As a missionary living above the area dubbed 'The Golden Triangle' in St Andrew, Nicola Carara finds that several of her relatives and neighbours are concerned about her mingling with the residents in the inner city who have been the focus of her...
The decline in the social capital of students is being cited by Education Minister Ronald Thwaites as the main problem facing his ministry.According to Thwaites, students turning up hungry at school, not reading enough and being disruptive are...
At the helm of a nine-year-old drop-in centre for deportees, mentally ill and physically challenged men is retired social worker Yvonne Grant, who runs tight and extra-long shifts. Supported by a staff of seven, she keeps her charges in line while...
After weeks of warning of the inevitable appearance of the Zika virus (ZIKV) on Jamaica's shores, the Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed the first case in Jamaica.According to the ministry, the first confirmed case was a four-year-old child from...
There are approximately 235,000 Jamaican adults who will not be able to read this story. These adults are unable to read with understanding or write a short simple statement in their everyday life, despite efforts by government and non-governmental...
At 46 years old, Veronica Robinson is about to sit CSEC mathematics for the fourth time.But while fearful, the high-school dropout is also excited because she has been approved to do four subjects in the upcoming regional examinations, which she...
She was merely a baby herself when she first helped with the birth of a child, but Cynthia Bryan-Francis' delivery of more than 300 babies without any formal training in midwifery has earned her the moniker “Saviour” and the respect...
The outstanding performance of students of the Iris Gelly Primary School in recent years has led to a flood of applications from parents who want their children to attend the Arnett Gardens-based institution in south St Andrew.But Principal Veronica...
At least one mother is pleading for local courses for parents of children with developmental disabilities, as recent efforts to get help for her autistic two-year-old daughter has left her emotionally and financially drained. *Nicole, said her...
The Bowden Hill Primary School in Stony Hill was one of 18 schools considered non-viable and ordered closed by the education ministry in July.But up to last week, workmen were feverishly working to effect repairs to the school after Education...
An informal survey conducted by a peace facilitator at the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) has found seven of 10 schoolboys in the Corporate Area carrying a knife to school, while a similar number said they had seen and held an illegal gun....
Christmas 2015 found 27-year-old Horatio Brown the same place it did last year, making merry with the homeless among us whom he has accepted as his family ever since he started living on the streets nine years ago.After years of roaming, Brown...
Her Christmas wish was to have her Jamaican child. She wanted her attempts to adopt settled, but Santa never delivered and Canadian Francine Belliveau did not enjoy her Christmas.But Belliveau is still optimistic that the new year will see her...
Years of political tribalism and gang wars resulted in predictably horrific consequences for residents of Mountain View, Rockfort, and neighbouring communities, but the establishment of a ‘safe space’ in the community has been a welcome development and today the residents are reaping the dividends...
With an estimated 31,000 people dying in Latin America and the Caribbean annually from work-related cancer, the regional branch for the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is urging local businesses to join its No Time to Lose...
The administrators of the Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC) will have to fast-track plans to expand its offerings as there has been increased interest in their programmes following The Sunday Gleaner's publication of the work of the South St...
Coal vendor Ingrid Graham considered the 17th birthday of her younger daughter a major milestone because it meant that both her girls had not repeated her mistake of becoming pregnant at 16 years old.What is even more encouraging for the 44-year-old...
Shakeen Cooper entered the recently opened Trench Town Polytechnic College (TTPC) in South St Andrew, knowing that he now has a chance at redemption and a way to honour his father's memory.The 19-year-old high-school dropout was just seven-year-old...
While he is lauded for bringing more focus to climate-change issues, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill gets thumbs down from environmentalists and sections of society for the failure of his ministry to...
They are the majority of Jamaicans murdered each year; they are also the majority of Jamaicans committing the murders, and they are the majority of Jamaicans ending up in the island's prisons. They are boys and young men, some as young as 14, none...
More than 34 per cent of the 4,200 students who sat the 2014 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in Clarendon selected Glenmuir High School as their first choice.This made Glenmuir the top choice for primary-school students in the parish and saw it...
Education minister Ronald Thwaites says he has made a request for a portion of the £$300 million promised by British Prime Minister David Cameron for infrastructural development in the Caribbean to increase the capacity of schools in Clarendon and...
Students moving on to the secondary level and their parents are continuing to shun some schools, despite efforts by the Ministry of Education to portray all high schools as on the same level.The Sunday Gleaner has confirmed that efforts to lift the...
A desire to help deportees readjust when they return to Jamaica inspired Carmeta Albarus to launch the Family Unification and Resettlement Initiative (FURI) nine years ago.But with very few entities or individuals willing to invest in helping these...
Mary Cameron was just 18 years old when a doctor told her that she had high blood pressure. This initial diagnosis was the catalyst for a tsunami of other health complications such as diabetes and kidney-related problems that came later."I was going...
