Jay-Anne Johnson was initially bothered by the fact that she was the only black student in her classes at the Virginia-based university she attended. But on Sunday, the Jamaica-born 21-year-old will become the first black female student to graduate...
Former and current male senators aligned to the People’s National Party (PNP) have joined the call for Senator Kamina Johnson Smith to produce the harassing emails she alleges were sent to her by a member of the Opposition and which sparked a...
President of the Jamaica Society for Industrial Security, Lieutenant Commander (ret’d) George Overton, has endorsed the mandatory wearing of bulletproof vests by security guards at higher risk of attack, following last week’s attempted robbery and...
Approximately 65 per cent of Jamaicans are being targeted for vaccination by March 2022. However, health officials are wary that vaccine hesitancy might affect that ambitious goal. The country is expected to receive its first batch of 50,000...
The indefinite closure of schools could lead to more unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions and increased HIV/AIDS infection rates in Jamaica, which currently has the third highest adolescent pregnancy rate in Latin America and the Caribbean....
Some Jamaicans, especially the elderly, are fearful of leaving their homes due to COVID-19, but one local company is ensuring that this fear does not cause a deterioration in health by providing access to doctors, nurses and other health...
An estimated 120,000 children in Jamaica could be living with mental illness, but because of the paucity of clinicians able to help them, as well as parental apathy, only five per cent of kids are being given the intervention they desperately need...
When floodwaters inundated Juliet Clarke’s home in east rural St Andrew last month, they swallowed a chunk of the backyard, her livelihood, and her peace of mind. The Lower Halls Delight resident said that heavy rains on August 18 flooded the lower...
Up to Monday night, 23-year-old Gabriela Morris was just a university student focused on youth representation. But today, the Montego Bay native holds the title of being the country’s youngest ever senator. “Life comes at you fast,” she said,...
Several private-school students returned to classes online on Monday, as school administrators sought to orient children to what will be the new norm during the COVID-19 pandemic. President of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA), Dr...
OLYMPIAN Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn sprinted to a second term as the member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew West Rural after securing more than 3,000 more votes than her contender, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Krystal Tomlinson. Cuthbert-Flynn...
A shortage of folic acid on the local market is creating headache for patients and physicians who in recent months have had to be hopping from one pharmacy to the next to try to source the vitamin, which is necessary for pregnant women, some cancer...
Entrepreneur Amanda James believes that a pot of plant can easily lift the spirits and that has been the testimony of several of the customers who have purchased fresh foliage through her company, Creative House Of Plants Etcetera. James started...
The influx of sargassum along our beaches has created a national crisis, but serial entrepreneur Daveian Morrison has created a business aimed at transforming the unsightly brown seaweed into goat feed. Morrison conceptualised the idea for his...
As best friends, Veronica Allen-Ettinger and Tashana Haye have created many beautiful memories together, and now that they are business partners, they are focused on helping families and friends to preserve their own memories with the help of their...
Twenty-five-years ago, Christopher Buckmaster started working as a summer intern at Jamalco, and today, he is the director of human resources, security, and corporate services. As he did more than two decades ago, 70 students from institutions...
At 23 years old, Kimwau Holloway is already a human resource (HR) supervisor at a local business process outsourcing (BPO) company. “The BPO industry has actually taught me a lot of discipline. There is a lot of room for growth; but for me, the...
Church leaders are being urged by one of their own to reconsider the narrative that women must be submissive to men as it gives cover to spousal abuse and the objectification of women as property. The Reverend Jayson Downer, founder of Men of God...
Following intense campaigns against tobacco use and the consumption of sweetened beverages, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said the next focus will be on reducing the intake of trans fat and sodium."We are keen to examine the extent to which...
Just a simple thing as playing with your child a few hours a day could result in him/her having a higher IQ, better mental health, high self esteem, greater academic output and even a better salary as an adult.This is according to a 30-year study of...
The policy of local health insurance companies to have expectant mothers pay for their healthcare costs upfront and claim refunds later has potentially disastrous outcomes for pregnant women. According to representatives from the European Union (EU)-...
