When Crystal Bent underwent an interview for a scholarship with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation some days ago, she left the judges speechless because of the three words she honestly uttered: “I lost everything.” The 20-year-old young...
THE JAMAICA Public Service Foundation has donated $16 million to The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to conduct workshops for Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examination (CAPE)-level students in science, technology, engineering and...
Nine-year-old Marley Case, who is suffering from a rare genetic disorder, has only one wish: to be able to swallow and digest food with ease. Touted as ‘the worst disease you never heard of ‘, epidermolysis bullosa causes his skin to blister and...
For the three years that Ajahni Walton pursued courses for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) at Barracks Road Primary School in Montego Bay, he was bullied, but thankfully not to the point of depression and failure. On Tuesday, Ajahni was announced as...
The government has committed its support for popular Jamaican radio jock, radio host and entrepreneur, Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess, who has embarked upon a $600-million housing/construction project in honour of his late mother, Mavis Almira Burgess...
National Mathematics Coordinator Dr Tameka Benjamin is encouraging teachers to work towards becoming more financially literate this year and to use that power to boost their earnings. Speaking at the Scotia Group Personal Financial Management...
As the nation approaches the start of another academic year, Marsha Smith, state minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, is calling for local educators to teach through the popular social media app TikTok. While speaking during the annual...
Dr Laura-Lee Lynch is happy to be the first Jamaican dental surgeon awarded a Chevening Scholarship in the programme’s 40 years of existence. Lynch, who works with the Hanover Health Services, told The Gleaner last week that she was first...
Los Angeles-based, Jamaica-born Dr E. Dale Abel has been awarded the Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award, the Endocrine Society’s highest honour. The annual award recognises lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the field...
Antoune McFarlane, bursary recipient in the Burger King National Scholarship Programme is set on breaking the generational curse of poverty which has overtaken his family. In an interview immediately after collecting his bursary at the Burger King...
When The Gleaner’s Tanesha Mundle submitted her first and sole entry in the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) Media Awards 2022, she did so just for the fun of it. The bubbly journalist was in the newsroom engaging colleagues in vibrant...
With one day left for persons to invest in Project STAR’s initial public offering (IPO) and only roughly 40 per cent of the available shares on offer taken up, the leaders of the initiative are appealing to more people to embrace it. According to...
BEFORE MASAKUI Rungsung, the Indian high commissioner to Jamaica, and his delegation, close their chapter of leadership in the country, they hope to see Indian dance culture rise to a level of prominence as dancehall. In continuing its efforts...
Keith Nugent, one of two men who will be awarded the Badge of Honour for Gallantry (BH {G}) on Heroes Day for assisting with the rescue of four women after a motor vehicle accident on April 8 last year, still has nightmares about the one he could...
Dr Imani Tafari-Ama, opinion writer for The Gleaner, counts herself lucky to have been selected for a second time to pursue a programme under the United States’ (US) Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program. She will teach in the Anthropology...
ALYIA WILLIAMS, a resident of North Carolina, had high hopes of celebrating her 31st birthday yesterday with an excursion and fun-filled activities in Jamaica. However, at 1:45 p.m., she found herself sitting on the ground outside the packed Norman...
DR GABRIELLE Young, National Sheep Farmer of the Year at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show for 2023, hopes more Jamaicans, especially farmers, will grow into appreciating artificial insemination in livestock. Artificial...
On Heroes Day in October, Patsy Edwards Henry, president of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), would have wanted to see history being created with the 50 nurses she and her team nominated for national honours and awards this year, collecting...
For a second consecutive year, the spectacular drone show topped all performances at this year’s Independence Grand Gala celebration, held at the National Stadium on Sunday. As the National Stadium’s lights dimmed and the drones took to the sky,...
When Colette Roberts Risden, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, saw her name in print yesterday among the list of National Honours recipients 2023, she became even happier that her youthful dream of becoming a pilot...
One hundred and twenty-six Jamaicans have been selected for recognition through Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during the National Honours and Awards Ceremony to be held at King’s House next October on Heroes Day. The 2023 list of recipients...
When Aly-Anna Holness, National Reading Competition Champion for 2022, started the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) process three years ago, she resolved in her mind that she would become a 2023 Government Scholarship recipient. And with that vision in...
Unlike the average preteen girl, Shannon-Elise Barrett, Jamaica’s top-performing girl in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), did not get the opportunity to bond with and grow up in the loving care of her mother. She only knows her mom through images...
For Amoy Farquharson, the journey to obtaining her first-class honours Bachelor of Education degree in Mathematics Education, from the MICO University College this year, was not an easy one. The newly appointed ambassador for the Each 1 Reach 1...
When Aaron Waugh, 11-year-old graduate of Jessie Ripoll Primary School, was told he was the top-performing boy for the 2023 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations, he was overjoyed. He and top girl Shannon-Elise Barrett, of...
