For decades many Jamaicans especially those living in the Corporate Area have had to grapple with strict water restrictions. This perennial issue has triggered intense debate and calls for a sustainable fix to the age-old problem. A Gleaner...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be embarking on a study to determine how the harmful use of drugs, specifically alcohol, contributes to an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Conclusions from the nine-month research will...
Within the space of two months during her childhood, Dr Ivanah Thomas was dealt two devastating blows: she lost her father with whom she shared a close relationship and was raped at knifepoint. After her father died suddenly 40 years ago, she had...
Residents of August Town are attempting to repair their community that has been torn apart by violence using football, and according to one organiser, the strategy is working. “The community is more open; people are more trusting of each other. You...
The Government is being encouraged to create targeted programmes to involve more women in technical vocational education and training (TVET). The call came from members of the Young Women in Leadership (YWiL) House of Representatives, who had their...
Universal Service Fund (USF) CEO Daniel Dawes is urging citizens to protect the Wi-Fi hotspots installed in their communities. Pointing to the recent theft of the infrastructure installed to provide free Internet service to the public in Golden...
The Church of England’s historic decision to authorise the blessing of same-sex civil marriages will have little effect on the Jamaican Anglican Church, according to two local priests. Bishop of Kingston Garth Minott said that churches in the...
National Water Commission (NWC) customers will now have to fork out an additional $100 when paying their utility bills using cash at some of the company’s locations. The remote bill payment kiosks, which are installed at its offices at Marescaux...
Haiti’s humanitarian and national-security crises will be high on the agenda of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) 44th Regular Summit this week as leaders seek to craft solutions to the woes plaguing their Caribbean neighbour. The intersessional...
More charges are in store for Matthew Hyde, the 20-year-old University of the West Indies (UWI) student accused of locking away his 19-year-old girlfriend in his room and torturing her with a clothes iron. Hyde, of Braemar Avenue, Kingston 5, has...
Retired Anglican Bishop of Kingston, The Rt Rev Robert Thompson died on Friday at the Nuttall Memorial Hospital in Kingston after a long battle with cancer. He was 74 years old. The bishop, who forged a legacy in service to humanity during his 47...
Sylvester Davidson spent much of Thursday morning searching for his 45-year-old son with much trepidation. He said that Fitzroy ‘Peter’ Davidson, a cement factory worker, had returned home from work at approximately 9 p.m. on Wednesday and was...
The renal unit at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is to be equipped with 10 new haemodialysis machines in March. Director of the South East Regional Health Authority, Errol Greene, told The Gleaner that the equipment will boost the capacity of...
As protest action by taxi operators continues to cause uncertainty for commuters, portfolio Minister Audley Shaw is expected to address the nation today on the burning issues bedevilling the transport sector. Shaw will make a statement to the...
Up to late last year, Jody Brown, a grade five teacher at the Morant Bay Primary School in St Thomas, was considering joining the throng of his colleagues who have left the teaching profession. He told The Gleaner he was discouraged by the “many...
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn is charging investigators attached to the Financial Investigations Division (FID) to be thorough in their probes to allow for the successful conviction of persons charged with fraud. “If...
Maxfield-to-downtown Kingston taxi operator John Hanson cursed his luck as he received his first traffic ticket of the year on Wednesday – the dawn of tougher penalties as the new Road Traffic Act came into effect. Hanson may have to pay $10,000...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has signed a cooperation agreement with the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to construct a civil engineering laboratory at its western Jamaica campus in St James. The lab will be utilised for...
Social-media bloggers have been criticised for often publishing unsubstantiated claims that impede the work of traditional journalists when reporting on society’s vulnerable, particularly victimised children. “Those who have cameras, tripods,...
More questions have arisen about the quality of oversight state regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), gave to the now-fraud-hit Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) as a 2019 assessment revealed that a string of violations flagged more...
A 24-year-old aspiring artiste was among four people shot and killed in west Kingston on Saturday in ongoing gang violence. Emilio ‘Shakka Don’ West, of Chestnut Street in Tivoli Gardens, left his home for the studio to make last-minute changes to...
When Teana heard that she was successful in all eight of her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, she was ecstatic. The 18-year-old, who has been a ward of the State for nine years, views her academic success as...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has criticised Prime Minister Andrew Holness for his administration’s more-than-yearlong policy of non-engagement with the Chief Richard Currie-led Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth. Relations between the Government...
Gender advocates are calling for changes in the Domestic Violence Act to strengthen protection for victims of intimate partner violence. The call comes in light of the circulation of a video in which a man was seen physically assaulting a woman in...
A grave bus shortage hobbling the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) could be eased by March. The bus company transports almost 350,000 passengers weekly but its operations have been impacted by the non-delivery of 50 new units. The...
