With the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) reporting a 41 per cent increase in emergency calls to motor vehicle crashes last year, Commissioner Stewart Beckford is seeking to ramp up the brigade’s operational response to save more lives from serious...
Fish vendors hoping for a bountiful Easter season after two years of flagging sales as a result of the pandemic are keeping their eyes peeled, hoping for a miracle as the traditionally buoyant period is yet to spring to life. Easter is...
To memorialise her America-born daughter’s first trip to Jamaica, the mother-daughter duo published their first-ever children’s book titled Jayla’s Journey to Jamaica, which unfolds the thematic concerns of family, food and highlights authentic...
Among the many challenges the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) encounters, access to water remains a major concern for its members’ ability to carry out duties within the many districts across the island. Commissioner Stewart Beckford has expressed...
Jahzeal Clarke realised his calling in life was to help individuals who have been through similar, if not worse, circumstances than himself. Despite the fact that his mother died when he was only 10 years old and his family abandoned him, forcing...
After 10 years of fighting hormonal acne, which surfaced when she was 11 years old, Janae ‘Sunshine’ Edwards has sought to learn about proper skincare on her own and has fashioned it into a business to help others suffering from the condition....
The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, held on the lawns of Devon House on Saturday, featured some of Jamaica’s finest creatives and their contributions to why visitors return or foreigners feel compelled to visit...
After becoming bored with his mother, La-Toya Samuels-Cousins, reading him bedtime stories authored by others, eight-year-old Liam Cousins began making up his own tales as a new night-time tradition. Those narrations of his wildest thoughts to his...
A former commissioner of police has called for a radical shake-up in law enforcement to rein in violent crime, with a purge of the constabulary articulated as crucial to boosting public confidence. “Discover them, clean them out, and clear them out...
Marlene Malahoo Forte, minister of legal and constitutional affairs, has asserted that while rights are non-negotiable and must be assured and given the highest level of attention, it is fellow citizens – and not the State – who are behind the...
Members of the Guild of Students at the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE) are working to develop proactive solutions to address security concerns among the student population. Following the devastating abduction and rape of a...
Bakers, farmers and egg retailers are in a wait-and-see mode to gauge how a hike in the price of table eggs, which took effect on Monday, will affect their business operations. Doreen Hibbert, manager of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, told...
Omolora Wilson, who was declared as the new guild president at the University of the West Indies Mona campus on Sunday night, aspires to be a versatile student leader by interacting with students from various halls, faculties, and countries, all of...
A £35.5-million (approximately J$7-billion) project to bring irrigation water to farmers in the Breadbasket Parish is set to get under way shortly, after being stuck in the pipeline since 2017. Joseph Gyles, CEO of the National Irrigation...
The National Irrigation Commission Limited (NIC) on Thursday awarded scholarships to 22 secondary and tertiary students in an effort to assist in their academic pursuits. Two batches of students from the academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022...
Earnest prayers were made for the protection of the residents of Maverley in St Andrew Friday morning, a little more than 12 hours after a brazen gun attack by gangsters who shot six people, leaving three dead, on Thursday night. Old-time gospel...
Moments before Prince William and Duchess Catherine arrived at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in St Andrew yesterday, several students and teachers excitedly began lining the various corridors in anticipation of their arrival and of greeting the...
As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare to visit Jamaica today on the second stop in a three-country Caribbean tour, local vendors have called for the renaming of streets and places honouring the monarchy in the capital. Royal visits have long...
Scotiabank Jamaica has embarked on another year of empowering and developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Jamaica. Through its Scotiabank Vision Achiever programme, another 25 SMEs will participate in the 17-week...
RESIDENTS OF Gordon Town were treated on Saturday by the Papine New Testament Church of God’s Life Builders Ministry, which organised a free community barbecue. The purpose of this, according to Reverend Ajilon Ferdinand, the church’s head, was to...
After a two-year hiatus, stadium vendors are thrilled to be able to resume their livelihoods, expressing that they are looking forward to refilling their pockets to make up for all that has been lost due to the financial strain brought on by the...
Family members of 75-year-old Corbin Thompson, who has been missing for over two weeks, remain worried as they continue to seek the assistance of the police and the public to locate him. Thompson, who lives in Lionel Town, Clarendon, has been...
The Constitution Hill Primary and Infant School, located in East Rural St Andrew, is working toward the ultimate objective of discontinuing operations as a multi-grade institution. Melicia Mathison, principal of the school, informed The Gleaner on...
A ward who reportedly attempted suicide on Monday afternoon at the South Camp Juvenile Correctional and Remand Centre for Girls is recovering in hospital. The incident took place around 5 p.m. The 17-year-old ward was discovered hanging in her...
DESPITE THE theft of the community Wi-Fi hotspot in Golden Spring in February, the Universal Service Fund’s chief executive officer believes that the 120 hotspots erected out of a total of 189 targeted locations for access points to be deployed...
