The inability to control crime and violence is deemed Jamaica’s biggest failure since the country gained Independence 60 years ago. In an RJRGLEANER-commissioned poll conducted by Don Anderson, 46 per cent of Jamaicans flagged that...
Salvaging interests at the Riverton City dump have urged the Government to ramp up training programmes for low-skilled labourers who comb the garbage for recyclables amid fears of an economic fallout when the facility is shut down. Residents are...
Chevanese Johnson-Dixon, a St Thomas-based teacher, opted to use her summer holidays to address gaps in learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, while exposing students to new activities. Since July, she has been tutoring 10 students, ages eight...
The Government is banking on the newly opened US$17-million Kingston Logistics Park (KLP) to boost economic growth as the island positions itself as a global destination in cargo trans-shipment and logistics services. At Wednesday’s opening of the...
Lucretia Wilmot, the girlfriend of Hymnrancon ‘Bob’ Lewis, helped to push off a red and blue vessel from Yallahs Beach in St Thomas around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday and watched as her boyfriend and his co-worker, Franklin Campbell, set sail for White...
National rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Diahann Gordon Harrison, has asserted that though gains have been made, more needs to be done in the fight against human trafficking. In 2018, about 50,000 human trafficking victims were detected and...
Sandra Gipson stands today as a resilient woman who survived trafficking and child sexual abuse at the hands of relatives. With hopes for a better life, the then-14-year-old left Jamaica on a three-month visa for Florida in January 1979 to live...
AS THE Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation (JKKF) celebrates its 10th anniversary, chairperson Dr Maolynne Miller is appealing for more financial support to provide assistance to children impacted by kidney disease. An estimated 40 to 50 children are...
“The global AIDS response is under threat.” That’s the dire warning of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Global AIDS Update 2022 report titled IN DANGER. New HIV infections around the world dropped by 3.6 per cent between...
It’s been a long, rough journey for Shakira Bryan Davis, the mother of two sons who have been diagnosed with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). That sacrifice includes the 36-year-old mother quitting her job as an early...
Mikhail Johnson, a Herbert Morrison Technical High School alumnus, recently earned a doctorate in music from Texas Tech University and has been making strides on the international stage as a classical concert pianist and composer. The 32-year-old...
The private-sector-driven social transformation and community renewal project launched on Monday will shortly tap the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange to raise $650 million over the next five years. The $2-billion Project STAR initiative targeting 10-...
Yvonne Lee, whose son Matthew Lee was slain by the police almost a decade ago, is urging the Government to give urgent attention to reforming the country’s justice system. Lee said that since the tragic loss of her son in January 2013, she has been...
The Giant African Snail presents a grave threat to human health, as the carrier of the rat lungworm parasite potentially causes meningitis, an inflammation of the brain membrane. The snails feed on a wide array of plants of primary economic...
“I feel like I would do it again.” Those were the words signed by 16-year-old deaf student Rolando Grant, moments after he completed a flight experience across sections of Kingston and St Andrew on Wednesday. Rolando’s story was highlighted by The...
Nathaniel McCreary was fascinated with the thought of becoming a pilot since he was a child, but, as he grew older, the dream seemed more far-fetched because of limited financial resources. The 22-year-old, who hails from Oracabessa, St Mary, said...
Female students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) this year have outperformed their male counterparts in all subjects. Of the 36,078 students registered, 18,495 were boys and 17,583 were girls. In language arts, 86 per cent of girls received...
Four Jamaicans have been prosecuted for operating Uber services without a public passenger vehicle (PPV) road licence in the last four months, the Transport Authority (TA) has revealed. In an email response to questions by The Gleaner, acting...
With a review of healthcare financing in Jamaica under way, at least one local medical practitioner is in support of the continuation of the no-user-fee policy in the country’s public health system. Medical Association of Jamaica President Dr...
Though the World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed health taxes as a win-win policy for preventing disease, while advancing health equity and mobilising revenue, Jamaica is yet to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Earlier this...
Buffeted by criticism about chronic machine breakdowns and overlong downtime for repairs, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is exploring the option of leasing medical equipment for the public sector instead of making purchases. That consideration...
An overheated hot plate is believed to have caused a mid-morning fire which destroyed a family home in Craig Town, Kingston 12, on Thursday, leaving left four men displaced. The fire destroyed the roof of the four single-room dwellings and burnt...
University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Principal Professor Dale Webber has issued a charge to Toyota Jamaica to provide more hybrid or electric vehicles to the Jamaican market. Webber was speaking yesterday at a handover ceremony for a Toyota...
Member of Parliament for St Catherine South, Fitz Jackson, has called for more transparent reasons to be provided to applicants who are denied licences by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). “I know of cases because persons have come to me and...
Colourful dresses, matching fascinators and radiant smiles were all around at the ‘Girls at 10 Tea Party’ hosted by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) on Saturday. Some 30 girls in state care were in attendance at the event,...
