Stories by Jovan Johnson

The magnitude of Guyana's oil discovery was disclosed yesterday, and, today, a leading Jamaican economic thinker is urging authorities of the South American nation to use Jamaica's experiences with bauxite to ensure that benefits are sustainable.The...

Twenty-seven students of Denbigh High in Clarendon, whose Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English literature exam scripts went missing, are expected to get their grades early next week.Dr Maurice Smith, permanent secretary in the...

Technology Minister Andrew Wheatley and Peter Bunting, the opposition spokesman on national security, are headed for a potentially major clash when the House of Representatives resumes sittings this month over the spectrum licence issued...

Chinese companies in Jamaica are reportedly denying knowledge of a kickback policy, following claims made in the People's National Party (PNP) donations scandal, which has also drawn a response from United States government representatives in the...

The Government is comprehensively reviewing the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) in the wake of the bungling that left 40 students of Penwood High without grades for six Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects."We are...

Officials at the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) and the Penwood High School could be sanctioned for not reporting to Jamaica's education ministry that about 40 students did not receive grades in six subjects sat in this year's Caribbean...

The educational progress of approximately 40 students of the Penwood High School in St Andrew has been forced to a halt after a bungling by school administrators resulted in them being 'ungraded' in six subjects sat in this year's Caribbean...

Caribbean countries with weak regulatory systems that could facilitate financial crimes need to act fast to strengthen their safeguards, said Prime Minster Andrew Holness. Failure to do so, he noted, could worsen the issue of international banks...

The Andrew Holness-administration says it cannot give a timeline for its response to the multi-million-dollar gratuity and pension scandal uncovered at the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ).At the same time, civil society is facing criticism for its '...

The Court of Appeal has used a judgment to tell the Jamaican Parliament that the judiciary is bound to consider established rules in sentencing people and not just the intent of elected representatives.The top court made the position clear in a...

The United Nations, local and regional rights groups, and advocates say a train has now been set in motion for colonial laws throughout the English-speaking Caribbean outlawing anal sex to tumble after a Belize court ruled that laws in the country...