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Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:09 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

As Jamaicans attended Remembrance Day events on Friday to honour soldiers who served in World Wars I and II, Beulah Coombs took The Gleaner on a journey into the past, through the service of her uncle, Robert Smith. She shared that it was her...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:58 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The long-overdue upgrade of hospital infrastructure to improve service delivery in the public healthcare system is being hampered by government red tape, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton charged on Thursday. “We have been...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:58 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

A BATCH of operating theatre nurses is set to arrive in Jamaica between December 1 and 6, to begin working at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover. The nurses’ arrival is part of an ongoing initiative by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to...

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2022 | 12:07 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Passengers between Kingston, Jamaica, and the city of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America now have an easier way to travel with yesterday’s inaugural flight by Frontier Airlines on the route with a vow to keep costs affordable. The...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2022 | 12:10 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

A group of students from Colombia is in Jamaica, visiting a number of organisations and institutions which cater to persons with intellectual and physical challenges as part of their coursework for a graduate diploma. The Graduate Diploma in...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Lauryn Jones made her mother, Latania Morrison, proud when she participated in and completed the Rayz for Life 5K Run/Walk organised by Jamaica Energy Partners Group last Saturday, which got its start at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. The event was...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Although former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has been widely credited with the formation of the HEART/NSTA Trust some 40 years ago, the concept behind its genesis was not originally his, according to the current head of Government, Andrew Holness,...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2022 | 12:09 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western Morland Wilson wants the Road Traffic Act of 2018 amended to include stiffer fines for motorists who are in breach, as well as mandatory imprisonment for some of the more serious offences. Morland, who...

Published:Thursday | November 3, 2022 | 12:12 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

As the economy continues to bounce back from the ravages of the pandemic, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is lamenting that these strides are not being matched in other areas of national life, pointing to the education sector, the escalating crime...

Published:Monday | October 31, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Energy Partners Group’s inaugural Rayz for Life 5K Run, according to the organisers, was able to raise awareness about cancer and secure funds for the Oncology Unit at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). “Our support from external...

Published:Friday | October 21, 2022 | 12:07 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The annual Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival returns to Minard Estate in Browns Town, St Ann, on Thursday, November 10, under the theme ‘Smart Livestock Production: Safer, Cleaner, Better’. The show was last held in 2019, after which it was...

Published:Thursday | October 20, 2022 | 12:08 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Jamaicans have been challenged to preserve the island’s natural, cultural and national heritage in its many and varied forms manifested in buildings, monuments, landscapes, artefacts, traditions, knowledge, memory, food or music. “This is what...

Published:Friday | October 14, 2022 | 12:10 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) got a major fillip in its healthcare delivery on Thursday with the official opening of the fluoroscopy unit, which medical professionals describing it as a game-changer for Jamaica and the wider...

Published:Friday | October 7, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Government red tape is again being fingered as a barrier to development with Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) the latest entity to come out against bureaucratic hurdles it said is hobbling its efforts to expand the islandwide network of depots,...

Published:Wednesday | October 5, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Jamaicans have been flooding the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) cages and depots with plastic bottles, so much so that the organisation has been unable to offload them for export fast enough, thereby creating a backlog that is not likely to be...

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2022 | 12:08 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

One year and nine months after he died in the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) on December 4, 2020, Daniel Palmer was finally laid to rest on Friday, September 23, 2022. Daughter Nalika Palmer told The Gleaner that while the family was...

Published:Saturday | September 24, 2022 | 12:07 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Known as a roasted coffee company for more than 60 years, Salada Foods Jamaica Limited is moving to reduce its carbon footprint and in the process achieve a bonus of overall improved efficiencies in its operations. The company recently joined the...

Published:Thursday | September 1, 2022 | 12:07 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Jamaicans could soon be chowing down on green banana skin – stir-fried or as part of banana fritter, if executive director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr Ronald Blake, has his way. Or, they could opt for stir-fried Spanish Needle which is usually fed...

Published:Thursday | August 18, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The women and young people who will benefit from the training under the pilot project ‘Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity of Young Farmers and Fisherfolk in Jamaica’ have been challenged to become agents of change for the betterment of Jamaica, as...

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica Emma Tudakovic has noted an urgent need for action to address the ongoing devastating impact of climate change in Jamaica, especially in coastal communities, and has stressed the importance of youth involvement...

Published:Tuesday | August 16, 2022 | 12:05 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

WHEN THE factory that she was contracted to supply sugar cane failed to take the crop the first year, and also refused it the following year, on the grounds that it was standover (stale) cane, St Catherine farmer Patrice Crossfield-Spence stood to...

Published:Friday | August 12, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

Among the development plans Lenworth Fulton, outgoing president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), said his administration was unable to deliver on because of the constraints on public gatherings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, was the...

Published:Thursday | August 11, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

New kid on the block, Rock Solid Plastics, has been making solid inroads into the market since beginning commercial sales of its extensive range of water tanks – 200-, 400-, 650-, 800-, 1,000-, 1,250- and 2,500-gallon tanks in April. “We took time...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has directed the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) working with other agencies, such as the Rural Agricultural Development Authority and the Jamaica Agricultural Society, among other agencies, to do an...

Published:Wednesday | August 3, 2022 | 12:06 AMChristopher Serju/Senior Gleaner Writer

ON AVERAGE, a minimum of 500 pounds of contraband (goods that have been imported illegally) is seized monthly from travellers coming into Jamaica and destroyed by the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries...

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