Published:Tuesday | April 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Members of the Rastafari, Kumina, Revivalist and Maroon communities in Jamaica yesterday conducted a peaceful, humanitarian march from Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree to Jamaica House inSt Andrew, seeking to have the United Nations Declaration on the...
Published:Monday | April 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
All for the youthCop of the Year passionate about continuing youth development programmesThe work put into undertaking community projects geared towards social transformation and the holistic development of youths within his community seems to have...
Published:Tuesday | April 12, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Expo Jamaica show manager Alvin Campbell has revealed that by the end of this year's 43rd staging, approximately 5,000 persons would have received employment through the event.Roughly 300 persons have been employed to work on the labour-intensive...
Published:Sunday | April 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Former prime ministers P.J. Patterson and Bruce Golding have made special appeals to all University of the West Indies (UWI) past students and members of the private sector to give back to the institution.The former heads of government also...
Published:Monday | April 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
William Mahfood, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), is maintaining his view that the Government of Jamaica should impose restrictions on products imported from Trinidad and Tobago, following a series of incidents in...
Published:Sunday | April 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
In an effort to continue The Mico University College's contributions towards nation building, the institution's president, Dr Ashburn Pinnock, has announced that various collaborations have been, and are being, forged with the Jamaican and other...
Published:Friday | April 1, 2016 | 12:44 PMJason Cross
The traffic department of the Jamaica Constabulary Force is becoming increasingly concerned about a worrying trend throughout the island among motorcycle drivers who run afoul of the law.Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Allen, in charge of the...
Published:Thursday | March 31, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Senior Superintendent of Police Calvin Allen, head of the Traffic Division, is blaming excessive speeding, improper overtaking, and the inability of drivers to keep to the left in their correct lanes for the majority of the 103 deaths that have...
Published:Sunday | March 27, 2016 | 2:51 PMJason Cross
At least one potential investor has so far been identified to help with the renovation and remodelling of the May Pen Cemetery in Kingston, stated newly appointed Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie, adding that he...
Published:Thursday | March 24, 2016 | 4:39 PMJason Cross
Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie has threatened to utilise the full force of the law to ensure that excessive burning of garbage across the Corporate Area comes to a stop.He said that many residents of communities located in the...
Published:Wednesday | March 23, 2016 | 6:39 PMJason Cross
President of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Jamaica Pastor Everett Brown is once again making it clear that statements similar to those made by Pastor Michael Harvey on a People's National Party political platform in January will not be...
Published:Tuesday | March 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
STUDENTS AND staff at Tivoli Gardens High School were yesterday taken through an earthquake-preparedness drill that was organised by the Ministry of Education and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). The students...
Published:Monday | March 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
A number of funeral homes have reported increases in the numbers of cremation requests from family members."Really, the cremation rate has gone up. In the past couple of years, it has gone up probably anywhere from 10 per cent or so," Milton Mason,...
Published:Sunday | March 20, 2016 | 2:36 PMJason Cross
Poor life skills, coupled with malnourished brains, are among the root causes of psychopathic behaviour displayed regularly in Jamaican society, which have too often led to persons being murdered in trivial disputes, claimed two noted psychiatrists....
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2016 | 6:54 PMJason Cross
The Child Development Agency (CDA), the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica, and a former president of the Jamaica Association of Guidance Counsellors in Education have issued some advice to children who will be venturing off to the...
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students buzzed with confidence after completing their first day of examinations yesterday. The Ministry of Education said that things went relatively smoothly in the 1,090 centres across the island even as eight...
Published:Thursday | March 17, 2016 | 4:00 PMJason Cross
Principal of the Mona Primary School Fabian Mahabeer has expressed confidence that his 180 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students will deliver positive results in their examinations despite minor challenges."Well, some of the challenges that we...
Education Minister Ruel Reid has appealed to parents of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students to continue supporting their children as they go through one of the most important stages of their lives. “Parents are important to the...
Published:Sunday | March 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Romaro Scott's letter to the editor, which called for Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament Dwayne Vaz to be flagged after displaying unethical behaviour on a political platform last year, has won him the prestigious Gleaner Silver Pen Award for...
Published:Monday | March 14, 2016 | 8:23 PMJason Cross
Pollster Don Anderson is recommending closer ties between the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) and the Registrar General's Department (RGD) to clean up the voters' list.With thousands of persons who have either died or migrated believed to be...
Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 5:48 PMJason Cross
After being diagnosed with cervical cancer on February 16, a Heidi-Ann Douglas Lloyd, 35-year-old St Catherine resident, is worried about dying and leaving behind her two-year-old daughter. She is appealing to the public for financial assistance....
Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Newly installed Minister of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Sports, Olivia Babsy Grange has announced her intentions to rigorously promote the need for more female involvement in Jamaican politics and promised the nation's women that they...
Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Supporters of both the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) from the St Andrew West Central constituency are expressing hope and joy for its member of Parliament (MP) Andrew Holness after the JLP was declared victor in...
Parents who gathered at Jamaica College (JC) in St Andrew on Tuesday for the opening of the R. Danny Williams career week were urged to be more understanding of their children as they decide on a suitable career path.Career week is aimed at...
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
St Catherine Medical Officer of Health Dr Francia Prosper-Chen is the latest medical official to warn the nation of the seriousness of the Zika virus and encouraged Jamaicans, especially community leaders, to take charge of their surroundings in...
