Leaders in the diaspora have accused health and wellness minister Dr Christopher Tufton of making “reckless” and “unfortunate” statements, negatively broadbrushing medical missions that have been coming to Jamaica over the years to make a positive...
The Jamaican diaspora was well represented during Monday’s presentation of national honours and awards through at least eight persons who were conferred with such honours. Those receiving honours and awards were Clive ‘DJ Kool Herc’ Campbell, who...
Some 35 automated external defibrillators (AEDs), valued around US$75,000 are to be distributed to 35 schools and institutions this Wednesday during a handover ceremony to be held on the campus of the University of Technology (UTech) in St Andrew....
An upbeat and joyful Jamaica robotics team will return to the island tomorrow afternoon after winning gold at the Singapore Robotics Olympics. Topping last year’s second-place performance, the team beat out the competition to win the Katherine...
A Jamaican man living in Brooklyn, New York, has been hospitalised amid reports that he was beaten by guards while serving a 188-month sentence in a New Hampshire prison. Oneil McKenzie, who was convicted for possession with intent to distribute...
Leaders in the diaspora have voiced their concerns about the rising indiscipline in Jamaican schools and are calling for programmes to stem the tide. The diaspora leaders made their call following recent incidents at two rural schools where...
A 10-member robotics team, sponsored by the United States-based non-profit organisation Union of Jamaica Alumni Association (UJAA), is Singapore bound to compete in the Robotics Olympics. The Olympics will run from October 7-10. Team members are...
An iconic Bronx-based institution, Wembley Athletic Sports Club, has closed its doors after more than 50years of operation. The present president, on whose watch the facility closed, Addiambo Balewa, confirmed to The Gleaner that the location has...
A high-level delegation from Jamaica, led by Senator Aubyn Hill, the country’s minister of industry, investment and commerce, recently held investment discussions in New York with several private and governmental organisations, aimed at boosting...
Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith last week reiterated Jamaica’s commitment to world peace while calling for developed countries and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to...
Cardiologist Dr Bryan A. Smith has been appointed a Presidential Fellow for 2023- 2024 in the United States. Dr Smith, who is of Jamaican descent, follows in the footsteps of Dr Garth Walker, who was named a White House Fellow in 2021-2022, and...
Dr Robert Clarke has described a recently concluded health mission to Jamaica as exhausting but very rewarding. Speaking with The Gleaner, Clarke said he was always left with a good feeling when giving back to Jamaica and assisting people who are...
A team of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare medical practitioners has been in Jamaica since September 6, visiting underserved communities across the island, where they have been providing medical services to those in need. Led by Dr Robert...
Construction is to begin shortly on a new two-bedroom house for 14-year-old Adrianna Laing, almost one year to the date that she suffered major burns requiring major life-saving surgeries. The fire that occurred at the house she shared with her...
NEW YORK, NY: The Garvey School, situated on Baychester Avenue in the Bronx, which reopened at the start of the new school year last Thursday, is facing an uncertain future as the landlord for the building it now occupies is looking to reclaim the...
WITH SCHOOLS in New York City reopening this week, among the people charged with ensuring that the reopening process for the city’s public schools goes smoothly is Jamaica-born Dr Rushell White. White, who is deputy superintendent in the city’s...
City University of New York (CUNY) is to offer five scholarships to honour the late entertainer and civil rights leader Harry Belafonte. This was announced by New York Governor Kathy Hochul at the West Indian Labour Day Parade, held in Brooklyn on...
A 25-member health mission drawn from New York and New Jersey will arrive in the island on September 6 for a nine-day visit. Headed by Dr Robert Clarke, chief medical adviser for the Northeast Diaspora, the health mission is under the auspices of...
The Union of Jamaica Alumni Associations (UJAA), a United States-based organisation, is hoping to raise US$20,000 to help send an 11-member team to the upcoming seventh First Global Challenge (FGC), an Olympics-style robotics competition to be held...
NEW YORK: Jamaica’s consul general to New York, Alsion Wilson, says plans for the construction of a US$1 million robotics training centre at The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Faculty of Medical Sciences by the Hartford Healthcare Center for...
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has urged Jamaicans in the diaspora to adopt clinics in Jamaica as part of efforts to improve the island’s healthcare delivery system. “Forty-five clinics have already been adopted (by the diaspora) but...
The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) is investigating an incident at Norman Manley International Airport in the early hours of last Friday, August 11, where a Jamaican national entering the country was threatened by an immigration...
Twenty-five years ago, a group of Jamaicans living in New Jersey gathered to discuss ways to honour Ardene High School student, Jody-Ann Maxwell on becoming the first Jamaican and Caribbean-born person to win the Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee...
NEW YORK: The Jamaican Government, through its consulate in New York, is monitoring the catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii in the United States to see if any Jamaicans have been impacted. The fires, which started on Tuesday night and have been...
Courtney Washington is today creating fashion for many well-known celebrities and moving in circles that are exclusive; however, his journey to the top has been adorned with many twists and turns. Born in lower Franklin Town, the ‘other side’ of...
