Dr Nicholeen DeGrasse-Johnson, who was suspended as principal of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in 2019 at the height of a sexual harassment scandal, has lost her bid to be reinstated and for disciplinary proceedings...

As Jamaicans attended Remembrance Day events on Friday to honour soldiers who served in World Wars I and II, Beulah Coombs took The Gleaner on a journey into the past, through the service of her uncle, Robert Smith. She shared that it was her...

When Celine Lobban commenced her studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica, in 2017, she was the only deaf person in her year group in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing. Lobban knew from the outset that it would have been an uphill...

Tamekia Meeks did not own a laptop upon being accepted into university and, mere days before she was expected to move on campus from her home in Barham, Westmoreland, she did not have the first dollar for the deposit to secure boarding. The 23-year....

Six months of disaster and pain is how Jameal Mendez Sr describes the uncertainties surrounding the whereabouts of his two-year-old son, Jameal Jr, who has been missing since May 12. A distressed Mendez told The Gleaner that his birthday today,...

A travelling peddler, who is among eight persons left homeless after fire destroyed their homes at Fleet Street in Kingston on Friday, is pondering her next move after her goods and $16,000 – the last of her savings – were also lost in the blaz...

Government Senator Don Wehby is pushing for an amendment to the Proceeds of Crime Act to allow for unexplained wealth orders as a means of bolstering the country’s response to crime. Unexplained wealth orders have been introduced in other...

Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism Janice Allen has disagreed strongly with a suggestion by Robin Russell, the new head of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), who recently cautioned against granting wage increases to the hospitality......

Dozens of residents living in George’s Plain, Westmoreland, have been left in shock after a deadly shooting at a party in their community on Thursday night, which claimed the lives of 50-year-old music producer Craig Chambers and 48-year-old...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) Chairman Sheridan Samuels says the cadre of municipal police officers attached to the local authority is not serving its intended purpose in the parish. While he was delivering the chairman’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: A Jamaican woman who became homeless twice in the United States now owns a 60-key hotel and is offering expert advice as part of a masterclass she has designed. Dr Ellen Bryant Brown knew nothing about daycare, nursing, real estate....

The lack of standardisation in the allied health sector is resulting in graduates leaving institutions being unable to carry out vital checks or recall information critical to ensuring patient safety. President of the Practical Nurses Association......

David Salmon dreamt of becoming a Rhodes Scholar since he was 15 years old. He remembers being in the audience when 2015 Rhodes Scholar Tariq Parker visited his alma mater, Wolmer’s Boys’ School, and gave an inspirational address. “I looked u...

Former head of the UWI School of Nursing (UWISON), Dr Steve Weaver, says there is a shortage of specialist nursing educators in Jamaica. He noted that the areas of critical care and operating theatre are affected as nurses must first be competent.....

General secretary of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Dr Horace Chang, has described as “unfortunate” racially tinged comments made by his colleague minister Everald Warmington about Opposition Leader Mark Golding. Asked if the JLP and ...

The long-overdue upgrade of hospital infrastructure to improve service delivery in the public healthcare system is being hampered by government red tape, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton charged on Thursday. “We have been...

The Jamaican family of a mother who was killed by her army husband in front of their two young children at their town house in southeast Colorado Springs on February 20, 2021, is satisfied after jurors arrived at a guilty verdict. Jamaican Dermot......

The heads of two taxi associations believe the process for public transport operators to access $25,000 government COVID-19 cash grants is too cumbersome, possibly explaining why the roll-out has not been smooth. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke...

Stakeholders in the allied health service industry are urging Jamaicans to capitalise on thousands of practical nursing jobs available in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom – countries with large expatriate populations from the...

Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown says her office has launched an investigation into St Catherine South West Member of Parliament Everald Warmington’s controversial comments Sunday in which he suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Golding...