In four days, Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend would have been celebrating her 36th birthday. And the woman, who her friends describe as the life of the party, was looking forward to doing something spectacular. But her life was cut short before those...
Labelling the garbage disposal practices of some Jamaicans as “antisocial behaviour”, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is promising stronger enforcement of laws to address how waste is managed. Speaking at Wednesday’s handover ceremony of 50 garbage...
Two decades ago, a then 21-year-old mother of two was allegedly wilfully infected with HIV by someone she was dating. The Portland native told The Gleaner that she was actively pursued by the man, who she described as appearing to be quiet and...
The slow take-up of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV drug in Jamaica has sparked concern for Dr Richard Amenyah, UNAIDS multi-country director in the island. PrEP, which is usually in the form of a pill, is designed to be taken by HIV-...
An ongoing gang feud between the Upsetta Mafia and Super Star gangs operating out of Hannah Town in west Kingston is believed to have sparked the killing of two men in the community on Tuesday morning. Twenty-eight-year-old Lance Thompson and 30-...
The junior council of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has given overwhelming support for the establishment of cadet units in all schools to combat student violence. Friday’s unanimous vote at the first sitting of the...
President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) John Mahfood has indicated that he would not support the Government implementing back-to-back 14-day states of emergency (SOE) to circumvent opposition resistance. Like Deputy...
Sandra Greenland was a vendor in Half Way Tree four years ago when she encountered members of the Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) having a silent protest to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), which...
A King’s Counsel and human-rights lobby are cautioning the Government against tabling legislation that would impose a minimum sentence for murder of 30 years, arguing that such decisions should be left to the discretion of the courts. Executive...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is admonishing those who he says seek to malign the private sector, contending that cooperation between the Government and enterprises is integral to the country’s development. “This argument that seeks to villainise...
In the wake of Monday’s controversial fatal shooting of a 24-year-old in central Kingston by a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier, a former army chief has knocked the Government’s imposition of states of emergency (SOEs) as a crime-fighting...
The Government has received an unsolicited bid from a prominent Jamaican developer to construct a $30-billion prison on 300 acres of land in Hartlands, St Catherine, a well-placed Gleaner source has disclosed. The proposed prison would be built on...
What should have been a glorious moment for Romario Goulbourne as he celebrated achieving his bachelor’s degree in marine engineering from the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) saw him torn between two worlds under a cloud of uncertainty. The 25-...
Rosalee Gage-Grey, CEO of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), is bemoaning the fact that 70 children have died violently across the island since last October, saying this reflects the normalisation of violence in the society in...
November has taken on special significance to 22-year-old Shakiel Cephas. In November 2018, he was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and the following November, he got news that the cancer had gone into remission. And on Thursday,...
Residents of Olympic Gardens in the St Andrew South Police Division have welcomed Tuesday’s reimposition of a state of emergency (SOE), contending that the Holness administration’s crime-fighting measure will make them safer. The measure, which...
With an average of five to 10 licensed firearms being stolen monthly in Jamaica in 2022, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the island’s gun regulator said he is “gravely concerned” about the number of weapons falling into the hands of criminals...
Kingston Technical High principal Maulton Campbell has launched a campaign to rekindle school pride and to undertake a deeper psychological profile of his student population to prevent a recurrence of the schoolyard fight that left one girl dead...
Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown says her office has launched an investigation into St Catherine South West Member of Parliament Everald Warmington’s controversial comments Sunday in which he suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s...
Over the last 25 years, Elizabeth ‘Jennifer’ Williams was shot once and robbed multiple times as she tried to eke out a living on the gritty Corporate Area streets and send her five daughters through school. Last week when two of her daughters...
That 21-year-old twins Shuala and Anakai Richards attained first-class honours in their respective undergraduate programmes at The University of the West Indies, Mona, comes as no surprise to parents Dainsworth and Deonne Richards. On Friday morning...
Canada is lending support to Jamaica in its push for gender equality with the launch of two new programmes at a cost of CDN$9.8 million (approximately J$1.12 billion). The five-year programmes are dubbed WE-Talk and SAIL (Strengthening Access...
While preparing for her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams seven years ago, 17-year-old Shaunteau Brown found out that she was pregnant. The Camperdown High School student was devastated as this news crashed the well-laid-out...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York auditor Clive Blackwood has urged sixth-formers at the Ardenne High School to strive to make the most of opportunities in Jamaica as they grow into adulthood and look to contribute to the country’s development...
The National Parenting Supporting Commission (NPSC) has expressed grave concern at the “deep level of apathy” among Jamaican parents. The disinterest in the lives of children was flagged in a recent survey conducted by the NPSC. The majority of...
