At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shakira Bryan Davis quit her job as an early childhood educator and took on the responsibility of teaching her two autistic sons, who have also been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (...
An interceptor barrier has been installed at the mouth of Tivoli Gully to trap and prevent garbage from flowing into the Kingston Harbour. Director of operations at Clean Harbours Jamaica, Dieno Campbell, explained that when the garbage is...
As the winter tourist season commences, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has empahsised that Jamaica remains vulnerable to COVID-19 She explained that the Omicron variant continues to mutate, and the subvariants present in...
On a return flight to Jamaica on Sunday, Cadena Coote, 32, purchased a duffle bag which came in a pouch at the Miami International Airport to replace one of her bags which had torn. She packed her belongings in the new bag and then put her purse...
The National Health Fund (NHF) has upgraded its programme benefits by increasing the subsidy on its cards, introducing prostate screening to its offerings and adding more items to the Jamaica Drug for the Elderly Programme (JADEP) drug list....
Scores of children came out for the fun and excitement that were on offer at the annual Christmas treat hosted by Victory Covenant Ministries in Patrick City last Saturday. Youth director Lisa Johnson-Clayton told The Gleaner that the event had a...
The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP) has added a national budget tool and a procurement tracker to its suite of online offerings aimed at promoting public engagement in holding elected government officials accountable. The project was...
Richmond Environmental Services Limited (RESL), which supplies water to Richmond Development and its immediate environs in Richmond, St Ann, has submitted a tariff application to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) seeking an average increase...
Eight in every 10 Jamaicans believe that closer police-community relations can help to reduce crime, the latest findings of The AmericasBarometer have revealed. The AmericasBarometer is a regional survey carried out by the Latin American Public...
Human rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has registered its opposition to Section 5 of the proposed Bail Act, 2022, which speaks to pre-charge bail. JFJ Executive Director Mickel Jackson argued that there is no giving back time when...
In April 2006, when Erica Wright-Silas came across the Bashy Bus, a mobile clinic offering HIV/AIDS information, counselling, and testing, she didn’t have the slightest idea that something could possibly be wrong. “I had no symptoms at all. I just...
Eight inmates and two correctional officers from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston are set to participate in a pilot project in entertainment business next year. The pilot, which is focused on increasing access to higher...
Jamaica has increased the capacity of the National Statistical System (NSS) to collect, analyse, and disseminate data on violence against women and girls (VAWG). The Planning Institute of Jamaica, in collaboration with UN Women, developed a...
Youth parliamentarians have urged the Government to increase the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) loan limit, explore modern housing options and take targeted approaches to reduce squatting. Deputy Prime Minister Patrina Stewart noted that squatting...
The seven states of emergency (SOEs) which were declared in sections of the island plagued with high crime rates on November 15 are set to fizzle on November 29 after the Government failed to win opposition support for their extension in the Senate...
When Annetta Newell completed her secondary education at Clarendon College over three decades ago, she was seeking adventure and action but most importantly, the teenager wanted to serve her country. She joined the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)...
Jamaica has bolstered its capacity to respond to organised crime in the fishing sector with the launch of the Blue Resilience Project and will become home to the first regional Blue Justice Initiative (BJI) hub. Fisheries crime is aimed at...
Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Phoenix Partnership (Leeds) Ltd for the implementation of the second stage of the Electronic Health Records Systems to the tune of $780 million. The system is expected to give parishwide access to...
Members of the joint select committee reviewing Jamaica’s whistleblower legislation are mulling a six-year period for reporting victimisation or occupational detriment following a disclosure. “Where an employee suffers occupational detriment at or...
Renewed calls have been made to repeal the Official Secrets Act as an important avenue to facilitate more successful operations under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2011. Principal director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor...
CEO of Seprod Group, Richard Pandohie, has urged Trinidadian companies on a trade mission to Jamaica to look beyond the traditional business paradigm of hunting new markets for goods and services. He has encouraged a different approach: growing...
Employees of the cash-starved Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are plundering the state-run entity’s supplies, siphoning off fuel by hatching elaborate schemes, Managing Director Paul Abrahams has charged. The debt-strapped company has suffered...
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Warren Clarke has revealed that experts pushed back at reservations about the construction of the Green Acres Police Station, contending that the area could be adequately drained. In late September, heavy...
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte is hoping to next month name the members of the Constitutional Reform Committee to advise on a process of overhaul 60 years after Independence, including the process of transitioning...
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has made progress in its implementation of recommendations by the Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) in a 2022 performance audit that was tabled in Parliament in August. Deputy Auditor General Gail Lue-Lim...
