Ascot High Principal Shannell Talbert said he has been left disappointed after one of his students was physically assaulted by a parent in the vicinity of the Portmore, St Catherine-based school on Wednesday. According to Talbert, the incident took...
President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) O’Neil Grant says the union has placed the issue of duty concessions on motor vehicles on the “back burner” as they work to reach an agreement with the Government on the restructuring of...
Security consultant Mark Shields believes that security companies should provide more technology-based services instead of relying solely on manpower. His suggestion comes as a 50 per cent cost increase looms over the industry after a recent...
Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams is suggesting that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) consider housing high-risk criminals in its custody at Up Park Camp, the headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force. Adams said such a move...
The Government is to embark on what it says is the biggest build-out of tax offices across Jamaica over the next several years. Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke made the announcement on Wednesday while addressing graduates of the Tax Audit and...
WARDS AT the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre are now being offered courses in robotics and coding. Deputy commissioner of rehabilitation and probation aftercare services in the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Dr Marc...
In his more than two decades as a fisherman, Glasford Alexander Mitchell has faced a lot of dangers at sea, but two experiences stand out vividly in his mind. “I can remember, one Sunday morning I went to sea. It was a tough morning, I didn’t...
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is seeking to bolster Jamaica’s counter-terrorism and investigative capacity by administering a suite of bachelor’s degrees in police sciences, forensic sciences, and cybersecurity and digital forensics....
President of the Nursing Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Patsy Edwards-Henry, has accused the Ministry of Health of not doing adequate consultation before the mass recruitment of overseas nurses as part of the $1.3-billion ‘Code Care’ initiative...
If Angela Christian could have one wish granted, it would be to have enough money to buy two houses to foster more children. Fifteen years ago, she opened her home to a four-year-old boy, who was placed in state care because his parents were drug...
Seventeen-year old Lincoln Roy Chin’s grandmother died mere days before he was scheduled to sit his first Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam. His grandmother, Hazel Mary Washington, had come to live with his family when she got...
The National Housing Trust (NHT) is defending its use of sandbags at the upscale Ruthven Towers apartment complex as a precautionary measure against flooding amid continual rainfall from Hurricane Ian. Maintaining that the NHT is confident in the...
Jamaica was spared widespread flash floods or landslides Sunday as Tropical Storm Ian continued its trajectory west of the island, with roads, electricity, and water supplies mostly holding up despite steady but light to moderate showers along the...
One hundred Jamaicans from across the public and private sectors and civil society are now better equipped to serve members of the deaf community after participating in the Sign Up Jamaica programme. The programme, which was organised by RISE Life...
Hundreds of former colleagues, relatives, friends, and admirers turned out on Wednesday to salute the man who they say impacted not just their lives, but changed how radio is perceived in Jamaica: the late François St Juste. The broadcaster died on...
In high school, Javon Smith’s friends nicknamed him ‘Merchant’ because of his penchant for sales. As he grew older, Smith sought job stability and took on a 9-5 job as an information systems manager. That entrepreneurial spirit fuelled his...
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson has called for the Government to include a referendum ballot to remove King Charles III as Jamaica’s head of state in the upcoming local government elections. The municipal polls are constitutionally...
Two days ago, Phillip ‘Dolphus’ Bennett was having a party with his relatives in the Walkers Hill area of Red Hills, St Andrew, celebrating the visit of a brother from overseas. Today, the family is planning his funeral. Described as a quiet and...
Twenty-one-year-old Twyrike Campbell is a proud alumnus of Rose Town Construction Internship Programme, which is giving at-risk youth from the inner-city community a fighting chance by steering them towards a productive future. Campbell was one of...
The Government has launched an initiative dubbed Operation Birthright under the National Identification System (NIDS) project targeting Jamaicans who do not possess a birth certificate. The $50-million drive will see free birth certificates being...
The administrators at a number of Corporate Area schools are planning to integrate classes and hire part-time teachers to accommodate the influx of students expected under the Sixth Form Pathways Programme (SFPP) as resource concerns linger. Tivoli...
MINISTER OF Justice Delroy Chuck said more training is needed for police officers to enable them to make better use of restorative justice as an effective crime-fighting tool. Currently, the minister said, there are 20 restorative justice centres...
Academics are lobbying Jamaican policymakers to seize on perceived growing comfort with the use of Creole in formal settings to have the native tongue accepted as the first language in schools. Coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The...
Manchester High has revised its rules to allow for schoolgirls to wear hair extensions to classes, a rare concession in Jamaica’s long-running culture clash over grooming. The compromise, which Manchester’s Dean of Discipline Sigrid Miller said...
