Increased export earnings from hot pepper are among the projected outcomes from the soon-to-be concluded ‘Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper Value Chain in Jamaica’ project. The project aims...

An illegal gun and ammunition were seized by the police in Brissett district, Lucea, Hanover on Monday after a driver fled a traffic stop. Reports from the Lucea police are that about 6:30 a.m., a team was on an operation along the Johnson Town...

IN THE demanding landscape of the legal system where schedules are packed and decisions take time, financial planning often takes a back seat. For Hannah Smith* that has been the reality. She juggles demanding court schedules and tight deadlines....

WESTERN BUREAU: The original plan announced by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to construct 720 houses on 148 acres of former sugar cane lands in Parnassus, near Clark’s Town in Trelawny, has been revised to include more than 100 additional units...

People’s National Party’s (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell has blasted Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), for not fulfilling several promises he made to the Jamaican electorate. Most of those...

LONDON: London-based Jamaican philanthropist Captain Lesa Thomas is again giving a helping hand to her parent’s home land by partnering with local eyecare/eyewear provider, EyeQ Opitcal Ltd, in a project to benefit some 300 children in St...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Monday said that an individual had been arrested with TT$30,000 and that an investigation had been launched to “determine whether this discovery is connected to election-...

Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Mickel Jackson has warned that a call by Senator Marlon Morgan for Jamaicans to wear blue in support of the police tomorrow, the same day that the JFJ plans to protest against rising police...

Heavy rainfall in Spanish Town, St Catherine, resulted in the flooding of several roadways on Monday afternoon. Along sections of Brunswick Avenue several vehicles stalled in the torrential rain, which overwhelmed the road and drainage system...

The Clarendon police have charged 36-year-old John Edwards of Quarry Path, Kingston 11, with housebreaking and larceny committed in Clarendon on January 24. The May Pen police say about 1:30 p.m., a woman locked her house in Toby Heights,...

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In the bustling heart of downtown Kingston, the Lenworth Jacobs Clinic (LJC) has quietly stood as a pillar of care and hope for nearly six decades. Since its establishment in 1962, this community clinic has opened its doors to everyone, from young...

The thoughtful brush strokes of York Castle High student Kimmeisha Wright produced a first-place finish in the recent Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Poster Competition for secondary schools in Area 2 (St Ann, St Mary and Portland police...

East Portland: The inaugural electrification f, hosted by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in collaboration with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), and which sought to educate and sensitise residents about saving energy and the importance...

How many of us, when our time on Earth is over, can say that we changed the world for good? Such was the life of Professor Graham Serjeant. His dual passions, for his wife of 60 years, Beryl, and research to improve the treatment and lives of...

IS THIS sound advice? If your relationship is problematic, rather than further complicating matters by lingering, simply dump the partner and engage someone new. Aren’t there millions of (better) fishes in the sea, and don’t you deserve at least...

NEW DELHI (AP): A deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir has again moved India and Pakistan closer to war as the two rivals downgraded diplomatic and trade ties, closed the main border crossing and revoked visas for each other’s...

VATICAN CITY (AP): World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor. Though...

A statement from the National Water Commission (NWC) is being met with scepticism and frustration from crocodile conservationists, following the death of at least 10 of the protected species at the Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds in St Catherine – an...

Girlie Harris, a longtime resident of Golden Valley in St Mary, says she feels a wave of fear every time she travels along certain sections of the Junction main road – especially those lacking embankments or retaining walls. Her fear intensified...

CAROL NARCISSE, social development specialist, has called on grassroots organisations and citizens to utilise and embrace advocacy as a strategic, organised effort to demand change, amplify marginalised voices, and bridge the gap between their...

GRADES ONE to three students at the primary level will soon begin to benefit from at least two hours of timetabled reading each week. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, said literacy and numeracy...

At Haile Selassie High School, where shrinking enrolment and deferred dreams often cast a shadow, 67 students came together recently to colour outside the lines of their daily realities. Marking World Art Day on April 15, the Desnoes...

IN AN effort to increase openness and transparency, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, says appropriate court cases will be live-streamed on the Jamaican Judiciary’s YouTube channel. Addressing Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony at King’s House for two...

AT THE recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association’s (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025, The Gleaner chanced upon two young men wearing jackets over their jeans and got the impression that they were exhibitors, since patrons were more casually...

US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has acknowledged the ongoing contributions of Jamaican educational institutions to the United States, particularly in training professionals such as nurses and educators who have helped fill critical labour gaps, and...

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) want the Ministry of Local Government to grant approval for them to use the monies in their Special Grant For Repairs (SGR) funds, saying that while the millions of dollars are...

The National School Garden Programme is being expanded through injection of $20 million from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining. Portfolio Minister Floyd Green, made the disclosure at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs’ National Achievement Expo...

IN A dynamic show of environmental stewardship, more than 50 volunteers converged at the Dunn’s River Watershed in Bogue Estate, St Ann, to plant 300 trees in celebration of World Earth Day on Tuesday. The initiative, jointly spearheaded by the...

B re’r Anancy and the Magic Pot, Brer Anancy and the Easter Egg Hunt, and Brer Anancy and Brer Duck are three books written by V. S. Russell to keep the main character, Brer Anancy, relevant. The former, a colouring and activity book for children...

In the lead up to World Intellectual Property Day 2025 on April 26, the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), in collaboration with the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA), hosted the highly anticipated JIPO X JaRIA Original Song...

It is said that at 21, you’ve come of age – set to manifest all that’s been moulded…but this 21st anniversary year of the South Florida Tallawah Mento Band is a special celebration of a maturing Jamaican melody that has been, uniquely, a branded...

“A perfect gift for the children,” was how Dr Bradley Edwards, senior medical officer at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon described a $200,000 donation made by Foundation Preparatory School, which will go towards the purchase of intrusion pumps...

A child who reads for 20 minutes a day is exposed to 1.8 million words a year, enough to shape a future filled with possibility. Global research increasingly confirms the importance of literacy development in youth. In response, the Desnoes...