Despite the technological and other advances since 1951, the political will to make the well-needed appropriate investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies remains a vitally important missing link in the...
The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) hosted the sixth annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activity at the Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach, joining millions of volunteers across the globe in the 40th staging of the world’s largest...
If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products, they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers promoting peptides, “functional” mushroom powders and...
On August 31, Joan Phillips-Bennett, also known as Ade Nima, launched the first episode of her newly rebranded the Empower Exceptionalities Jamaica (EEJ) Podcast. The journey to this point has been layered with vision, courage, and an unshakable...
The UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Accessibility (WGIA) will host its sixth annual online one-day AI4IA Conference on September 28 to commemorate the International Day for Universal Access to Information (...
My article on the history of Hannah Town, which was published in The Gleaner on August 25, had feedback from people who grew up in and around Hannah Town in the 1950s. These readers pointed to omissions about Hannah Town in my original article. I...
Caribbean’s youths are taking charge of environmental stewardship and promoting sustainable practices as youth leaders from across the Caribbean gathered in Jamaica for the inaugural Caribbean Youth Environment and Climate Change Conference. The...
The 14th annual CIBC Caribbean Walk for the Cure was officially launched last week at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in St Andrew under the theme, ‘Commitment – Community – Courage’, as survivors, caregivers, and sponsors came together to highlight...
Armed with nearly four decades of exceptional service in the tourist industry, Tourism Excellence Award winner, Paul Norman, has taken the bold and sensible step to start his own business in Jamaica’s leading foreign-exchange-earning sector. After...
Western Bureau: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says Jamaica’s agricultural sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of recent disasters, citing record-breaking production and major private investments. Green, who was speaking on...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s agriculture sector now has its first structure investment guide following Friday’s launch of the Agriculture Deal Book, which was unveiled at the inaugural Jamaica Agri-business Investment Forum at the Montego Bay...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Romario Hart, the medical officer of health at the St Catherine Health Department, says that while men should be proactive in getting regular prostate cancer screenings, he does not believe the issue will get to the point where...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Gabrielle formed Sunday in the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Narda emerged well off southern Mexico's Pacific coast. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Gabrielle became a Category 1...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is mourning the sudden death of one of its members, who collapsed at his St Catherine home on Saturday morning after complaining of feeling unwell. Dead is 57-year-old Constable Mark Melhado of the JCF’s...
A gunman who allegedly challenged police personnel in St Catherine Sunday morning has been fatally shot and a loaded gun seized from him. The deceased has been identified as Kenroy Richards, otherwise called 'Pops', unemployed, of Wakefield...
WASHINGTON, CMC – As United States President Donald Trump steps up military build-up in the Caribbean Sea, Amnesty International is warning that any airstrikes authorised by Congress would violate international human rights law and could amount to...
The police seized an illegal firearm and ammunition inside a bar along Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew on Saturday morning. A 19-year-old man of a Cassia Park Road address was arrested and charged. Reports are that the firearm was seized after...
NEW YORK (AP): When we make mistakes at work, it can lead to a cycle of negative thinking. The damaging thoughts swirl: “I’m an impostor.” “I’m not smart enough.” “I’m failing at my job.” Feeling like an impostor – doubting one’s own abilities...
School is back in session, bringing new routines – and new milestones for students. For some, this is the year they are allowed to go home to an empty house instead of an after-school programme or day care. It’s a decision faced by many parents...
THE SERVICE of Investiture and Enthronement of the Rt Rev Leon Golding, the 15th Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is set for Sunday, September 28 at 3:30 p.m., in the St James’ Cathedral of St Jago de la Vega. The...
YOU ARE at the eve of your miracle. That is why things are getting extremely rough. Don’t give up now, please! Push on! You are about to break forth. Yes, most divinely-appointed projects, dreams, visions, lives go through stages, periods of...
LAST WEEK, we discussed Judas Iscariot whose self-unforgiveness led to his decision to take his own life. Judas betrayed Jesus, and instead of letting go of his guilt and shame, he allowed the lies of the enemy to lead him down a path of ultimate...
TWO SUNDAYS ago, we conclude Part I with: “The distinction of his funeral was conveyed not only by the attendance of white landowners, who turned up at the funerals of black elites, such as well-considered slave drivers, but also by the quality of...
Disagreeing agreeably requires tact, empathy, and effective communication and commonsense. And that is commonsense! If as a Jamaican, you should ever go to a restaurant in Trinidad to have callaloo dish, don’t expect that green leafy vegetable rich...
RAISING GREAT short males is a unique feat. Only a few parents recognise the challenge raising short males presents. We live in a culture that has developed its own standards of acceptability and greatness. The male ideal is obvious. Tall height,...
