Dr Elaine McCarthy, chairperson of the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches (JUGC), hailed the hundreds of persons who turned out for the renewal of the annual mass prayer event in Half-Way Tree Square on Sunday to intercede for the nation’s...
Camille Barrett, a Television Jamaica (TVJ) producer, hopes to see tourism arrivals and spending figures keep climbing, with more Jamaicans benefiting in the long run. In April, her manager, Judith Alberga, introduced her to the World Broadcasting...
With technology at the fingertips of Jamaican children, and the threat of adults who engage in sexual grooming through social media sites and apps, Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison is putting individuals overseas on notice that they can...
Tragedy struck on a sewage-filled Harbour View street in St Andrew last Tuesday after a motorist lost control of his vehicle while trying to navigate the mucky roadway. The vehicle being driven by Devon Edwards, who lived in Port Royal, reportedly...
Gary Rowe, a member of the People’s National Party (PNP) from North East Manchester’s executive group, lost his right foot six months ago, but he was determined to be physically present for the party’s 85th annual conference. Rowe, like other...
Residents of a section of Harbour View in St Andrew are frustrated with the lack of response to their pleas for relief from the stench of overflowing sewage in their community. The sewage, near the offices of West Indies Home Contractors Ltd (...
Kingston Creative’s beautification project in downtown Kingston will today receive a further boost of US$15,000 from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and Expedia Group to continue the mission of beautifying the previously aged spaces and enhancing...
MARK GOLDING, president of the People’s National Party (PNP), is confident that his party will be victorious at the polls in the next general election. Speaking at the PNP’s St Andrew South Constituency Conference at the Tony Spaulding Complex in...
FOR THE last three years Arianna Warren, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation’s 2023 parish champion for Kingston, has been living without electricity and using a kerosene lamp to study at nights. After the loss of the power source to her...
It was a bittersweet send-off on Sunday for Dr Peter Phillips in the constituency of East Central St Andrew,which he has anchored for the past 29 years. Phillips resigned as constituency chairman for East Central St Andrew in February 2021....
When Crystal Bent underwent an interview for a scholarship with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation some days ago, she left the judges speechless because of the three words she honestly uttered: “I lost everything.” The 20-year-old young...
THE JAMAICA Public Service Foundation has donated $16 million to The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to conduct workshops for Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examination (CAPE)-level students in science, technology, engineering and...
Nine-year-old Marley Case, who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder, has only one wish: to be able to swallow and digest food with ease. Touted as ‘the worst disease you never heard of ‘, epidermolysis bullosa causes his skin to blister and...
For the three years that Ajahni Walton pursued courses for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) at Barracks Road Primary School in Montego Bay, he was bullied, but thankfully not to the point of depression and failure. On Tuesday, Ajahni was announced as...
The government has committed its support for popular Jamaican radio jock, radio host and entrepreneur, Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess, who has embarked upon a $600-million housing/construction project in honour of his late mother, Mavis Almira Burgess...
National Mathematics Coordinator Dr Tameka Benjamin is encouraging teachers to work towards becoming more financially literate this year and to use that power to boost their earnings. Speaking at the Scotia Group Personal Financial Management...
As the nation approaches the start of another academic year, Marsha Smith, state minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, is calling for local educators to teach through the popular social media app TikTok. While speaking during the annual...
Dr Laura-Lee Lynch is happy to be the first Jamaican dental surgeon awarded a Chevening Scholarship in the programme’s 40 years of existence. Lynch, who works with the Hanover Health Services, told The Gleaner last week that she was first...
Los Angeles-based, Jamaica-born Dr E. Dale Abel has been awarded the Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award, the Endocrine Society’s highest honour. The annual award recognises lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the field...
Antoune McFarlane, bursary recipient in the Burger King National Scholarship Programme is set on breaking the generational curse of poverty which has overtaken his family. In an interview immediately after collecting his bursary at the Burger King...
When The Gleaner’s Tanesha Mundle submitted her first and sole entry in the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Media Awards 2022, she did so just for the fun of it. The bubbly journalist was in the newsroom engaging colleagues in vibrant...
With one day left for persons to invest in Project STAR’s initial public offering (IPO) and only roughly 40 per cent of the available shares on offer taken up, the leaders of the initiative are appealing to more people to embrace it. According to...
BEFORE MASAKUI Rungsung, the Indian high commissioner to Jamaica, and his delegation, close their chapter of leadership in the country, they hope to see Indian dance culture rise to a level of prominence as dancehall. In continuing its efforts...
Keith Nugent, one of two men who will be awarded the Badge of Honour for Gallantry (BH {G}) on Heroes Day for assisting with the rescue of four women after a motor vehicle accident on April 8 last year, still has nightmares about the one he could...
Dr Imani Tafari-Ama, opinion writer for The Gleaner, counts herself lucky to have been selected for a second time to pursue a programme under the United States’ (US) Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program. She will teach in the Anthropology...
