When Alecia King – the then-17-year-old who was severely burnt in her sleep last August, allegedly by her 18-year-old ex-boyfriend – began bleeding uncontrollably after surgery at a Texas hospital in the United States, the doctors gave her three...
Since campaigning for the local government elections, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the reality of the devastating impact climate change will have on the lives of many Jamaicans has hit him hard. “As I travel the country on the campaign trail...
When registering for the 2024 Sagicor SIGMA ‘Honour’ Run, eventual winner Garfield Gordon had one goal in mind. That was to defend his championship title, given that he already lost one year from his belt in 2022. “It was not that easy, because I...
A sea of colour transformed a section of Duke Street in Kingston on Thursday as the annual ceremonial opening of Parliament got under way amid pomp and ceremony. And supporters of both major political parties, which account for all the...
With numerous teachers now scouting job opportunities in developed countries with more attractive salaries outside Jamaica, Leighton Johnson, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is hinting that chronic teacher migration may still...
Astley Whyte is among hundreds of bus and taxi operators islandwide who have paid more than 100 traffic tickets in the last 15 years. With last month’s landmark ruling in favour of motorist Maurice Housen, who challenged the legality of hikes in...
With the tabling of the 2024-2025 National Budget coming up this week, and repeated calls being made to increase funding for the tertiary sector, Marsha Smith, state minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, is insisting that the Government...
Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of finance and the public service, has applauded the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for reaffirming its commitment to Jamaica by rebranding and aiming to return the establishment to its former glory. On January 30,...
Amid the perceived threat of artificial intelligence (AI) taking over many jobs once dependent on humans, Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams is calling for more students to grab hold of digital literacy training opportunities now being...
There were lots of hugs and tears on Thursday as mourners gathered to celebrate the 79 years of blessed life for former Miss Jamaica Erica Anne Hamilton. The cheerful spirit is what has kept her two surviving biological sons, Bobby Stewart and...
Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, minister with responsibility for digital and skills transformation, is calling for educators, administrators, and stakeholders with a keen interest in human capital to make training and recruitment “more sexy” for...
The Caribbean Conference of Seventh-Day Christians is concerned about the rising number of reported cases of domestic abuse against men and what it considers the lack of adequate attention from the authorities to the islandwide problem. When the...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been lauded by visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for maintaining an outstanding bilateral relationship with China since taking office as Jamaica’s head of government. “Honourable Minister, since you have...
When Jacinth Aarons went to the altar to take part in intercessory prayer during the Methodist Church’s District Conference Lord’s Day Worship Service yesterday, she made sure to stress at least one of her petitions to God: to not have changes made...
Never, in his wildest dream, had Lueshane Gordon thought he would have become Bellevue Hospital’s Top Performing Staff Member for 2023. And on Wednesday, although he had been among those shortlisted and interviewed for the award of the over 500...
Before the late philanthropist and business titan Michael Campbell’s death last year, he had made one wish known to his dear friend, former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. That was to make The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona the repository...
With numerous high-rise buildings going up in Kingston and causing more pressure to be applied to the city’s sewage infrastructure, Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams is batting for the authorities to expand the outdated wastewater management system...
Although municipal corporations are not responsible for waste collection, the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has taken the bold step of signing a three-month contract with a company to help with waste-removal management in the...
The developers of the Kingston 2 (K2) Downtown Reimagined high-rise apartment building are disputing the claims of nearby residents that there was never an effort to reach out to them to put them at ease and to address their concerns ahead of...
Despite the expectation that their properties will increase in value once the 10-storey Kingston 2 (K2) Downtown Reimagined high-rise apartment building is completed in two years, some residents of Fairbourne Road have expressed disgust at the...
For all his life, 88-year-old Noel Downer wanted to see the grave of his Jamaican grandfather, Private Theophilus Downer, who fought in World War I. Albeit not in the best of health, Noel hopes he will be able to make the summer trip with his...
When Uriah Richards’ father died three days before the world ushered in the new year, he resolved that the time had come for him to engage in holy baptism. And, on the brink of 2024, immediately after Sunday’s sunset, just as hundreds of Jamaicans...
Amid renaming the administrative block of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona in honour of Sir Kenneth Hall two weeks ago, the former principal is still disappointed that a campus centre has not been constructed over a decade after he...
Robert ‘Tred’ Morrison, the brainchild and animator of Jus Fi Fun, highly anticipates the day when the first 13 episodes of his cartoon series hits the screens of Television Jamaica (TVJ). The series, which is set to air on TVJ in 2024, was...
When Jason Brown, village director at the SOS Children’s Village, was invited to the Courts Dear to Dream Scholarship Awards Ceremony in September, he made sure to intersperse his address with points touching on the needs of houses he supervises...
