David Stimpson was attacked and stabbed nine times in his back while working at the Institute of Jamaica in downtown Kingston. He is now unable to walk and needs assistance to carry out normal human activities that were second nature to him for his...
FLORIDA: The legacy of the matriarch of Jamaican culture, Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called ‘Miss Lou’, is being carried on in no small way by a group of Jamaicans based in the city of Miramar in South Florida. Inspired by Bennett-...
Saddled by a lack of funding, the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) – a non-profit organisation – has been without a mobile mammography unit for years. The mobile unit is crucial in the fight against breast cancer in the island as it allows...
HEAD COACH of world-beating athletics club, MVP, Paul Francis, is confident that they will continue to produce world-beaters in the sport that has brought Jamaica the most fame and glory across all sporting disciplines. Francis spoke to The Gleaner...
The Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) recently honoured Jamaica-born Leighton Henry for voluntary work in education. Henry, a Jamaica Defence Force soldier and border, industrial and hospitality security administrator in Jamaica, migrated to...
As Jamaica reinforces COVID containment measures amid a spike in positive cases, the entertainment sector continues to reel, forcing a number of stakeholders to turn to the diaspora market for a lifeline. Theatre King Oliver Samuels and stand-up...
FLORIDA: The recent arrest of seven Jamaicans by police in Pompano Beach, Florida, has again shone the spotlight on a decades-old scheme that has been used by Jamaicans and other Caribbean nationals to enter the United States illegally. The...
Jamaica-born South Florida-based clinical psychologist, Dr Joan Muir, is urging pastors and teachers of the Bible to be more proactive when addressing issues of mental health from the pulpit. The issue of mental health in Jamaica has again come to...
FLORIDA: Dale Holness, the Jamaica-born mayor of Broward County for District 9 in South Florida on Tuesday signalled his intent to run for the vacant congressional seat in that state. The seat was left open after Democratic congressman, Alcee...
Jamaica-born Craig Wellington has been appointed the inaugural executive director of Canada’s Black Opportunity Fund (BOF). The fund was established last year to enable the black community to access a pool of long-term funding to help combat the...
Jamaica-born Courtney Grant, who operates several restaurants across Canada, has been spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic to use his businesses to help scores of needy families and children. Grant owns a chain of five Caribbean Queen Jerk restaurants...
Driven by a desire to help the less fortunate, Jamaica-born restaurant owner, Patrick Livingston, has been using his charity Arms of Hope to provide hot meals for the people of Lake Worth Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida, free of cost. The 57-year...
In the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, which has a population of less than 200 Jamaican nationals, an establishment selling strictly Jamaican cuisine has been carving out its own space despite setbacks due to COVID-19, which have cramped eateries...
Even though elated at the historic election of Kamala Harris to the office of American Vice-President last week, Jamaican women who live in the United States are adopting a strict approach and say they will hold her to the highest standards....
There is not a large Jamaican presence in Lake Charles, Louisiana – the section of the southern state that was bludgeoned by Hurricane Laura six weeks ago. But since the passage of powerful Hurricane Laura, a number of Jamaicans and other Caribbean...
Renowned artist and sculptor Basil Watson plans to open an academy in the land of his birth as he looks to mentor aspiring Jamaican artists.Watson made the disclosure to The Gleaner weeks before his larger-than-life statue of American civil-rights...
The fresh probe launched into the controversial death of Jamaica-born Rasheed Edwards has forced some residents of a New Jersey township to raise questions over the transparency of the police and post-mortem reports. Edwards, 32, was found...
Jamaica-born Troy Hamilton is counting his lucky stars. The 52-year-old has recovered after falling victim to the dreaded coronavirus after a visit to the epicentre of New York City to purchase supplies for his produce-distribution business. The...
When Wilford Williams left Jamaica three years ago to join his Jamaica-born wife in South Florida, never in his wildest dreams did he foresee that he would be in a position of compromise regarding his health. America, he believed, offered better...
Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson is siding with Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who has expressed confidence that despite a frightening rate of murders that seems to have the nation’s security apparatus in a tailspin, there is...
The head of a local licensed marijuana dealership is calling for the government to put an end ot the practice of destroying marijuana that is confiscated from illegal dealers by law enforcement. At present, the police are bound by law to destroy...
The Jamaica Male Advancement Network is urging the Government to endorse paternity leave, which will allow men to provide moral and physical support for their spouses in the weeks following the birth of their children. The issue has been a point of...
Bare-chested with a machete in his hand, Omar Hunt took a breather as he sipped a ‘special’ – a mixed drink with the major component being rum. He bore a look of concern as he spoke of the demise of King Sugar in the district of Duckenfield, St...
Despite regulations implemented by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) requiring that remittance companies display inbound and outbound rates for transactions, recent checks have shown that some companies are flouting the rules. The BOJ rules require that...
The modern generation of Jamaica’s Jewish elite are beneficiaries of the legacy of sweat equity of their forbears, says Joseph M. Matalon, chairman of the ICD Group and one of the island’s most recognised Jewish business moguls. Matalon, the son of...
