With the new school term set to begin next Monday, at least one principals’ group is renewing concerns about the ongoing challenges with remote learning even as it awaits a decision from the Ministry of Education on the format classes will take. In...
The COVID-19 pandemic has held the greater portion of 2020 in its grip. While its impact on many sectors has been noted, an area outside of the limelight which has been impacted in the cultural arena is language, with the creation of new words and...
It has been 54 years since Moreen and Reginald Francis exchanged wedding vows, and the flame of love still burns in their hearts. The couple, who hail from Pimento Walk in Ocho Rios, St Ann, told The Gleaner that it took some time for Reginald to...
Twenty-nine-year-old Citerina Atkins did not dream that she would become a farmer. The deCarteret College alumna, who hails from New Hall in Manchester, had her sights set on a career in finance. After graduating from The University of the West...
LaFrance Gayle started showing an interest in animal rearing from an early age. The helpful lad would delight in assisting Paul, a goat farmer in Top Hill, Manchester, so much so that the farmer, who admired his dedication, gave him his own kid to...
The Christmas season has been brightened for 100 children between six and 12 years old in Corporate Area children’s homes with the donation of several copies of a local colouring book and supplies. The book, Chat Tu Mi...
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Tank-Weld has brought Christmas cheer to 2,000 Jamaicans across several communities, with grocery and toiletries. “It came at the time when I needed it most,” said Nora Thompson, a resident of Rio Bueno in Trelawny. Thompson...
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD William Andrew Kirlew had just put a cassava pudding in the oven before answering his home phone in Naples, Florida. Born in Braes River, St Elizabeth, on November 29, 1920, Kirlew has created a life and legacy esteemed by...
“Hello, there, merry Christmas how you been Gee, it’s so good to meet with you online It’s been a long, long time I’m still trying to manage school online So I’m really praying to get a tablet for Christmas.” That’s stanza one of a...
Commencing next year, surgical specimens and biopsies for patients at the Mandeville Regional Hospital will no longer have to be sent to Cornwall Regional Hospital for processing, following the opening of the Histopathology Laboratory on Thursday...
Shawn Castell was a picture of fulfilment as he spoke to The Gleaner yesterday shortly after he was presented with a marine Igloo, a length of rope, and a variety of other fishing equipment. “I will be able to upgrade my fishing business by...
THE HUMAN Development Report (HDR) 2020 ‘The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene’ has taken into account, for the first time, the pressure countries put on the planet. The experimental index, Planetary pressures-adjusted Human...
Miranda McCallum, operator of a variety shop in Bull Bay, St Andrew, has watched woefully as sales plunged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, driving down consumer confidence and pushing many small business owners over the edge. “I sell from a pin to an...
Residents in the St Andrew East Rural communities of Shooters Hill and Weise Road are still in the recovery phase from the devastation caused by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Zeta in late October. Mud-stained buildings, sunken homes, cracked...
Former detective Corporal of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Kevon Miller, has been making strides in the United States and his home country in the field of law. Miller grew up in Troy district, Trelawny, with his grandparents as his father...
Eliminating fear among teachers and students has been vital to the reopening of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic, acting chief education officer, Dr Kasan Troupe, has reported. Troupe made that disclosure on Monday as 21 more schools reopened...
A warm smile greeted us, and then a curious Olive Dixon remarked, “I wonder what you want to talk to me about.” Dixon, a retired dietician, was born on November 14, 1920, in Kingston and recently celebrated her 100th birthday at her Meadowbrook...
Chief executive officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, is appealing for the establishment of a children’s court in Jamaica. “A court that’s just there for children, with all the bells and whistles –...
Althea was 27 years old and pregnant when she found out that she was HIV-positive. “It was already rumoured in my community before I did my test due to a prior relationship my partner had. So I was already expecting the positive result. I was just...
With a breakaway ruling out commute along their normal Gordon Town road route, Christmas tree farmers have seen their journey from Penlyne Castle to Constant Spring Road in Half-Way Tree more than double this year. As the Christmas shopping season...
Nine-year-old Raje Josephs has been battling with stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma for more than a year and is in urgent need of a life-saving bone marrow transplant after undergoing nine cycles of chemotherapy and 26 cycles of radiation. Cancer of...
Environmentalist Diana McCaulay is calling for an immediate ban as the Government urges suppliers of packaging products to find more eco-friendly alternatives to plastic options that have replaced styrofoam in the food and beverage industry....
Kerry-Ann Palmer is demanding answers from the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM) about the death of her father, 64-year-old taxi operator Harrison Palmer, who was killed in controversial circumstances during a police shooting last...
Ramping up housing solutions will not in itself solve Jamaica’s crisis of informal settlements until there is a fundamental shift in generational social problems. That is the view of Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate...
Acting Sergeant Muriel White and District Officer Andrea Morris have given a combined total of 50 years of stellar service to the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and for their effort, they recently received the medal of honour for long service and good...
