Published:Wednesday | July 22, 2015 | 11:40 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Professor Michael Taylor, head of the Climate Studies Group Mona, has urged policymakers to become proactive in dealing with issues of climate change, indicating that the country is currently facing what he describes as an "expansion of...
Following a vow made my Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to develop more stringent laws to deal with child killers, Justice Minister Mark Golding has indicated that a proposal, which was taken to Cabinet, was approved and legislation is to be...
Whether it's giving 67 minutes of your time to serve the nation's children, launching an education campaign to uphold the rights of individuals, or just reflecting on his life and work over the years, persons are being encouraged to do whatever they...
Published:Wednesday | July 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Concerns over the bullying of homosexuals in schools is among issues at the root of a security manual to be launched at the start of the new academic year.The disclosure was made by Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites, who, following his...
More than a month after Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller instructed the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to start relocating people living on riverbanks and other areas vulnerable to natural disasters, the urgency of her...
Despite news that surfaced last year that the United States President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) had discontinued its funding of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training (CHART) Network, the Ministry of Health on Monday announced that...
Published:Saturday | July 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
When The Gleaner tried to contact 58-year-old Raphael Young on Friday, he was busy sitting an entrance test, to further his studies at the HEART Trust/ National Training Agency (NTA) in welding and carpentry.It all started when Young participated in...
UP TO press time yesterday, Jennifer Housen, the lawyer representing Neville Mckenzie, the 68-year-old man who was denied re-entry into the United Kingdom (UK), where he has lived for decades, said she was still awaiting an invitation from the...
Published:Wednesday | July 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Neville McKenzie, has been a resident of 90 Mawbey Street, Stockwell, London, since December 1962. He came to Jamaica in November of last year, to attend his aunt's funeral. However, when he decided to return to England, on June 19 of this year, he...
The Rowlandsfield facility in St Thomas was empty, while at other catchment areas the water level was less than two inches, a testament to the severity of the water crisis in Jamaica's most eastern parish, when The Gleaner news team visited on...
The planned transform-ation and redevelopment of downtown Kingston will include a focus on housing development as policymakers aim for the right infrastructure mix, consistent with the dynamics of changing environmental and climatic conditions....
Authorities are considering implementing a structured framework to properly monitor how animals are buried. In an interview with The Gleaner, Leonard Francis, director of the Spatial and Planning Division at the National Environment and Planning...
Published:Saturday | June 27, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
THE DIRECTOR of the spatial and planning division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is encouraging persons to embrace green development in a bid to help mitigate against the effects of climate change.Green development is a land-...
Both Melissa Dell and RieAnna Barclay of the Queen's Preparatory School in St Andrew struggled to write simple stories as they prepared for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) examinations. However, both gained perfect scores when the results were...
Published:Wednesday | June 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
It is projected that, come next year, the country could face worsening challenges with respect to water availability.Jeffery Spooner, director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, noted that this is due to the strengthening of the El Niño...
Published:Saturday | June 20, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD RENÈE McDonald was the first Jamaican, selected by the International Seabed Authority for the 2015 At-Sea Training Programme.She described it as a life-changing opportunity.The programme is provided by the China Ocean Mineral...
With a shaky start at the end of grade five, into the start of grade six, teachers at the Vaz Preparatory School in Kingston, did not expect 42 out of the 79 students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) to gain averages over 90 per cent....
Published:Wednesday | June 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Hannah Farr has been a perfectionist ever since she started attending kindergarten. However, a few years later, after sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), she never expected to receive perfect scores. The Vaz Preparatory School student,...
Published:Saturday | June 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMJodi-Ann Gilpin
Albert Daley, head of the Climate Change Division at the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, has expressed concerns over what he says has been a lack of funding from developed countries to assist small island developing states...
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites is pushing for climate change to be included in the school curriculum come September.Thwaites told The Gleaner on the weekend that the proposal has been in the pipeline for a while and that he is hoping that it can...
Kathryn Lawrence, deputy head girl at St Andrew High School for Girls, had to try hard to restrain her emotions as she watched the school flag, which she designed, being hoisted for the first time.Speaking with The Gleaner following the inaugural...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's instructions that persons living on river banks must be removed might not be fully executed during this hurricane season, Local Government Minister Noel Arscott has indicated.Simpson Miller, who was addressing...
As the impacts of climate change become more evident, Hinrich Tholken, head of the Division on Climate and Environmental Foreign Policy, in addition to Sustainable Economy, at the German Federal Foreign Office, has urged policymakers to consider...
Hilary Alexander, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Science,Technology, Energy and Mining, has underscored the need for a stable and resilient information and communication technology (ICT) sector to be included in the plans for disaster...
Sheikh Musa Tijani, director and head of education for the Islamic Council of Jamaica, yesterday expressed confidence that the Islamic faith would be a critical element in conquering the chilling murder statistics, in addition to other immoral...
