Jamaica Gleaner - News - Monday

Family play day

'Parent the Right Way - Read, Talk, Play with your Child Every Day' is this year's theme for Parent Month. Thanks to the Ministry of Education and the non-governmental organisation, 'Coalition for Better Parenting', who have come up...

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Readers respond to Meadows on squatting

On Friday, Government Senator Dennis Meadows proposed in the Upper House that tougher legislation be enacted to deal with the problem of squatting.In advancing his arguments, Meadows told the Senate that the pervasive problem of squatting had reached...

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Oversight body reports improvement in police station administration

Western Bureau: The Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) is reporting success in spurring improvements to some of the glaring deficiencies in the administration of police stations islandwide. Dave McIntosh, chief executive officer of the PCOA...

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Work on new police station in Falmouth to resume soon

Work on the new police station in Falmouth, Trelawny, is to resume soon, as the adjusted designs have been completed and are being assessed. Howard Barrett, senior portfolio manager with the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) ...

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Chevannes remembered at ol' time wake

Mystic Revelation of Rastafari beat goat-skin drums. With bloodshot eyes, Amina Blackwood Meeks poured libations of white rum for the ancestors, including Count Ossie. Folk dancing came alive with lightning-quick feet.

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An important message from the education ministry

Play is vital to a child's development.Through play, children explore the world around them, and develop and practise skills...

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The tall and short of it

I know that although our daughters were born about 20 months apart, they are remarkably different in height. I have known this for a long time, since the older one really started stretching about five years ago...

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Autistic 14-y-o angry at the world

Q My 14-year-old son with autism seem to be angry at the world and everyone in it. Is this the normal behaviour for a autistic child? Can a adult live a normal life with autism? Thanks for you answer, and keep up the good work.

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Former University College lecturer dies in New York

Dr Rawle Farley, an award-winning economist and educator, died on November 6.He was 88 years old and passed away at Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, New York.