Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has pledged to resolve a long-standing drainage issue along Texas Avenue in Independence City, Portmore, that has caused severe structural damage to at least three homes. During a site visit on Tuesday,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The last time 19-year-old Abonique Jones saw her father, Tristan Jones, on April 2 he was alive, well and full of life. She never knew that two weeks later she would be looking down at his lifeless body, leaving her to mourn his...
After being closed for almost two months, the four main operating theatres at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) have been reopened. Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Wentworth Charles told The Gleaner that the theatres...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has issued a warning that a singular focus on increasing wages as a solution for the nation’s broader economic challenges would be doomed to failure, as the country must also take aim at the fundamental issue of low...
In a world where toddlers speak with American accents before they can tie their shoelaces, media professionals in Jamaica are pushing to teach children about their roots through homegrown television. As Jamaican children spend more time in front...
Young Jamaican females are being urged to balance professional development against their childbearing years, as fertility becomes more complicated with age, increasing the probability of a Caesarean (C-section) delivery. In addition to facing the...
A notice posted at the entrance of WH Car Service, located in Ferry Pen near the St Andrew-St Catherine border, now informs customers that the shop will only accept 30 vehicles per day. Those arriving after that quota are urged to return another...
A 71-year-old woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle on Easter Monday had initially planned to spend the holidays with family in St Elizabeth, but a last-minute decision to go to work instead ended in tragedy. Ikodel Wright, a beloved janitor...
WESTERN BUREAU: A former inmate at the lock-up where Mario Deane was beaten on August 3, 2014, told the court yesterday that he did not review his statement to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) when its investigators met with...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, the minister of education, says the Government has forged a partnership with Elon Musk’s satellite Internet provider Starlink to connect rural public schools with high-speed Internet services....
WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon is bemoaning the “deplorable state” of laboratory facilities at the island’s 14 technical high schools, noting that they are urgently in need of modernisation to align with global...
A once-solid political alliance within the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) appears to be unravelling, as Norbrook division Councillor Susan Senior has voiced strong disappointment over fellow colleague Kari Douglas’ reported support for a rival...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor Susan Senior has cautioned against using family ties to determine who should succeed veteran Member of Parliament Karl Samuda in St Andrew North Central. Senior, who represents the Norbrook division in the...
As the trade war between the world’s two largest economies heats up, China has reportedly warned it will hit back at countries making deals with the United States (US) that negatively affect Beijing’s interest. According to a BBC article, the...
A Jamaican immigration attorney in the United States (US) believes the Trump administration is headed for a major legal showdown with universities there as the slashing of student visas threaten their funding. Attorney-at law Oliver J. Langstadt...
The leadership, compassion, and commitment to service of community advocate Nehemiah ‘Miah’ Bailey, 92, will be remembered for many years to come. The beloved Jamaican-Canadian was born on October 7, 1932, in Ipswich, St Elizabeth in Jamaica, and...
On the very day that marks the passage of the landmark Public Defender (Interim) Act in 1999, the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) commemorated a historic 25 years of unwavering service to the people of Jamaica. The significant milestone was...
Dr Dayton Campbell, general secretary of the People’s National Party (PNP), has declared that a future PNP government will revolutionise housing in Jamaica using savings from the National Housing Trust (NHT), ensuring that more Jamaicans can afford...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has again pledged to introduce one meal a day for all needy children in school if his party forms the next government. Addressing supporters at Silent Hill in Clarendon last weekend, Golding said...
A Pope of the people; admired for his humility, his advocacy for the poor and marginalised, and his commitment to “synodality” is how Archbishop of Kingston Kenneth Richards will remember the late Pope Francis. Francis, the first Latin American...
Just around 10 per cent of the approximately 200 facilities being operated across Jamaica as nursing homes are formally registered, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has disclosed. The estimate was derived primarily from data gathered by public...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells...
Although it has welcomed Cabinet’s approval of the long-awaited school nutrition policy, stakeholders are urging the Government to implement strong mechanisms for inclusive consultation, public education, and rigorous enforcement and monitoring. “...
It could take up to three months for the results of a basic Pap smear examination to be returned to patients due to a chronic shortness of local cytologists in a profession that is arguably losing steam among tertiary students regionally and...
In what is being described as a groundbreaking medical milestone for Jamaica and the wider English-speaking Caribbean, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited (AMH) successfully performed what it said was the region’s first lumbar (lower back) disc-...
