The neatly pressed uniform of Special Constable James Lemmie still hangs above his bed in his home in Crescent district, St Catherine. The young constable did not get another chance to don the blue seam...
A native of Idaho in the United States signed up for the Peace Corps and found himself in Jamaica a year and a half ago helping families, especially those with malnutrition issues, is learning sustainable farming practices....
The manufacturing sector was dealt a blow yesterday with the announcement that the Government will not be granting any new waivers or incentives until the completion of a study to determine which should be abolished...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday challenged the private sector to broaden its investment portfolio in agriculture, claiming the timing is right, with opportunities aplenty.Delivering the main address at the closing...
A SUSPECT in the slaying of Clive 'Jexter' Virgo, special constable of the May Pen police, and prominent businessman Dwight Johnson, was killed, along with another unidentified male, during a police operation...
The Ministry of Education will have to fork out millions of dollars more than originally budgeted to assist Moneague College in St Ann to return to normalcy after Sunday's devastating fire that destroyed an administrative...
ATLANTA (AP): Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, United States President Barack Obama yesterday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all US combat troops "as promised and on schedule", as a major success despite deep doubts about...
Farmers are being encouraged to take up methods utilising the use of long-term relationships between fish and vegetables as sustainable agricultural practices.Clarendon's Rural Agricultural Development Authority's...
Three people were treated at the St Ann's Bay Hospital yesterday after they were stung by jellyfish while swimming at a beach in the parish. Hospital officials would not reveal the severity of the injuries, but said up to late yesterday...
THE STORY of 15-year-old Jason Smith, a schoolboy who was shot dead by the police while riding his bicycle on his way to purchase a patty, still haunts relatives and residents in Spanish Town eight years later....
Having always shown an interest in the sciences, 18-year-old Oshea Nelson has developed a knack for agricultural science and intends on pursuing this as her career. Nelson graduated from Albert Town High School in Trelawny and works as a lab technician...
Craftswoman Charline Graham, who has remained committed to her straw-craft business for the past seven years, believes she is one of just a few who still treat it as a viable career option despite the challenges....
The Spring Village Development Foundation, a St Catherine-based organisation that is seeking to empower residents in that community, was yesterday honoured with the Michael Manley Foundation award for community...
Concerns are being raised in the legal fraternity about the police being allowed to preserve the thousands of fingerprints they reportedly obtained from detainees during the recent state of emergency...
Eight-year-old Kevin Limoth of Little Bay, Westmoreland, drowned after he apparently got into difficulty while swimming at sea near his community Saturday afternoon.Police reports are that around mid-afternoon...
For many, backyard farming literally means backyard farming.However, persons living in apartment buildings may also take part in the widespread trend of eating what they grow. Square-foot gardening, accor-ding to Rural...
Three friends who spent the past two nights sleeping among their plants at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon are convinced that young boys should be encouraged to go into farming or horticulture....
The lag effect of the recent drought on the agricultural sector is being reflected in crop-production figures for the second quarter of the year, which saw a 1.4 per cent decline in cash-crop production and five per cent...
In two articles published in our papers titled 'Dudus threat' (The Gleaner on March 2, 2010) and 'Dudus: The man who holds a nation hostage' (The Sunday Gleaner on May 23, 2010), The Gleaner Company Limited erroneously reported that Mr Michael...
Tears cascaded down the faces of friends and family at Langston Road in Rollington Town, St Andrew, where Special Corporal Jermaine Cummings, who was murdered in the wee hours of yesterday morning, had lived...
A massive fire Sunday evening destroyed a section of the Moneague Teachers' College in St Ann, leaving damage expected to run into millions of dollars.The block which was destroyed housed around eight classrooms...
Last Thursday's fatal shooting of 29-year-old Ian Lloyd by a plainclothes cop in Buckfield, Ocho Rios, and the clash between subsequent amateur video footage and police reports that followed, have punched holes in the credibility of the Constabulary Communication Network...
On any normal day like today, the vast majority of the 1.1 million adult Jamaicans set about their daily chores in difficult conditions. Approximately 15 per cent of households subsist below the poverty line, i.e. they cannot secure the basic minimum of nutrients they need.
Beaches Boscobel is helping to bring the smiles back to the faces of over 150 youngsters from west Kingston who have been affected by the recent events in their communities.
