The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of technology and has caused Jamaicans, particularly the youth, to become innovators in the digital world. Product Marketing Manager at Facebook and digital entrepreneur Malik Mbaye has asserted...
Cyril Dixon has called Cobbla, Manchester, his home for the last 101 years and resides in the same house he grew up in. In that home lies the memories of decades, much of which he can’t remember. Dixon is the youngest and only male among his seven...
Twelve Jamaican tertiary students will be embarking on a five-day online internship programme offered by tech giant Huawei Technologies, through Huawei Jamaica’s Seeds for the Future flagship programme. The programme seeks to develop local ICT...
While the Bustamante Hospital for Children has seen a significant decline in patients with accident-related injuries, lacerations and burns since mid-March, when schools were closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has seen an increase in assumed...
Jamaican teachers and students have been warned by Education Minister Fayval Williams to safeguard the integrity of School-Based Assessments (SBAs) in the wake of criticism from the regional examination body that grading discrepancies gave a...
It has been a struggle for educators who are mothers to school-age children in the COVID-19 education era. Their homes have become halls of learning for their children as well as the tens of thousands they teach online daily. “I have not been...
Principal of Hope Valley Experimental School, Anthony Grant, is reporting that the move to online learning has been a “welcome experience” for the St Andrew-based school. The institution, which currently has a population of 720 students, was...
Contender for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP), Lisa Hanna, has asserted that healing and rebuilding the political organisation’s internal structures must be done outside of the public’s eyes. “For too long, the PNP, in many...
People’s National Party (PNP) presidential candidate Lisa Hanna has said that if she should become prime minister of Jamaica, she will be seeking to make changes to how constituencies are funded. “Those constituencies that are larger should get...
Mark Golding has said that the People’s National Party (PNP) has some work to do to regain the seats it lost in western Jamaica in the September 3 general election. When the dust settled on September 3, all 16 seats in the west went to the Jamaica...
As the November 7 People’s National Party (PNP) presidential election draws closer, prospective candidate Mark Golding is oozing with confidence that he can secure the seat at the helm of the 82-year-old political organisation. Golding, who is...
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa Etienne has issued an appeal to member states to “prioritise a transparent and proactive” communications approach for COVID-19. “The people of our region crave clear guidance....
Jamaica is among six Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) member states which have been provided with the full down payment required for the COVAX Facility. The COVAX Facility is designed to accelerate equitable access by countries globally to...
For 23 years, Terri Ann Leslie has been cooling tempers, extinguishing blazes, and extricating people from crashed vehicles in the western parish of St James. The assistant superintendent is one of two females in the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) who...
Shaneille Hall became an orphan at three years old and was placed in the care of her maternal family. She was learning to adjust to life without her parents and enjoying the joys of childhood when, at five years old, she was sexually abused by her...
FOR THREE decades, RISE (Reaching Individuals through Skills and Education) Life Management Services has been impacting the lives of vulnerable populations in Jamaica. John James*, 40, began a career in the gaming industry in 2009 and was trained...
A week after the official start of school in the COVID-19 era, parents and students in Epsom, St Mary, reported highs and lows of the new normal. Poor Internet connectivity was a common thread in the conversations a Gleaner news team had with...
“Very tragic” is how 17-year-old Malick McIntosh described the path he was on, before enrolling in an intensive mentorship programme at Annotto Bay High School in St Mary. His father was shot and killed in a case of mistaken identity when he was...
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Jasford Gabriel is appealing to the Government to make adjustments to the performance-based placement system for students leaving primary schools for secondary studies, calling for a zoning system or a...
Sixteen-year-old Zaria Ferguson copped nine grade ones in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, adding to the grade one she secured last year for geography. Ferguson, a student of Immaculate Conception High...
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and the Montego Bay Metro have been hard hit by the COVID-19 outbreak that is now into its seventh month in the island. Even with the reigniting of commerce since the frigid lockdowns of the early months,...
“We are wading through the water ... but we are making our way.” That’s how principal of Rock Hall All-Age School in St Andrew, Paula Plummer, summed up the first official day of the academic year as online learning resumed as the new normal of...
After watching many of their crops wilt and die in a five-month-long drought, some struggling farmers in Chudleigh, Manchester, have been reduced to tears. The long-awaited rains have been so heavy and persistent that the remaining crops on much of...
After three weeks of poring over head-scratching numbers and permutations, Dr Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr is just about done collating the data he needs to craft a road map to face-to-face engagement in the COVID-19 era. Then comes the hard part: piecing...
Some 36,000 needy students not registered on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will be able to benefit from vouchers towards the purchase of tablets or laptops. Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval...
