Parents and guardians are being urged by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jacqueline Dillon, who heads the nation’s domestic violence intervention centres (DVIC), to have open discussions with their teenage children about gender-based violence...
The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) hopes to present the government and stakeholders with a position paper that includes recommendations for addressing gender-based violence (GBV). Shanielle Allen, policy and advocacy coordinator at JYAN,...
WITH THE Yuletide season fast approaching, Red Stripe’s latest staging of its ‘Responsibility Now!’ town hall series, under the theme ‘Beyond the Tagline: Unpacking Responsible Consumption’ highlighted the importance of drinking in moderation and...
Chief Public Health Inspector Grayson Hutchinson has rejected the justification of pranksters who have been impersonating health inspectors at locations across the island, including a brazen showing at the recent Crab Circle reopening ceremony. The...
THERE COULD be serious repercussions for a man who impersonated a health inspector while in attendance at last Thursday’s reopening of the popular Crab Circle street food hub. Clad in a plain beige shirt and brown trousers, mimicking the official...
Despite weeks of public scepticism about whether Jamaicans would return to support vendors at Crab Circle, the reopening of the popular Kingston food joint on Thursday saw a sizeable turnout of patrons indulging in the offerings. Abigail ‘Abbi’...
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Canadian government has made clear that it remains dedicated to supporting Jamaica in its efforts to fight against gender-based violence (GBV). Christian DaSilva, counsellor and head of cooperation of Jamaica and the...
Tawayne Spence, a recent honours graduate with two undergraduate degrees in business administration and nursing, aspires to serve as an example to others that anything is possible if one sets their mind to it. “Persons look at it, like, ‘How did...
Sixty-nine-year-old Owen Stewart said that he is fearful to return to his home, which is perched on a slope just below the Mavis Bank main road in St Andrew, after a landslide heaped mounds of debris atop his zinc roof. In an interview with The...
Several coffee delivery workers were on Friday left feeling dejected that a day of productivity was halted due to heavy rains, which loosened boulders, landmass and other debris that came crashing down on to the Mavis Bank main road in St Andrew,...
The graduating class of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) was implored yesterday to maintain a positive outlook on life as they brace themselves for a challenging post-graduate journey. Nazilia Simone Phillips, president of the Shipping...
MARSHA SMITH, minister of state in the Ministry of Education and Youth, has hailed the opening of a counselling centre at the Foundation of International Self Help (F.I.S.H.) medical clinic as a life-changing intervention for youth and the...
For Denzil Wilks, his wife Nelsa, and their daughter Denelle, July 28, 2004, will forever mark one of the most meaningful and memorable days of their lives. On this day, their two-year wait to complete the process to adopt Najeé came to an end,...
The Salvation Army kicked off its annual Christmas Kettle Appeal on November 3 with the goal of raising $20 million for youth development and other projects in the coming year. Major Nana Boakye-Agyemang, divisional commander of The Salvation Army...
TAJERA HAUGHTON, 26, has successfully completed her undergraduate studies at The University of the West Indies (UWI), owing to her unwavering attitude towards her academics and an abundance of love and support from family and friends. Haughton, who...
THE TIMIDNESS displayed by nine-year-old Marcia Dale during a Gleaner interview yesterday was far from her demeanour when she delivered the winning dramatisation of a poetry piece on November 5 at the Peter Gracey’s This is Jamaica Poetry...
RALPH STEWART, who lived in Craighton, St Andrew, had his wishes honoured by his family when he was buried over a month ago in the cedar coffin that he built for himself nearly 40 years prior to his death. Stewart died at age 77 on September 3, and...
Dr Sheena Francis, senior lecturer and research fellow at the Natural Products Institute at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is researching countermeasures that Jamaica can employ against the growing Aedes aegypti mosquito population...
Professor Evan Dale Abel, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree, has challenged the 2023 graduates of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, to uphold their core beliefs and values as they pursue their professional endeavours...
AMBASSADOR Dr Audrey Marks, who was conferred with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) at one of The University of the West Indies, Mona’s graduation ceremonies yesterday, urged graduands to learn from each of life’s obstacles and how to...
WHEN AUNDRENE Cameron, a law graduate of The University of the West Indies, Mona, concluded her valedictory speech yesterday where she urged outgoing students from the faculties of law and social sciences to keep striving for excellence and to...
HER JOURNEY to university started not only during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also shortly after receiving a diagnosis of epilepsy. Growing up in the Kingston community of Seaview Gardens and coming from a low-income family, 22-year-...
SEVERAL YOUNG leaders across high schools in Jamaica were on Wednesday urged to uphold the fundamental values of leadership and excellence as they seek to elevate themselves while also helping to uplift those around them. This view was shared by...
The Passport, Immigration & Citizenship Agency (PICA) has acquired the ‘.gov.jm’ website domain to become a part of the previously launched enterjamaica.com, which sparked public criticisms and security concerns in September...
A donation of six desktop computers from the Vaz Preparatory School Past Students Association (VPSPSA), in collaboration with the Florida Atlantic University, has brought hope to Unity Preparatory School, whose computer lab was burglarised five...
