SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Patrick Rhoden knows all too well what it's like not being able to walk. What he has mastered, however, is bringing joy and much needed assistance to those who need it most. That's why his recent donation of three motorised wheelchairs ...

Today, The Gleaner runs the final instalment of prophecies from Apostle Steve Lyston, Prophetess Bishop Doris Hutchinson, Prophetess Sophia Kerr-Dawes and Prophetess Triciana Simpson...

VETERAN JOURNALIST and columnist Ken Jones has confirmed that he has been in discussions with the Government to take up a senior communications position in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). At the same time, media heavyweight Ian Boyne has denied radio reports...

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Residents in Gravel Heights, the St Catherine community which received an ultimatum from armed thugs, are hopeful that the presence of security forces will elevate property values there. Citizens have said that a gang feud that escalated early...

As obesity and other lifestyle diseases continue to cause international concern, health specialists are urging Jamaicans to commit to wellness in 2009.Hadiyyeh Zohoori-Dossa, nutrition specialist at Downer Medical Group, says the adoption of healthy lifestyles...

Approximately 180 Jamaicans have been awarded scholarships to pursue studies in medicine at Cuban universities over the last eight years, checks with the Ministry of Finance revealed. This figure does not include persons who have paid their way to pursue...

Written by a Jamaican medical student in Cuba. The Gleaner has withheld authorship to protect the student's identity. I arrived in Cuba in 2008. With excitement and a little bit of fear, I disembarked in the nation's capital, Havana. I was greeted with beautiful scenery...

Ann Jeffrey, sales representative and public relations officer at Cubana Airlines, gives tips to Jamaicans interested in travelling to Cuba: There is one Cubana flight - in the morning - from Jamaica to Cuba on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

WASHINGTON (AP): President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters were whisked quietly past waiting photographers into their new schools yesterday. If custom is any guide, the news media will keep their distance now that they have captured 10-year-old Malia in her puffy pink ...

There is a light at the end of the tunnel for diabetic patients faced with the disease which has the potential of causing blindness. Data from the first-ever large-scale global programme of clinical trials to bring hope to the increasing number...

Retired president and chief executive officer of Scotiabank Jamaica, William 'Bill' Clarke, is now engaged in a legal battle in the Supreme Court to prevent the bank from evicting him from the house which was assigned to him. Clarke wants to remain...

Up to late last night, Government minister James Robertson was yet to be served summonses, three days after he allegedly committed misdemeanours during a confrontation with a police team in Norris, St Thomas. Late yesterday, police sources said summonses...

Tears, anger and disgust mark the faces of many who file past the monument for slain children at the intersection of Church and Tower streets in downtown Kingston. 'Secret Gardens' was established by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation last November, as a poignant...

More than 50 displaced banana farmers are to benefit from a multimillion-dollar European Union (EU) fund to establish agricultural business ventures in the wake of the demise of the sector. The grant to banana workers amounts to €100,000...

Quick work from police investigators resulted in the recovery of a slain special constable's private firearm and the arrest of a suspect yesterday.Special Constable Richard Hamilton became the first member of the security forces to be killed...

WESTERN BUREAU: Words were inadequate to describe the emotions of Jennifer Clarke yesterday as she tried to cope with the death of her son, Amal Clarke. Amal died in a motor-vehicle crash on Sunday, while heading to Munro College for boarding, ahead of the school term...

The assets of businessman Joseph 'Joey' Issa are no longer frozen as the Supreme Court yesterday set aside the freezing order which was granted on December 15, 2008.St Ann businessman Arthur Von Strolley has filed a suit in the Supreme Court against Issa's company...

In celebration of Jamaica 1. Billionaire fashion designer Ralph Lauren is definitely proud of his Jamaican association. Not only does he start his new year at the posh Round Hill Hotel in St James where one of his five homes ...

If you buy dasheen regularly at Corporate Area markets, chances are, it is from the hills of Mill Bank, Portland. The same district which lost eight members in the Dam Head bridge market truck accident on Friday, December 19. The region is like a tropical rainforest...

The year 2009 marks an important milestone for the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ). It is the year when the association celebrates 70 years of excellent service to the local and regional shipping industry and the growth and development of Jamaica's economy...