CHRISTOPHER GARDENER was once a cheerful young man who has always been determined to work and earn his way through life. But two years ago, he fell ill and as a result, his health, and life as he knew it, took a sharp turn for the worse. Gardener...
Despite the soaring fortunes of the global services sector in Jamaica, business process outsourcing outfits (BPOs) are haemorrhaging hundreds of jobs monthly, stoking concerns among some sector interests about companies’ retention rates. Many of...
Seventy-six-year-old Gladstone Grant, whose vision is clouded by cataracts, has found the night-time trip along the Mount Vernon Gap breakaway in St Thomas particularly challenging. Since the roadway crumbled under the weight of torrential rain...
Having been repeatedly trapped inside their community following heavy rainfall and perennial flooding from the overflowing Negro River, residents of River Head in St Thomas said they are weary of state neglect and are demanding swift intervention...
Police Corporal Rohan Smith is a highly dedicated individual who places service above self. His overarching goal is to improve society by doing one good deed at a time for the betterment of the nation and its children. Smith, on Friday, received...
Ministry of Education officials have been warned to tread carefully on religious rights and freedoms as it seeks to establish protocols to govern devotional exercises in the wake of bizarre scenes on Wednesday at Oberlin High School where dozens of...
With school-age children committing 52 gun-related murders and 82 shootings in Jamaica since 2018, there are calls for increased action to keep firearms out of the hands of students and away from places of learning. The issue of violence...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed certainty that once Jamaica leverages technology to achieve prosperity and establishes more partnerships with technology firms like Huawei, the leading world provider of information and communications...
More than seven households located along the Rocky Hill Road in the Gibraltar Housing Scheme, St Mary, have complained about persistent low voltage for more than a month. The residents lamented about spending most days in darkness. They claimed...
Residents of Third Street in Trench Town are experiencing a heightened level of anxiety as mere hours after a shootout claimed the life of Corporal Oliver Mullings and 26-year-old Shemar Fletcher, a second fatal incident occurred, taking the life...
The Rollington Town Health Centre in Kingston on Friday became the 39th facility to be adopted under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic Programme. The 43-year-old type-two health centre will benefit from an injection of more than...
REGIONAL DIRECTOR of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Errol Greene, says the main issue facing the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is the high number of outdated medical equipment that medical personnel have to rely on the...
The Equality For All Foundation Jamaica (EFAF) is reporting that more organisations are becoming more tolerant of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) employees. After an explorative case study on the employment of LGBTQ+ people...
As she gazed into the distance at the home in which Michael ‘Mikey’ Graham once lived, Shantal Thomas was at a loss as to how she would carry on in caring for her three children, two of whom were fathered by him. Speaking with The Gleaner on Friday...
Joshua Mattis believes that the sport of skateboarding has saved his life, offering him an avenue to break free from his abusive past and set him on a course for a brighter future. “It changed my life a lot because if it wasn’t for it, me woulda...
Attorney-at-law Matthew Royal believes that the Broadcasting Commission’s move to impose an immediate ban on the playing of music glorifying lottery fraud, the use of illegal substances and illegal firearms raises a number of potential...
As part of yesterday’s commemoration of World Mental Health Day, the Convent of Mercy (Alpha) in Kingston received a symbolic wellness bench, representing a safe place for students of the all-girls institution to unburden themselves from the...
While President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) John Mahfood is lamenting the high-energy prices that continue to significantly impact the manufacturing sector’s electricity and transportation costs, former energy...
Tanya Williams is growing more anxious daily as her two-year-old son, Jahari Headley, is in need of urgent heart surgery with his condition worsening. In an interview with The Gleaner on Friday, Williams detailed how she took her son to the doctor’...
Julia Rogers was overcome with emotion on Thursday being one of two recipients of a two-bedroom home, valued at under $6 million each under the Government’s indigent housing solution programme. The resident of Fleet Street in Kingston Central...
Some Jamaican creatives have called for more art festivals to be organised in the various communities across Jamaica to help struggling artists promote themselves and realise their full potential. Musician Kenardo Ellis was one of three persons who...
The Japanese government has donated a marine vessel to Jamaica to help strengthen the island’s capacity to police its borders. The vessel, which was donated through Japan’s grant aid programme, was handed over in a ceremony at Marine Police...
G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is seeking to expand its campus’ facilities and double student enrolment to maximise revenue generation as part of its strategic five-year plan. Chairman Vishu Tolan said that the 42-year-old...
The Michael Lee-Chin-owned Trident Estate in Port Antonio has submitted a road realignment proposal to extend the footprint of its landholding to envelop more picturesque seafront in Portland. The move, which could add buoyancy to property value...
The transport operator who breached the lock on one of three safety floodgates in the Bog Walk Gorge, St Catherine, on Monday during storm rains has expressed regret for his action, claiming that he felt compelled to reach home to attend to his...
