There’s a new kind of PEP trending and it’s not the Primary Exit Profile that is used to place primary school students in high school. It’s the kind that gets parents involved in their children’s well-being as it relates to their education,...
It is the transitional period, a natural biological process before menopause, where a woman might believe she’s actually dying based on what’s happening to her, physically and emotionally. For women not familiar with the effect before it actually...
Juici Patties has opened a new franchise in the booming Drax Hall area of St Ann, thanks to franchisees Shermaine Desnoes and Glen O’Connor, directors of Golden Grain Baking Company. The new location, at Boot service station, offers comfortable...
Professor Alvin Wint piqued the minds of the audience attending the 14th Marcus Garvey Lecture at the St Ann Parish Library on Friday, questioning whether Jamaica’s first national hero would have been pleased with the nation’s development thus far...
More than 30 young ladies from the Granville Place of Safety in Trelawny were fêted during an afternoon trip to the Bahia Principe Grand Jamaica hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, last Friday. The afternoon went well for the girls as they enjoyed lunch...
Ocho Rios-based dancehall veteran Mikeylous has joined a growing list of artistes to record songs in support of Burkina Faso’ president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Since Traoré became president after a coup in 2022, he has done countless positive...
A Calabash to Save the World, a production of Ntukuma, the Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica, takes place at the Little Theatre on Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston, from May 16 - 31. Founder and Artistic Director, Ntukuma’s Dr Amina Blackwood Meeks...
The Most Reverend Charles Dufour, Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, and founder of the Good Shepherd Foundation of Montego Bay, has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Florida-based Friends of Good Shepherd...
A year after the successful inauguration of the St Mary Literary Festival, organiser Paul Ward has published a first book of a collection of the poetry and prose that were presented at the April 2024 launch in Port Maria, St Mary. The book, St...
Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is pleading with regional governments that own lands on which the UWI operates to give it to the university to enable the institution to access funding for...
The China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has commenced construction in Mammee Bay, St Ann, in a section of the Roaring River watershed area under the 50-year US$700-million concession agreement with the Jamaican Government to build the north-...
The Issa family’s contribution to the health sector in Jamaica traces back to the opening of the first Mary Issa clinic in 1955 in downtown Kingston. Seventy years later, Mary Issa’s grandson Paul Issa leads the charge to replace the now defunct...
People’s National Party’s (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell has blasted Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), for not fulfilling several promises he made to the Jamaican electorate. Most of those...
Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Ansord Hewitt, has reaffirmed the agency’s strong support for utility companies as they combat criminal activities targeting their infrastructure. Speaking at the Office of Utilities...
Late Chief Petty Officer Diana Drummond-Thomas of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard was more than a soldier – she was a beacon of light to those around her, leaving a lasting, positive impression on everyone she met. One of those deeply...
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has joined Education International’s (EI) global Go Public! Fund Education campaign, aimed at securing greater investment in education and addressing the global teacher shortage. With 44 million teachers...
For more than 15 years, 32-year-old Doniecia Thomas-Senior of Mile End, St Ann, has been affected by various symptoms including heart palpitations followed by chest pain, shortness of breath and fainting spells. “I’ve been affected for 15 years to...
Following the success of the December 15 clean-up of Ocho Rios, the St Ann Chamber of Commerce is reminding its members of the importance of sustained efforts to maintain a clean and welcoming environment. In a memorandum circulated earlier this...
The Moon Palace Foundation reinforced its commitment to health and wellness with an impactful cancer awareness campaign throughout February, observed as Cancer Awareness Month. In addition to its ongoing health initiatives, the foundation also...
A first ever, all-woman presentation during Tuesday’s post-Cabinet press briefing was a clear reflection of the overall achievements of women that Jamaica is set to celebrate this Saturday for International Women’s Day. Senator Dana Morris Dixon,...
Although United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an expansion of its Cuba restrictive policy on Tuesday, it remains unclear whether Jamaica falls among “complicit” third countries in employing medical personnel through its neighbour’...
Dr Ryan Simpson, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) prospective candidate for St Ann North East, on Monday donated two wheelchairs to the Ocho Rios Health Centre in the parish in response to a request. Simpson said he hoped the wheelchairs would...
The 69-year-old Moneague College in St Ann marked its institutional accreditation status from the University Council of Jamaica with two days of activities earlier this week, under the theme: ‘Reflection and Transformation: Celebrating a Journey of...
Post-secondary education in the Caribbean, including Jamaica, continues to fail in adequately preparing students for the job market, a World Bank report on education transformation in the Caribbean has determined. In the report titled Education in...
THE KAI Springs water brand, a new bottled water venture springing out of St Mary, is expected to come on stream within months and is geared at elevating Jamaica’s water to compete with the leading water brands in the world. Kaiyah Springs Limited...
