Frequent fires at an unregulated landfill in the Land Lease community in St Andrew have been causing distress for the management of the nearby Hope Zoo, who are anxious about the potential health risks to its staff and animals at the facility. The...
As concerns mount over Jamaica’s declining birth and fertility rates, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is encouraging women who can afford to have children to do so. “If you can afford it, … why not have?” he asked at the...
Dr Mark Smith, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has criticised the suggestion to have pastors fill the shortage of religious educators in schools, describing it as a “suboptimal and quick-fix measure”. While acknowledging that...
Government minister Daryl Vaz wants greater collaboration between the public and private sectors to address the threats and opportunities inherent in rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity technologies. Vaz, who is the...
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) says it is prepared to make public the names of advertising companies that owe the municipality millions for billboard advertising across the Corporate Area. Speaking at Tuesday’s monthly...
Pristina, Kosovo: Ralph Tedy Erol, a Haitian photojournalist, was onsite when the Jamaican security forces arrived in Port-au-Prince last month to join the 400 Kenyan police who came in June to work with Haitian police and military to restore law...
Pristina, Kosovo: Days before attending the Connecting Media Communities 2024 event in Pristina, Kosovo, Widlore Mérancourt, editor in chief of Haiti’s premier investigative news outlet, Ayibo Post, received a death threat from Haitian gang leader...
The Ministry of Education and Youth says its Sixth Form Pathways Programme (SFPP) does not include automatic promotion to upper sixth form at the same school. The statement follows a Gleaner report last week, highlighting the distress of a mother...
Two years ago, the administration at the Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary School, a co-ed institution in Gordon Town, St Andrew, separated a group of boys who had learning and behavioural challenges and placed them in a classroom by themselves. This...
A report that some Jamaican teachers who migrate to the United Kingdom (UK) are paid significantly less than their British counterparts will not deter others from leaving the Jamaican classroom for England, according to president-elect of the...
Brian Clarke, a visually impaired student at the Old Harbour High School in St Catherine, loves learning about the world through the sciences, but his disability makes it difficult for him to immerse himself in the subject areas. Noticing his...
Excited students from more than 33 schools across Jamaica congregated at Hope Botanic Gardens in St Andrew on Thursday to showcase their innovations in the annual Young Innovators Competition hosted by the Scientific Research Council (SRC). Though...
More than 200 students from schools across Jamaica have signed an open letter to the Ministry of Education and Youth, urging it to hastily finalise and implement a national school nutrition policy. The proposed policy, which is currently awaiting...
A mother is accusing Immaculate Conception High School of being unreasonable after her daughter was barred from continuing in its sixth-form programme because she obtained a grade four in one of four Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (...
Although there were concerns raised that some proprietors may have been unjustly increasing the prices of goods and services in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) said it has found no evidence to support this....
Declaring that the people in Morant Bay are “crying for representation”, People’s National Party (PNP) councillors in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation have organised a series of protests to press Mayor Louis Chin to announce an overdue by-...
A construction company viewed as having a connection to then-permanent secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, has incurred a cost overrun of more than $23 million for works done at the ministry in 2019...
At least two Maroon chiefs have described Accompong Chief Richard Currie’s attendance at the People’s National Party (PNP) 86th annual conference on Sunday as a direct response to the Government’s persistent neglect of Maroon community concerns. In...
With People’s National Party (PNP) supporters banking on dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel’s influence to attract the younger demographic to the party, chairman Dr Angela Brown Burke is defending his appearance on stage. Kartel, whose given name...
At an institution where more than 90 per cent of the students enter grade seven unable to read, Justin Henry is hoping that his performance in this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams will be an inspiration...
A student who completed training at the HEART/NSTA Trust is accusing Hotel RIU Palace Aquarelle resort in Trelawny of discrimination after he was excluded from participating in work experience at the hotel because of his dreadlocked hairstyle. The...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding and Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson are officially no longer dual citizens, having completed the renunciation of their British citizenship. In the meantime, former Government...
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Mark Smith, has added his voice to recent calls for a paradigm shift in Jamaica’s education system to address the underperformance of students. Noting the significant investment that...
With a reputation as a low-performing and violent school in the inner city, Kingston Technical High School was not the first choice for the three top performers it is now toasting for their academic success. Matthew Loney, the school’s top male...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ move to announce a by-election in the St Ann North Eastern constituency just a day after the resignation of Marsha Smith as member of parliament (MP) and state minister is being viewed by political analysts as a...
