As Elsa, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2021, moves into the eastern Caribbean, Jamaica has been placed on a hurricane and tropical storm warning. Ronald Jarrett, 70, has lived along Wickie Wackie Beach in Bull Bay, St Andrew, since 1995. “I...
Lesley Gordon has been waiting for more than two years to lay her hands on the keys to her home in a gated St Catherine development. The journey has been filled with missed deadlines and unresponsiveness to queries as her family grows weary of...
A nutrient cost analysis has revealed that on average, Jamaican minimum wage earners spend close to half, or 48 per cent, of their weekly income of $7,000 on food. If Jamaica were to come close to its Caribbean neighbours St Kitts and Nevis or...
Thirty-year-old Shanekia Richards, an employee of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), does not have a health insurance policy. Neither does her mother. Richards is, however, able to get check-ups through her place of employment, but attending to...
