Published:Wednesday | August 1, 2018 | 12:00 AMMarvin Gordon
One of the most recommended techniques for controlling nutrition is keeping a food journal. Does it work, though? How does recording everything that one eats help in any way? Questions like these are understandable; food records are often presented...
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has started negotiations with a government entity to secure lands to assist in the relocation of persons living on the Retirement Landfill in St James.This was disclosed by Minister of Local...
The National Works Agency (NWA) is reminding motorists that only a single lane of traffic is currently allowed to use the Griffin Gully Bridge in St Andrew at any one time.The bridge, which is located along the Papine to Redlight roadway and is used...
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has announced that his ministry will shortly be publishing the names of licensed and authorised attractions across the island in an effort to maintain standards in the industry.Bartlett, who was addressing...
Dennis Chung, chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, told The Gleaner yesterday that arsonists were responsible for the majority of the 11 fires at several dumps across the island in the last two months, raising concerns about...
Minister of Health Dr Christopher said work is progressing on a national health insurance scheme for Jamaicans."We have brought teams together to look at healthcare financing; how are we going to pay for the increasing cost of healthcare, and that...
Kadean Lee, a past student of Foga Road High School and who hails from Treadlight in Clarendon, has completely turned his life around. He recently received the Governor General's Award of Excellence for the county of Middlesex in the 18-24 age group...
Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is pushing to attract 10,000 volunteers for the 2018 staging of the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day set to take place on September 15. Last year, Jamaica was recognised as hosting the 12th largest ICC event...
With the recent departure of Andrew Wheatley from the Cabinet, political commentator Dr Paul Ashley says senior member Karl Samuda, who lost his portfolio as industry and agriculture minister in late March, should be saddled with the task to oversee...
Up to late yesterday, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) said that it was yet to confirm the identity and source of the pollutant that was observed in a tributary of the Rio Cobre in Linstead, St Catherine.NEPA began carrying out...
Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, said the ministry will continue to invest in the human capital of the country by developing a number of initiatives through the Centre for Tourism and Innovation.He pointed out that tourism authorities and...
Vendors in the Constant Spring Market, once the place of choice for fresh produce in upper St Andrew, are in despair because of an uncertain future.Members of this micro-enterprise community have found themselves locked in a legal dispute with the...
The name Tishauna Mullings is not strange to the ears of those young people in St Thomas who take an interest in bettering themselves.For years, the young woman of Seaforth in the parish has laboured tirelessly to ensure that those around her stay...
Guy's Hill Primary School in Waterford district, St Catherine, recently hosted its first back-to-school supply donation and fun day. Three hundred and twenty-three backpacks with school supplies were distributed to all students registered for the...
Jamaica's second-highest court has slashed by more than half the 25-year prison sentence that was imposed on a St Mary man who used a piece of stick to beat his infant grandniece to death. This occurred 16 months after he was released from prison...
Describing as "ridiculous" the overcrowding in the accident and emergency (A&E) departments at local hospitals, chief medical officer of MDLink, Dr Che Bowen, is contending that the take-up of telemedicine services can greatly ease the current strain on the healthcare system...
Chairman of the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), Trevor Forrest, ignored the advice of the permanent secretary in the parent ministry against the late addition of Carolyn Warren to a shortlist of persons to be interviewed for a management...
Personal trainers Kurt Dunn from Body By Kurt, Marvin Gordon, and Lorenzo McIntosh turned up the heat at the FLOW Flex Gym on Saturday for The Gleaner's Fit 4 Life sixth event, in its Season Two's Tuff Enuff Challenge.5k run, leg works, weight...
Western Bureau: Until he broke up with his girlfriend recently and began acting strangely, 30-year-old Keron 'Timber' Watson of Cascade in Hanover was just a regular member of his community.However, things changed last Saturday when he allegedly...
Hundreds of Jamaicans are to benefit from cataract surgery later this year, thanks to the Chinese Bright Journey Medical Mission.The revelation was made when the mission team - comprised of represen-tatives from the Beijing Friendship and Tongren...
Soca kingdom came alive last Saturday as Sunnation transformed the lawns of UWI Mona's Oriental Gardens into an elegant yet festive all-white breakfast soireÈ. Patrons gyrated to the latest soca hits among mimosas and delicious cocktails while...
