID-19 and are struggling, even with the creation of a number of vaccines world over. The truth is, first-world countries have been hoarding vaccines, ordering more than they need. Now it is up to...
In sweeping criticism of Jamaica’s welfare programmes as ineffective, a leading think tank has lobbied for the implementation of a comprehensive national health insurance plan and an inclusive pension scheme. The Caribbean Policy Research...
Medical practitioner at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr Je-Vaughn Wynter, was hit by COVID-19 twice as he worked on the front line. He cannot imagine what a third infection would be like, but to reduce his chances of becoming...
Prolific poet and prize-winning author Olive Senior has been named Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2021-2024. In a ceremony of investiture held at King’s House on Wednesday, Senior, 79, was bestowed with the national honour by Governor General Sir...
Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson is looking forward to returning to the courtroom when Jamaica achieves herd immunity against COVID-19. “One of the things that I miss is going to court because that’s my primary occupation,” said Tavares-Finson...
“Stay strong, take courage.” Those are the words 22-year-old Daniel East, an alumnus of Calabar High School, has used as comfort through two of the most difficult times in his life. He graduated in May 2017 and after a summer internship, he...
As the Government ramps up its efforts to secure COVID-19 vaccines amid a tight market as developed countries hoard jabs, National Health Fund (NHF) Chairman Howard Mitchell has disclosed that one supplier has expressed that it can allocate two...
Twenty at-risk youths from Rose Town, Kingston, will be given a second chance at becoming “confident and independent” Jamaicans when they commence training in a construction internship programme, come April. The programme, which was launched last...
Professor Eudine Barriteau, pro vice-chancellor and principal of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill campus in Barbados, has painted a troubling picture about the state of the institution’s finances. “The Cave Hill campus is at the...
Nurse Shauna Callum-Lindsay and Doctor Sandra Doe*, both healthcare workers at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), have experienced both joy and fear in the past year as expectant mothers on the COVID-19 front lines. Thirty-nine-...
President of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Dr Andrew Manning, has asserted that if a significant percentage of healthcare workers decline to take the COVID-19 vaccine, it could spell trouble for public health. Three nurses died from...
The Jamaican Government will accept responsibility in the unlikely event that a citizen requires additional support as a result of adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said yesterday as the...
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is in support of a resolution to limit the time frame on requests for past statutory declarations. The resolution was passed by the St Mary Municipal Corporation at its recent sitting of the...
Peta-Gay Milne, a blind woman, was abused for four years by someone who also had a disability. She was among a four-member panel of women who shared their experiences with gender-based violence during a Women’s Day symposium themed ‘Unmasking...
One hundred-year-old Muriel Duncan has lived a life dedicated to education and the work of the Lord. “I’m fine, thank God. Just watching the TV and praising God for His mercy,” said a bubbly Duncan in a telephone interview with The Gleaner on...