Minister of Education Fayval Williams has committed to a month-end deadline for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between her ministry and the Caribbean School of Medical Science, Jamaica (CSMSJ). Williams made the pledge during...
DESPITE ANTICIPATION that the cruise ship terminal in Port Royal, which welcomed its first ship in January 2020, would set afloat economic progress in the historic community, residents say they have been locked out of the benefits, arguing that...
THE GOVERNMENT’S thrust to improve efficiency in the public sector has been bolstered with the upgrade of the eGov Data Centre. Its modernisation included the renovation of the physical plant, expansion of information technology capacity and...
Kahcine Lindsay is in distress. Her four-year-old daughter, Lydia-Rae Lindsay, is in need of open heart surgery, but the mother of two, who works as an early childhood educator, said the cost is simply out of her reach. “I know I need some help. I...
Despite familial ties, relatives of the People’s National Party’s Omar Robinson on Monday indicated that their allegiance to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) took precedence over their support for his political aspirations. While declaring that they...
For the staff at the St Aloysius Primary School in Kingston, the Jamaica Day activities are more than just a commemoration, but provide a significant opportunity to foster patriotism and cultural retention for students. “We find out that our...
Economist Dr Damien King and Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson say they are unsurprised by the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) assessment that inflation will remain higher than targeted until next year. King told The Gleaner on Thursday that...
Funding for climate-change resilience in the Caribbean has been bolstered by the Small Island Developing States Capacity and Resilience (SIDAR) Programme, a £2.7 million (approximately J$535 million) initiative that is being funded by the United...
The 36 independent candidates vying for office in the local government elections have been labelled as “fodder” in the election process by political commentator Lloyd B. Smith, who asserts that their campaigns will be fruitless. His comment comes...
As Merl Grove High School commemorates its centenary milestone, stakeholders have noted that it stands as a testament to a century of academic distinction and community impact. Chronicling its rise from modest beginnings as a preparatory school...
Teachers who will be joining educational institutions in September are being encouraged to be innovative and to utilise the resources provided by the Ministry of Education and Youth to maximise the learning outcomes of their students. Addressing...
Although the government has budgeted $169 million for the reconstruction of the Troy bridge in the next financial year, residents of the Trelawny community are wary after “so many false promises” since the original structure collapsed in August...
Two years after the 2020 establishment of the Breast Health and Oncology Centre at Andrews Memorial Hospital, founding clinical director and oncologist Dr Jason Copeland and his team became pioneers of a new method for performing a breast cancer-...
Political commentator Dr Paul Ashley is contending that any infrastructural project undertaken by the Government at this time is being done to shore up votes for the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as the local government elections loom. In fact...
Declaring that Jamaica is in a state of “perpetual anger”, Doran Dixon is encouraging more citizens to engage alternative dispute resolution services offered by the Ministry of Justice to work through disagreements. “There’s too much anger...
Importers and distributors of plastic lunch boxes are demanding clarity from Senator Matthew Samuda, the minister with responsibility for the environment, on the looming ban on such containers. The ban, which is also extended to personal-care...
Principal Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA) Danielle Archer has expressed concern that no significant progress has been made in the fight against corruption to shift perception in the last four years, and is urging the Government to...
Any decision by the Government to reallocate funds from the tertiary sector to the primary, secondary and early levels of the education system would have the cumulative effect of depleting resources from the country’s education system overall,...
Rovel Chambers, head of the Information Communication and Technology Department at Discovery High School in St Ann, wants the information technology (IT) curriculum for secondary schools to be officially updated to include segments for coding...
A European Union (EU) delegation is currently in Jamaica and looking to develop partnerships with Jamaican companies in the renewable energy sector to assist the country in meeting its 50 per cent target for renewables by 2030 in a remix of the...
Antoin Marshall has a dream of performing on opera house stages all over the world, using his gift to share his experiences as a Jamaican and a black man, while also helping to demolish the notion that opera is reserved for the affluent of society...
Business owners who operate along Slipe Road in Kingston were yesterday outraged at having not received adequate notice of the road’s closure to facilitate the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love, the Hollywood film about the reggae legend, at the...
Following what he described as a successful protest outside the Jamaican consulate-general’s office in Miami, Florida, United States (US), yesterday, Dr Rupert Francis, chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention...
Declaring that there is a “general state of unreadiness on many sides”, Information Commissioner Celia Barclay is urging organisations to utilise the six-month grace period extended by the Office of the Information Commissioner (IOC) to ensure that...
The management of Sunbeam Children’s Home in St Catherine says it is considering legal action against the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) over what it says was the agency’s dereliction of due process in deciding to delicense the...
