Associate Editor ­– Investigations Schools and public health facilities are failing to observe the phased sugary drinks ban introduced by the Government just over three years ago that was largely designed to improve the health of the nation’s.....

As the shaken soda oozed from the half-opened cap, grade four student Shania Acorn* gasped with disappointment. To her, it was as if liquid gold was being wasted, forever lost as the carbonated beverage muddied the ground below. “That’s the bes...

Faced with an increase in the childhood obesity rate on the island, Jamaica, in 2019, banned sugary drinks in schools and public health facilities, but a wide variety of overly sweetened beverages are still being sold at these institutions. An...

A Sunday Gleaner undercover investigation carried out at a public health facility and four schools across Clarendon revealed that they were in breach of the Government-imposed ban on sugary drinks. In 2018, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton...

Dr Lorane Moodie Reid, principal of Albion Primary and Junior High in St James, admits that students are allowed to purchase beverages that exceed the sugar level allowed by the Government at her school, but is faulting a chronic supply shortage...

Career diplomat, lawyer, wife, mother and Stoke City for life football supporter, British High Commissioner to Jamaica Judith Slater, is delighted to be posted here. She is fascinated by the Jamaican culture and believes there is nothing else in...

WHITE RIVER, St Mary: A former Cabinet minister is calling on the Government to end what seems to be a free-for-all in the river rafting industry, saying that any mishap resulting from unregulated operations could spell disaster for the island’s.....

The leadership of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has accused the finance ministry of acting in bad faith and violating labour relations and collective bargaining recommendations by taking steps, under the compensation review exercise.....

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has established a subcommittee to examine the forces outside of its control, which sometimes affect its balance sheet. Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said rising government debt, impairments and....

Thirty-one-year-old Brian Turner believes that it was a stipend being offered for participating in the USAID-sponsored A Ganar programme in 2012 that saved him, then an at-risk youngster in an inner-city community, from a life of crime. He believes....

WESTERN BUREAU: THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has promised to do follow-up work in addressing the years-long vexing issue of sustained water supply for residents of Rhyne Park, St James, who have expressed concern that some anticipated......

A 66-year-old man who was sent to prison for 14 years in 2017 for sexually molesting a 10-year-old girl is seeking to have his conviction overturned in the Court of Appeal, primarily on grounds that he has had to be waiting for almost five years to....

Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland has expressed hope that Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith will withdraw her bid for the post. Scotland made the call in an interview with...

More than five years after Jamaica committed to spend $150 million to eradicate the deadly frosty pod rot disease over three years, the infestation has been brought down to a manageable level, according to the agriculture ministry. Chief Plant...

WESTERN BUREAU: Students who attend institutions in Westmoreland yesterday welcomed the installation of a free public Wi-Fi hotspot in the parish capital Savanna-la-Mar. Highlighting the importance of Internet services, the students from Godfrey...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has reported that an 81.3 per cent decline in airline passengers and the closing of cruise lines resulted in a significant plunge in fees collected from airlines for the financial year 2020-2021. In its annual...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force is remaining tight-lipped on its probe into the discovery of a huge stash of foreign currencies totalling approximately J$600 million, which it seized during an operation in western Jamaica earlier...

WESTERN BUREAU: A St James couple is accusing both their private obstetrician and the public hospital staff of causing the death of their baby boy, who was scheduled to be born on April 11. Further, 33-year-old Lishae Brown and 51-year-old Lawford.....

Education Minister Fayval Williams says she will not be quick to jump at the recent recommendations from the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) to sack three principals heading government-operated institutions over their “flagrant disregard” for t...

Residents in Tivoli Gardens are stocking up on salt. However, it is not for cooking. The West Kingston-based community is battling a surge in the maggot population in some areas as uncollected garbage piles up. When The Gleaner visited the area...