Culture Minister Olivia Grange has vowed to revive the flagging fortunes of Jamaica’s traditions amid mounting concerns that cultural practices are at risk of drifting into oblivion. Grange said she would be courting support from global agency...
Major towns in Manchester were painted in black, green and gold as scores of residents donned the national colours to join the Manchester float parade on Thursday as celebrations kick into gear to mark Emancipation Day and the island’s 60th...
SPIRITS ARE high in Maidstone, Manchester, as community members gear up for the annual Emancipation festival dubbed ‘Fus A August’. The event is spearheaded by Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips, and the Maidstone...
THE MAIDSTONE Museum represents the storied journey to emancipation for the ancestors of the proud residents of the northwestern Manchester community. Officially opened in 2015 by then Minister of Tourism Dr Wykeham McNeill and Mikael Phillips,...
Audrea Shaw-Green still has cups and other paraphernalia she was given as a child during the 1962 Independence celebrations. Though she was 10 years old at the time, she recalls the happenings vividly, the excitement etched in the mind of the now...
As investigations into Sunday’s deadly accident at the Vernamfield Aerodrome in Clarendon continue, residents of Gimme-Mi-Bit and surrounding communities have expressed concern over what they believe to be lax safety measures when racing events are...
A total of 17 street lights have been stolen across Manchester since June. The disclosure was made by Devon Willis, operations manager at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), who was speaking last Thursday during the monthly sitting of the...
Tearful councillors took time to pay tribute to their late colleague, Cleon Francis, who they described as a true leader, friend, and mentor during Thursday’s meeting of the Manchester Municipal Corporation. Francis, who represented the...
Louise Stoddart is now wallowing in grief and regret after her 10-year-old grandson – for whom she had cared since birth and was recently relocated from her Clarendon home to live with his father – died after being found unresponsive in an oven...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be rolling out additional resources over the next few weeks to boost police responsiveness to robberies across several police divisions, said Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson, who was...
An empty chair among young graduates at Beulah All-Age and Infant School’s graduation on Friday was a stark reminder of the brutal murder of five-year-old Rafaella Smith, one of the victims of the Cocoa Piece bloodbath that jolted the nation on...
“I just want to see him face to face to ask him, ‘Why? Why him do it?’ I need answers,” said a grieving Gwendolyn McKnight yesterday as Prime Minister Andrew Holness visited the mother of 31-year-old Kemesha Wright, who was killed along with her...
Forty-four-year-old taxi operator Ralston Cockett, who was gunned down on the weekend in Springfield, Clarendon, had plans to celebrate with his sister at her June 24 wedding. But owing to disruptions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, his family’s...
A Jamaican fisherman traumatised by the loss of his right arm in a shark attack on the weekend has recounted the harrowing brush with death in what seemed like a 15-minute battle. Michael Simpson, who spoke with The Gleaner at May Pen Hospital...
The image of the blood-drenched body of 15-year-old murder victim Kimanda Smith still haunts 87-year-old Clevan Edwards. Kimanda, her three siblings, and their mother, Kemesha ‘Reds’ Wright, were found with their throats slashed at their New Road...
It has been almost two weeks of turmoil for a Clarendon family as they search for their 82-year-old patriarch, James Carter, who vanished from his Glenmuir Housing Scheme home on Monday, May 30. The 5ft 8in tall Carter, who is also know as Jim, was...
From May Pen, Clarendon, to the British Empire. The story of Felicia Nadine Watkinson is one of resilience and determination. Watkinson is set to be inducted as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List...
Securing the future of some 46 special-needs students in Clarendon is how Juliet Francis-Christian, unit supervisor at the Denbigh-based Windsor School of Special Education, describes the prospects for the start of a fruit garden project at the...
Additional garbage trucks have been deployed to ease Clarendon’s garbage crisis, according to Edward Muir, regional operations manager for Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management Ltd, a subsidiary of the National Solid Waste Management...
Former May Pen Mayor Scean Barnswell has criticised the Government for not extending COVID-19 restrictions when the orders under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) expired a few weeks ago, citing this as the reason for the current fifth wave...
Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture Lothan Cousins has blasted the Government for its failure to contain the country’s food import bill and perceived mishandling of water resources. Cousins said that a US$97-million increase in Jamaica’s food...
I made a mistake, but I deserve a chance. That’s the plea of Rahmone Taylor, who is ruing decisions and choices he made in his youth. Taylor was deported from the United States over a decade ago following ganja-related charges. The Rock River,...
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charles Jr is unfazed by a threat by his opposition counterpart, Lothan Cousins, to take the Government to task for not doing enough for the sector when Parliament sits today. Speaking at the People’s...
A Clarendon school operator has slammed national training agency HEART/NSTA Trust for crushing the future of many at-risk youths by terminating a partnership with Meadowlands Centre of Excellence in Bushy Park. Sharon Minott, director of...
It has been a week of torture and sleepless nights for 29-year-old Jameal Mendez, Sr since the mystery disappearance of his only child, a two-year-old boy named after him. While the family, concerned neighbours and the police have combed multiple...
