Celando Matchevelli’s artistic talent is a gift bestowed on him and most members of his immediate family. But the 16-year-old said he chose to actively nurture this talent, teaching himself the intricacies of using charcoal and graphite to bring...
Patrick Hylton has been appointed chairman of the board of management of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). His appointment comes five days after Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton dissolved the previous board over what he...
Jamaica’s crime rate presents an impediment to citizens fully benefiting from rights guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Marlene Malahoo Forte has asserted. The minister of legal and constitutional affairs made the...
The Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA) is urging the Jamaican Government to treat as an “urgent imperative” changes in the ongoing constitutional reform process to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the island’s...
A clash of personalities and dysfunctionality are the reasons Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton said led to his decision to dissolve the current Board of Management at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The action comes...
A plan for the expansion of ward spaces to provide an additional 100 beds at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is expected to be ready by January, the hospital’s chairman, Kenny Benjamin, has disclosed.
Franklin Burrell had no plans to become a teacher. After graduating from the University of Technology, Jamaica with a degree in chemistry, he went straight into the chemical technology industry. But while in the field, he was asked by his manager...
After moving to Trinidad and Tobago in 2016 to take up a job offer, Kasceme White began charting a course to success. But a near-death motorbike accident knocked him off his path four years ago, and the 27-year-old told The Gleaner that he is still...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is banking on the cooperation of local attorneys, whose support he says is critical to achieving digital transformation within the judiciary. Speaking at the Jamaican Bar Association’s annual conference on Friday, Justice...
Juggling family life and the demands of university was not easy for 45-year-old Latoya Mills. Before long, she realised that, to manage both, she needed a greater level of efficiency in at least one area. So she then decided to pre-prep her meats...
With Kingston listed as one of 10 cities globally that is projected to lose landmass due to rising sea levels by the end of the century, urban planning and public policy expert Dr Carol Archer is renewing calls for the Government to urgently...
RETAIL BUSINESS owners are predicting further losses for their ventures with the Government’s plan to increase duty-free allowance on personal items by 100 per cent, with at least one retailer labelling the move as “retrograde”. Their businesses,...
Taxi associations have blasted the Government’s decision to reduce the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fares as a political move, one they believe will have a serious impact on the bottom line of private transport operators. “The commuters who...
Rosina Christina Moder has lived on Devon Close in St Andrew for 38 years, but her days are often disrupted by the sounds of car accidents at the four-way intersection along Kingsway and Devon Road, caused by motorists disobeying the stop signs....
Hospital equipment service providers have called for more consultation before the Ministry of Health and Wellness finalises its Medical Equipment Maintenance Management Policy after flagging clauses they described as “impractical”. The policy,...
Urban planning and public policy expert Dr Carol Archer believes strong political will is needed to frontally address the issue of people settling in areas where they are at high risk in the event of a natural disaster. Archer was responding to...
Michael Edwards, a 42-year-old farmer from Golden Grove in St Thomas, had invested more than $1.5 million in his two acres of sweet corn crop and was due to harvest one acre shortly. But the heavy rains last week flooded his crops and washed his...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that his administration will be enforcing legislation to relocate and prevent citizens from settling in dangerous areas that risk life and property whenever there is a disaster. Speaking during a tour of...
CONCERNS ABOUT the varying sanctions applied to an unlicensed teacher, the principal of the institution to which the teacher is employed and their employer, dominated Wednesday’s sitting of the joint select committee currently reviewing the Jamaica...
SPENDING THURSDAY night trapped between floodwaters in her vehicle in Golden Grove, St Thomas, with her four-year-old child was not something Tiffany Sobah anticipated. The bank teller was travelling from Morant Bay in the parish to her home in...
COMMISSIONER OF the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) Hugh Faulkner wants the Government to make the acquisition of body-worn cameras for security forces a priority, arguing that this equipment is a critical part of any modern law...
A repeated description by people who tasted Smith’s Rum Cream at the recent Local Economic Initiatives expo hosted by the Social Development Commission and other partners was how smooth the liquor was. Thrown in the mix were other terms like “...
FOR THE last six years, Alvan Ross has been repaying a loan to the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) that he never received in the first place. The 52-year-old guidance counsellor explained that he was approved for a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) loan from the...
The number of dengue fever cases in Jamaica is expected to increase in the coming weeks before falling early next year, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has warned. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Tufton shared that 3,...
Lawmakers expressed outrage in Parliament on Tuesday over a deadly attack on a taxicab in Salt Spring, St James, which left a man and two young boys dead on Monday evening. Prime Minister Andrew Holness called on the security forces to pursue swift...
