Late nights and early mornings have characterised the daily life for 19-year-old Demaria Walker. The long daily commute between St Catherine and Kingston, for school and other activities, taught her to be focused and disciplined. “I love to try...
CHARLTON FALCONER has been a fisherman for over 42 years. It is the only trade he has known since he moved from St Thomas to Rae Town in Kingston, when he was 13 years old. He has fond memories of his early days fishing in the Kingston Harbour, and...
Kingston Curry Festival is poised to be a complete culinary experience for participants and patrons alike. With music, food, an artisan village and craft market, the annual festival is primed to position our island to locals and visitors who want...
Omar Barnett, founder and chief executive officer of one of the fastest growing medical research companies in the United States, Prospective Research Innovations, was recently nominated for the ‘Innovation in Health and Wellness Tourism’ category...
On Wednesday, November 6, Trae Rodney was selected as a Rafael Diaz Merit Scholar by the GraceKennedy Foundation and awarded a $300,000 scholarship that is renewable each year until his course of study is completed. He is required to maintains the...
OVER 3,000 people in Ferry Heights and adjoining communities, including areas of Portmore and Spanish Town, St Catherine, benefited from a comprehensive, three-day health fair – on November 4, 5, and 6 – held at Coore’s Fesco Service Station in St...
THE MOST common type of diabetes – type 2 – occurs when fat, liver and muscle cells do not respond correctly to insulin. This is known as insulin resistance, and as a result, blood sugar cannot enter these cells where it would be available for...
The National Police Support Association of Jamaica (NPSAJ) is a United States-based organisation fiscally sponsored by Married 2 The Badge Nonprofit. NPSAJ is dedicated to supporting the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers via mental health...
The principal and academic staff at Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland, have been working assiduously through various intervention programmes to improve the literacy levels at the school. In partnership with various stakeholders...
MENOPAUSE DESCRIBES the stage of a woman’s life when her menstrual periods stop permanently, and she can no longer get pregnant. Menopause is not a disease or disorder, it is a normal part of ageing for women. The time leading up to menopause is...
STRUGGLING WITH your mental health can start at any time when you have breast cancer. It could be after diagnosis, during treatment, or after treatment has finished. Your experiences can vary and can also depend on your circumstances. According to...
BREAST CANCER is the abnormal growth of cells in the breast that usually starts in the lining of the breast ducts, or lobules, and can grow into cancerous tumours. Most breast cancers are found when they are invasive, which means that the cancer...
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Jamaica’s programmes help to prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs that make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial...
ST GEORGE’S College’s GreenCycle Solutions took first place in the Junior Achievement Company of Entrepreneurs (JACE) Programme, spearheaded by Junior Achievement Jamaica, in their bid to educate students about work readiness, entrepreneurship and...
The Lupus Foundation of Jamaica (LFJ) has officially launched its Lupus Awareness Month public awareness campaign, marking the beginning of a series of events aimed at raising awareness about lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease affecting thousands...
THE HIGH Commission of India (Kingston) and AllKare Wellness Foundation will host their annual New Kingston Health Fair on Sunday, October 20, at the Victoria Mutual Group Parking Lot, St Lucia Avenue in New Kingston. According to Leroy Dallas,...
EXPERTS SAY the number one reason for divorce is the lack of communication. However, when everything you know to be normal is being snatched by changing hormones, communication may be last on the list. Navigating a course in uncharted territory can...
Dr Rose Ann Smith is a proud breast cancer survivor. Her journey over the last year – from diagnosis to treatment – has been riddled with challenges, but she has weathered the storm with grace and determination; rising like a phoenix amid...
DESPITE PHYSICAL challenges, Javaughn Douglas has been a high achiever for all his life. He has not allowed his spastic cerebral palsy diagnosis to deter his dreams and aspirations, and with his very supportive network of family and friends, he...
HAVE YOU ever gone to the doctor and spent more time talking about how to treat your symptoms, rather than what is causing them? Have you been prescribed medications that merely mask your symptoms, or even make them worse? Addressing the root cause...
Dr Shaneica Lester, lecturer in the Department of Geography and Geology in the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, whose article Building Resilience in Jamaica’s Farming Communities: Insights From a...
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God)! FOR 175 YEARS, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has served the people of Jamaica by providing excellent high school education for the island’s boys, at St George’s College. In 1850, 21...
ADOPTING A sustainable diet can offer numerous environmental, social, and health benefits. But when shifting to a sustainable way of eating, it is also important to plan ahead and choose foods that are both good for your body and the environment....
PANCREATIC CANCER happens when malignant or cancerous cells grow, divide, and spread in the pancreas. The pancreas is a six-inch-long, spongy, tube-shaped organ located in the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. It has two major jobs in the...
THE PROSTATE is below the bladder, surrounding the first part of a tube called the urethra. The urethra carries urine from the bladder to the penis; and the same tube also carries semen, which is the fluid containing sperm. Just behind the prostate...
