Vandals have been tampering with National Water Commission (NWC) systems, sometimes stealing pieces of critical equipment, causing disruption to the company’s operations for hours and even days at a time. In one of the latest attacks, thieves made...
Pensioners in the community of Bull Bay, which is located at the St Andrew-St Thomas border, are expressing frustration at the inconvenience they now have to endure to access crucial services since the demolition of the local health centre and post...
DURING THE heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, St Mary native Aneta Blackett-Ricketts quickly realised a growing need to assist the less fortunate within her community of Islington. By starting a feeding programme that satisfies the hunger of the...
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jacqueline Dillon has noted that the Domestic Violence Intervention Centres (DVICs) have been having a major impact since their inception in 2021, with more males stepping forward to report abuse. While the...
As the town’s population steadily grows, so have calls for the installation of traffic signals in the town centre of Junction, St Elizabeth. Residents of the area have argued that the signals could reduce accidents as they regulate traffic....
Local not-for-profit entities can now submit proposals for an opportunity to benefit from the Local Engagement and Action Fund (LEAF) under the Field Support Services Project Caribbean (FSSP-C) funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Available are...
Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison is encouraging Jamaicans to become positive interrupters within the lives of the nation’s children. Speaking on Wednesday at the media launch of Child Month 2023, which will be observed in May, Gordon-...
A thick plume of smoke hung over sections of downtown Kingston on Wednesday afternoon as a raging fire consumed two tenement properties, leaving at least nine adults and six children homeless. Twenty-five-year-old Yanique Ross, who was conducting...
Residents of Black River in St Elizabeth are expressing concern over the safety of users of the JAG Myers Municipal Park, especially children, after a large crocodile was spotted sunbathing at the municipal facility recently. Not only are they...
Nineteen early childhood educators in the Southeast region of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), who are beneficiaries of the multimillion-dollar grant funding programme to pursue tertiary education, were last week presented with cash. They...
The Government is being called on to do more to trigger a shift in how society views people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Carla Moore, an advocate and lecturer at The University of the West Indies’ Institute for Gender and Development...
Jamaican writers Kwame McPherson and Demoy Lindo are among 28 individuals whose short stories have been shortlisted for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Administered by the Commonwealth Foundation, an intergovernmental organisation, the...
Through its Build Back the Love for Jamaica campaign, charity organisation Food For the Poor (FFP) Jamaica is building on its long tradition of assisting underprivileged Jamaicans. In conjunction with the FFP’s efforts, Boom Energy Drink recenty...
St Elizabeth councillors are calling for greater use of technology and an increase in police patrols to deter criminal elements preying on small business owners. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on Thursday...
The Kiwanis Club of North St Andrew (KCNSA) is currently undergoing fundraising efforts to offer well-needed support to the Matthew 25:40 Boys’ Home operated by the Mustard Seed Communities. Through the recently launched Sensational Solar Raffle...
Some Jamaicans have voiced concern about a possible roach infestation along the Palisadoes strip which not only leads to the Norman Manley International Airport and the community of Port Royal, but also serves as a major passageway to the capital...
The community of Wakefield in rural St Catherine continues to thirst for access to running water in their taps. The years-long inconvenience has soured the spirits of residents of the farming community, which largely relies on the weather to bring...
Superintendent Bobette Morgan-Simpson, head of the St Mary Police Division, has voiced concern over an ongoing sewage inundation problem affecting the Port Maria Police Station. In an interview with The Gleaner on Saturday, Morgan said that just...
Enoch Tackey, who has lived in The Netherlands for over three decades, found himself with a lot of unanswered questions when his then 11-year-old son brought to his attention that there was a man on the Internet with similar facial features to him...
After years of calls for Chief Takyi (also known as Tacky) to be declared a national hero, St Mary Western Member of Parliament Robert Montague has hinted that such a change in status might soon be a reality. Speaking at a civic ceremony to mark...
In 2020, Petrova Kenward visiting a friend in the United States who had artistically added rhinestone trimmings to her graduation cap and an outline of Jamaica topped with a local proverb. Six months later, Kenward had a dream one night that the...
Taking care of children is not always a simple task, and it can be especially difficult when that child has been diagnosed with a developmental disorder like autism. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder caused by...
Despite being dealt a bad hand in life, former state ward Anthony Ellis is striving to restructure his life to make an impactful contribution to society through sport. The 21-year-old recently represented Jamaica in the two-man bobsleigh event at...
A Jamaica-born author and illustrator of children’s books wants more to be done to raise awareness about people living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain that impacts social...
Thirty-year-old Emerson Benjamin says he has turned a new leaf, having shunned his former lifestyle of being engaged in criminal activities, and is now more focused and driven to be an agent of positive change in his community of Majesty Gardens in...
