There are concerns that the increasing incidents of mental-health issues and conduct disorder among Jamaica's children are putting scores of guidance counsellors under pressure as they are not equipped to deal with the new challenges brought on by...
Jamaica's effort to fight cancer and chronic diseases has received a major boost with the investment of more than $250 million into the re-establishment of a Nuclear Medicine Centre at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).The centre is...
Committed to the mantra, 'it takes a village to raise a child,' several parents in Beersheba, New Market, St Elizabeth, have joined forces in an effort to ensure that children at the Beersheba Primary School are fully ready for the start of the new...
Less than 35 per cent of mothers in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) are exclusively breastfeeding their babies in the first six weeks of their lives, despite extensive campaigns showing that this is the best for the baby.That is one of the...
More than 16,000 youths applied for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) summer programme this year, exceeding the target that was initially set for the placement of young people in temporary jobs during the summer holiday.The...
Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon is rejecting criticisms that the entity is short of a long-term and comprehensive plan to deal with Jamaica's disposal of waste.With fires reported at four of...
School administrators of special-needs institutions in Hope Estate, Papine, are hoping that the deplorable roads leading to the schools will be one less thing to worry about when the new academic year begins.The road is almost impassable when it...
Some state-operated medical facilities have been collecting millions of dollars each month despite the Government's no-user-fee policy, and the health ministry is going after even more money starting Tuesday.Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton...
Officials of the Ministry of Health will be attending the orientation ceremonies of high schools across the island in an effort to get more girls vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), after a slow start to the programme last year.The...
Like many of the boys at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 15-year-old Rojay Bates seemed destined for a bleak future, but come September, he will get another opportunity to attend high school, and the youngster has already penned his...
Jamaican-made products are facing tough competition from imported items on supermarket shelves, and one local food-safety expert has revealed that the findings from the testing of some imported foods "would blow your mind".According to managing...
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that the refurbishing of its offices at the Donald Sangster Building in central Kingston, which is now under way, should be done in less than two weeks.The building, which is located at 116 East Street,...
Children's Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison has cautioned service providers and educators against offering treatment or contraceptives to children without parental knowledge.Responding to questions from The Sunday Gleaner, the Children's Advocate...
The three scars on his legs are a reminder of the day his male partner got violent and stabbed him, but 31-year-old Tony* blames himself for his injuries, as he says he should not have flirted with other guys while his partner was around."We both...
Women account for one-third of the farmers in Jamaica and an even higher portion of the market vendors across the island, but Mildred Crawford, former president of the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers and honorary member of UN Women, is...
For just over three years, Donna* lived with a man who would slap her if the dinner was late, kick and punch her if she spoke too quietly on the phone he had bought her, and beat her mercilessly if he assumed she was cheating.Then she fought back,...
Older women main culprits as more than 50 per cent of Jamaica's teenage boys engage in transactional sexMore than 50 per cent of Jamaica's boys between the ages of 15 and 19 years old are engaged in transactional sex, and one expert...
Almost one-third of Jamaica's girls who had sex before the age of 15 were forced into the act, and in many of the cases family members, friends and acquaintances were the perpetrators.That is one of the major findings of the Women's Health Survey...
Jamaican women have become far more empowered and independent in recent years, but a new survey has shown that almost eight of every 10 of them still believe it is natural for a man to be the head of the household, and a woman's main role is to take...
Jamaica's successful and internationally acclaimed vaccination programme is under threat as more parents join the anti-vaccination movement which is sweeping the United States and sections of Europe.According to vice-president of the Paediatric...
Most men with a low sperm count in Jamaica are denied the opportunity of fathering a child. But with the introduction of sperm retrieval surgery in the island, scores of men are being given an opportunity to achieve their desire of fathering...
With the Ministry of Health reporting a 162 per cent increase in the number of visits to the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) in 2017 when compared to 2016, senior medical officer at the facility, Dr Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson, is...
Several Jamaicans could miss out on an opportunity for temporary jobs in the United States as a number of American companies have decided to exclude Jamaica from the annual work programme.The Sunday Gleaner has so far conformed that at least 26 US...
For the past week, Delroy Smalls has spent his days on a chair at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine, hoping to be admitted to a ward, but with no available beds, there is no telling how many more days he will have to remain in that position....
Some squatters who were relocated by State agencies to formal communities, have since rented out the properties they were given and have gone back to live in the squatter settlements.Senior director for housing and land administration at the...
