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Stories by Erica Virtue - Senior Gleaner Writer

Published:Sunday | March 3, 2019 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue - Senior Gleaner Writer

Professional associations representing doctors, lawyers and business people say they would not support the muzzling of members who seek political office. Their comments come in the wake of revelation of a concept paper by the Ruel Reid-led Ministry...

Published:Sunday | March 3, 2019 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue - Senior Gleaner Writer

Although electronic voting will not be used in the pending Portland East election, almost all election-day workers will be drawn from outside the parish to ease concerns about possible irregularities in the high-stakes constituency race. Director...

Published:Sunday | February 24, 2019 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue - Senior Gleaner Writer

There is no sexual harassment policy governing Jamaica’s public-health institutions, including at the Caribbean’s premier teaching hospital and at the Ministry of Health, despite that sector employing thousands of workers performing medical and...

Published:Sunday | February 24, 2019 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue - Senior Gleaner Writer

Sexual harassment is rampant throughout Jamaica’s public hospitals and clinics, and predators have been emboldened by a culture of impunity and a wall of silence, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt. No one is immune. Although the sample size of the non-...

Published:Friday | July 2, 2021 | 12:08 AMErica Virtue - Senior Gleaner Writer

It is reportedly taking two years for the Teachers Appeal Tribunal to hand down written judgments in cases brought by teachers who were suspended or dismissed by school boards, leaving several educators jobless and hopeless. Information reaching...

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