BRUSSELS, Belgium: EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER for International Partnership, Jutta Urpilainen, has made it clear that one of her personal priorities is to guarantee that issues impacting youth and the next generation are not overlooked. These issues,...
THE FINDINGS of a recent survey conducted by Always, an American menstrual hygiene products brand, found that in Jamaica, 96 per cent of teenagers and girls believe that menstrual education must be delivered in schools. This, though, was not seen...
REMAINING HUMBLE before God and ensuring to live as stress-free as possible are two key components of Leonora Virture’s long life and good health. In an interview with The Gleaner, the elderly woman, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday,...
SINCE ITS acquisition of Fleet Diagnostic Laboratory Limited last year July, telehealth service provider MDLink has been building out its services to bring the company closer to achieving its objective of becoming the leading diagnostic laboratory...
MINISTER OF Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, has expressed concern about the number of Jamaicans who are abandoning healthy Jamaican food choices and are instead adopting other cultures centred around processed foods and increased fast...
EDUCATION MINISTER Fayval Williams has suggested that the Opposition was intentionally delaying the much-anticipated amendment of section 24 of the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA) after lawmakers suspended the debate of the Bill yesterday....
ACCORDING TO one lawyer, it is very harmful and damaging for children to be imprisoned under the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA), even though they have not committed an offence. This is because they are exposed to interacting with children...
ABASIEKEME MORRISON’S Nigerian first name, meaning ‘God is able’, epitomises the youngster’s ongoing academic journey. The 10-year-old, a student at Hagley Park Preparatory School in St Andrew, is now breathing a sigh of relief following the...
JAMAICAN MEN in long-term, committed relationships, such as marriage, are being encouraged to show greater patience and compassion towards their female companions who have been recognised as having infertility issues. As June is celebrated as...
This year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize has been awarded to Jamaican writer Kwame McPherson. His entry was titled Ocoee, taking its name from a town in Florida where several African Americans were massacred in a horrifying, racially motivated...
ANDRE BROWN is overjoyed as he prepares for a September reunion with his son, Jaheim, who has spent nearly all of his life in state care. In an interview with The Gleaner, Brown said that when his son was just seven months old, his mother had taken...
The Jamaica Household Workers’ Union (JHWU) is anticipating that the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021, which takes effect on July 3, will have a ripple effect of breaking the silence of domestic workers who have been enduring...
For nearly five months, Donna McDowell, a Jamaican living in the United States, has been washed with feelings of distress after not receiving a motor vehicle she purchased on February 17 from a local, St Andrew-based used-car dealership. McDowell,...
IN ENSURING that the Best Care Special Education School in Kingston becomes self-sufficient, administrators have already looked towards expanding its recently established vegetable farm and shade-house project. Speaking with The Gleaner at...
AS ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) continues to advance at a fast pace and is integrated into daily life, ambassador Dushyant Savadia, founder and CEO of the Amber Group, is concerned that Jamaica may be left behind if people do not become acquainted...
ADMINISTRATORS AT Barking Lodge Primary School, located in deep rural St Thomas, are appealing to the public for assistance through cash or kind, to help with the completion of a resource centre which has been in construction since 2008. Tannia...
AMID THE recent circulation of Jamaica’s new banknotes, some local businesses have raised concern about the sector’s readiness to distinguish between those which are genuine, as opposed to others that fraudsters might introduce into the system at...
HORACE LINDSAY and his son, 14-year-old Usain, demonstrates the unbreakable bond that has been said to exist between fathers and their sons. Studies suggest that the reason why this bond is so important is because it has a significant impact on a...
Christine Grant could not contain her enthusiasm to witness the launch of Jamaica’s new banknotes, so much so that she travelled all the way from the northwestern parish of Hanover to be one of the first individuals from the parish to get their...
THE PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is working to identify volatile and vulnerable communities in Spanish Town, St Catherine to benefit from its Project STAR initiative. This disclosure was made by Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee, vice...
THE PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is encouraging Jamaicans to support its Project STAR initiative that aims to transform the human capital of Jamaica. Julian Mair, co-sponsor and public funding lead adviser of the project, stated...
A CALL has been made for Jamaicans to get aboard the ‘STEM train’ amid the ever-evolving world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Getting involved is seen as very important given the unpredictability of the world environment that...
SPECIAL EDUCATION teachers at the Randolph Lopez School of Hope are demanding the resignation of the school’s principal due to what they have called an outright disregard for their and the children’s safety, among other issues that have not been...
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...
