More Jamaicans who are eligible to vote have signalled that they would go to the polls if national elections are held shortly when compared with the total number of registered electors who cast their ballots in the September 3, 2020, general...
In an effort to prolong the life of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) ageing fleet of buses, Industrial Fire and Rescue Equipment SA conducted a cooling-down exercise on Monday to demonstrate how a fire suppressant system supplied by them...
Opposition Spokesman on Education and Training Senator Damion Crawford is maintaining that the Government’s latest wage offer to the teachers under a restructuring exercise is unreasonable. The teachers voted 346-227 to reject the offer during a...
The search for rental of residential property has become increasing difficult for more Jamaicans, who believe that the requirements set by some landlords, such as requests for bank statements and relationship or religious conditions, are too...
More than 50 per cent of the professors appointed at The University of the West Indies (UWI) over the five-year period 2018 to 2023 are women. Professor Dale Webber, pro-vice-chancellor and principal of The UWI, Mona campus, said that of the 27...
Sir Hilary Beckles, vice-chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), is seeking the assistance of the Government and private sector players in redeveloping the 75-year old Mona campus. He was addressing the Annual Campus Council Meeting...
Organisations registered under the Companies Act have been instructed to begin preparations to ensure compliance in anticipation of the Data Protection Act (DPA) taking effect on December 1, 2023. The Government is fine-tuning regulations to bring...
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent Laura Trevelyan, whose ancestors engaged in chattel slavery, owning over 1,000 slaves in the 19th century, on Monday issued a public apology to the Grenadian people on behalf of her family. She...
The ‘Blue Bots’ robotics team from Jamaica College (JC) has been crowned the 2023 champions of the annual NCB Foundation FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Jamaica National Robotics Championship. The students from the St Andrew-based school topped the two-...
In its second staging, the Harrison College – Campion College student exchange programme has been successful in fostering regional integration, improving student achievement levels, and the exchange of different teaching methodologies that allows...
More local and regional agricultural professionals have received training and certification in artificial insemination (AI) as a result of a collaboration between Nutramix and Select Sires Incorporation, helping to transform the cattle industry in...
It appeared to have been love at first grasp. At least that is 95-year-old Lloyd Bryan’s recollection of the spark that set off a burning affection for his valentine, Pauline. And with the now-85-year-old yielding to Lloyd’s offer to hold her hand...
Vice chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Sir Hilary Beckles, declared on Tuesday that “the time is now” for a revolution of the educational system in Jamaica. He was speaking at the Terra Nova All Suite hotel in St Andrew, where the...
Media practitioners have been challenged by a state broadcasting chief to “go back to the basics” in ensuring that quality and accuracy are not sacrificed. “The practitioners of today, including those who are the gatekeepers, editors, we don’t pay...
Residents of Spring Village in Old Harbour, St Catherine, have expressed dissatisfaction with the limited to no information from the offices of the National Works Agency (NWA) regarding the status of the community bridge which was closed to...
The procurement of 600 body cameras over the next two months is expected to bolster the police force’s evidence-gathering capacity and help challenge dubious claims of innocence from motorists ticketed for traffic violations. That declaration...
Noted Jamaican physician Dr Margaret Dingle Spence will be representing Jamaica and the wider Caribbean at the global level after she recently accepted an invitation to serve on The Lancet’s commission on cancer and health systems. Dingle Spence...
As it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, Promise Learning and Training Centre, a St Andrew-based special education institution, attributes its longevity to the fervent care, love, and passion for teaching students in a way to help them...
Parents of children diagnosed with a learning disability or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are being advised to reconsider decisions to enrol them in the traditional school system as they may struggle to grasp their lessons without enough...
Jamaicans have been urged to reject the stereotype of skill-based professions as a last resort for youth who are not academically proficient. Dr Taneisha Ingleton, managing director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, called for greater focus on training and...
With one of the major celebrations for lovers around the world fast approaching, some local party supply stores are concerned that a global helium shortage will cause them to miss lucrative sales opportunities and the anticipated February 14...
The Government has been urged to deepen its investment in palliative care to improve access to disadvantaged Jamaicans in rural parishes. That appeal was made by Dr Margaret Dingle Spence, senior medical officer of the Hope Institute Hospital, the...
Jamaicans are being urged not to panic or lose faith in traditional banking and higher-risk investments in the wake of multimillion-dollar internal fraud cases at several financial institutions. But with reports of more than $1 billion being...
Residents of the Old Capital, Spanish Town, believe they have not been receiving adequate representation at the St Catherine Municipal Corporation since the resignation of Councillor Kenisha Gordon in April 2020. Speaking with The Gleaner last week...
Residents of Spanish Town, St Catherine, have expressed discontent at the slow pace at which several badly deteriorated roads leading to and through the business district of the Old Capital are being addressed. Last November, the National Works...
