Published:Thursday | August 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
As police personnel serving in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) continue their years-long, unsuccessful battle with the Government over long working hours, those hours have been taking a toll on the families of the cops...
Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Guardian Group Foundation yesterday disbursed more than $4 million in scholarships and grants at its annual Grade Six Achievement Test and Scholarships Award Ceremony at its head office complex in New Kingston.Ten GSAT and four tertiary...
Published:Monday | August 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Mineral-rich Venezuela has some ways to go before returning to any semblance of unity, noted Charge d'Affaires Luisa Gutierrez, even as she explained that her country's government and the people are working to achieve just that."We continue to do all we...
Published:Friday | August 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Despite the bellicose rhetoric between North Korean leader Kim Jung Un and United States President Donald Trump, Jamaicans living in South Korea have nothing to fear, says Heather Davis, a Jamaican national attending university in Seoul.Davis, who...
Published:Friday | August 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Embassy of Spain in Kingston will open a condolence book in observance of three days of mourning following the tragic terrorist events that left 13 people dead and hundreds injured on Thursday in Las Ramblas, Barcelona."In the aftermath of the...
Published:Tuesday | August 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Gleaner has long been a source of information into the rich historic, political, religious and cultural life of Jamaica, and last week's handover of two copies of Dr. Livingstone Thompson's book, Jamaica In The 21st Century, will certainly add...
Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Customers of the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam have nothing to worry about, insists Latoya Pennant, the company's public relations officer, after a tank caught fire there early yesterday morning.She said that routine delivery of petroleum...
Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Thousands of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers in St Andrew, Trelawny and St Ann will be among the first to benefit from a US$3.4-million upgrade to the company's power delivery system, stated Blaine Jarrett, vice-president for engineering.The...
Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The strike among petroleum tanker drivers that threatened to cripple the business sector could end today.The Ministry of Labour and Social Security said last night that arising from discussions with the Petroleum Tanker Divers' Association, "it is...
Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Executive director at Food For The Poor, David Mair, says he agrees with a recent Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll that cites older, churchgoing Jamaicans as having the tendency of giving to charity, more so than those not affiliated to any...
Published:Thursday | August 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Officials from the Grand Bahia Principe resort are denying authorship of a note, circulating on the all-inclusive's letterhead, advising guests from overseas that local photographers and videographers are barred from working at weddings on their...
Published:Wednesday | August 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that a data protection bill is to be tabled in Parliament in the coming weeks, as a security component to the just-launched Government of Jamaica portal, gov.jm, and for the forthcoming National Identification...
Published:Tuesday | August 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Four Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) employees will depart Jamaica this week to study on a 16-month, all-expenses-paid master's degree scholarship programme in South Korea.The scholarship was established under the 2017 Technical Cooperation Pro...
Published:Sunday | August 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Joy is not about being presented with national honours, but it's in the service of your fellow man, says Pastor Glen O. Samuels, one of 171 people who are to be conferred with national honours and awards in October."It's a joy to be of service to my...
Published:Friday | August 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The best of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was on show last Friday as Woman Constable Shanika Holness responded to an unusual situation with a level of professionalism that spoke volumes of the training she received as a rookie fresh out of...
Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The first day of the three-month traffic ticket amnesty began without much fuss yesterday, but few made use of the opportunity in its early stage.In anticipation of the usual late rush, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has scheduled extended opening...
Published:Thursday | July 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Partnerships between the Government, corporate Jamaica, and the Diaspora will be the most effective way of producing quality, early childhood educational facilities, Ruel Reid, education minister, has said."Corporate and Diaspora support is very...
Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The only imminent plan pertaining to the Government owning and operating a national airline is that it is never likely to happen, at least, not the way it once was, says Nicola Madden-Greig, chairperson of the Gastronomy Network and Linkages Council...
Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The stage is set for Jamaica to once again deliver strong economic growth, says Michael Lee-Chin, chairman of the Economic Growth Council, while urging members of the diaspora to "get on board the train of success or risk being left behind". Lee-Chin...
Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
A study undertaken by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) has shown that the potential for investment and remittances by the estimated three million Jamaicans living overseas remains largely untapped. Remittance inflows amount to US$2.2...
Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Systemic weaknesses in the investigative, prosecutorial and judicial services, amid the high level of unemployment, make combating human trafficking a difficult challenge, says Carol Palmer, chairperson for the National Task Force Against...
Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 2:45 PMPaul Clarke
Chairperson for the National Taskforce Against Trafficking in Persons, Carol Palmer, says systematic weaknesses in the investigative, prosecutorial and judicial services amid a high level of unemployment, makes combating human trafficking a...
Published:Wednesday | July 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Fernando Garcia Casas, the Spanish secretary of state for international cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean, has underscored what he described as a binding link between Spain and Jamaica since the first Spaniards landed on the island in...
Published:Friday | July 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
With an opioid epidemic sweeping across the United States, Jamaica's narcotics police are on alert for persons who might want to illegally import some of these drugs into the island.Head of the police Narcotics Division, Senior Superintendent...
Published:Tuesday | July 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Excelsior Community College (ECC) took a major step in advancing the reach of its degree programmes with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ohio, United States-based Hocking College.The MOU was signed at Tuesday's South East...
