LOCAL BARS have been viewed as a place of refuge for many individuals suffering with mental health issues, feelings of stress, and a myriad of life challenges. Jason Russell, chief executive officer of Pier One Jamaica – a restaurant, bar and...
TRILLIONS OF dollars in reparations are owed to nations affected by slavery, a recently concluded study on the quantification of reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery (TCS) in the Americas and the Caribbean has found. The report identifies...
The participation of young children in initiatives aimed at addressing issues regarding climate change must be encouraged. This sentiment was shared by Sheneka Robinson-Wright, project director, TUI Junior Academy Jamaica. Speaking with The Gleaner...
HEALTH AND Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is urging students to engage in physical activity and exercise as a means of navigating stressful situations. Speaking at a mental wellness school intervention wrap session yesterday at Denham...
FOR COUNCILLOR Donna Lumsden, a Jamaican living in the United Kingdom (UK), the road to success has not been easy. As the second of her parents’ eight children, Lumsden, in an interview with The Gleaner on Monday, detailed how quickly she had to...
DESPITE EXPERIENCING one of the lowest moments of his life, owing to health issues that kept him in the hospital for 14 months, Dean Rhoden’s strong sense of duty to community through service remains unwavering. The Jamaica-born scouts leader has...
“Our doctrine for development must change as a nation.” This statement was made by Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for water, environment and climate change, who...
THE GOVERNMENT is being urged to boost youth involvement in sustainable living and the maintenance of green spaces. Capitalising on current social trends -- which involves wide participation by young people -- has been cited as a means to increase...
FARMERS IN Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) continue to be reluctant in registering their livestock with the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining. This concern was raised...
VIOLET PINNOCK-Reynolds has been a mother figure and guiding light not only to her own children, but to many individuals within her community of Arthurs Seat, Clarendon. The elder, who celebrates her 100th birthday today, was born in 1923 and has...
IT HAS been nearly four years since a fire razed the dormitory building of the Jamaica National Children’s Home (JNCH), in August 2019. Administrators are still faced with the challenge of not being able to house the full number of children who...
TO ALLAY concerns of National Housing Trust (NHT) employees, the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees’ (UCASE) General Secretary, John Levy, is urging swift action in finalising deliberations for implementation of the job...
One of the many aspects of the agricultural industry that Floyd Green, the recently returned minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, wants to focus on is the rehabilitation of farm roads across St Andrew. Highlighting the constituencies of...
SCHOOL-AGED children from a wide cross-section of communities – some of which have repeatedly been featured in reports of missing children – were on Thursday sensitised to ways in which they are targeted and influenced by perpetrators whose intent...
A CALL has been made for parenting education to be integrated in high school students’ curricula to limit the effects of poor parenting techniques on children. Poor parenting techniques is said to be one of many factors influencing the number of...
Local primary school principals in Clark’s Town, Trelawny, and Lionel Town, Clarendon, have expressed their gratitude for the sprucing-up activities carried out at the educational institutions by the National Rums of Jamaica (NRJ) on Tuesday as...
ALTHOUGH DOROTHY Blaine Price-Maitland was not born in August Town in Kingston, after relocating there in the late 1990s her affinity for improving the quality of life for others, especially younger generations, kicked in. When Price-Maitland,...
Opera singer Patricia ‘Pat’ Gooden says she wishes to see greater opportunities made available for Jamaican youth in the performing arts and beyond. Prior to her expected relocation to England after spending more than half of her adult life here,...
PATRICIA ‘AUNTY Pat’ Gooden, acclaimed musician and performer, is set to reside in England after spending 57 years contributing to the nation’s development through the arts. The 83-year-old, who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, first arrived in...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says it is aiming to get the region ready for full electronic testing of digitised exams, a move it believes would assist in eliminating the recurring leaks of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC...
JAMAICANS ARE being encouraged to utilise the services of the Ministry of Justice, such as the national child diversion programme, to establish Jamaica as a ‘peaceful paradise’. This call was made by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck at the ministry’s...
DR EARL Wright, a consultant psychiatrist, is advising parents to ensure that their child is raised in a safe and secure environment to forestall the development of mental health issues and personality disorders. Further, he explained that this...
EMPLOYERS ARE being encouraged to foster positive and healthier minds among their employees through establishing employer-assistance programmes (EAPs). An EAP is defined as a work-based intervention that is intended to help employees identify and...
JAMAICAN WRITER Kwame McPherson has been named the Caribbean winner of the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. His piece, Ocoee, came out on top after being shortlisted in April. He was among 28 individuals – 10 men and 18 women – who were...
IT HAS not always been easy for Captain Betty-Ann Nicole Burnett, a Jamaica-born US army captain, to lead in a ‘man’s world’. The 48-year-old migrated from her hometown of Mile Gully, Manchester, just four days before reaching the age of 18 and...
