The parliamentary Opposition’s decision to preach about corruption and scandal in the Holness administration has begun to wear thin on electors and accounts for the bounce in public opinion for the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as reflected...
Lack of knowledge, coupled with the limited access to modern technology are among the major issues keeping Jamaican small farmers shackled to subsistence farming, unable to scale up their farming operations to the feasible business ventures they...
The laid-back and nonchalant attitude of some members of staff of the Plant Quarantine Division of the Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is hurting efforts to get some urgent sanitary and phytosanitary projects, intended to...
More than half the Jamaicans surveyed are convinced that roadworks in the Corporate Area over the past two years were worth the disruptions encountered, the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson poll has shown. Fewer than one-third of the 1,...
The Jamaican society first needs to recapture the essence of respect for persons and institutions of authority if the country is to make any progress in its fight against crime and violence, according to Reverend Astor Carlyle of Webster Memorial...
An adviser to the Government on agricultural policies and development recently warned farmers to be wary of Bernard Lodge and other mother mega-farm plans earmarked for St Catherine. He cautioned that the plans could lead to the demise of small...
The strength and commitment of an injured unnamed policeman who was hurt in a two-vehicle smash-up at the intersection of Harbour and Pechon streets yesterday afternoon was the talking point among workers from a nearby furniture store, some of whom...
Decades of neglect by successive political administrations have left residents of Bonnett, a rural community in Guy’s Hill, St Catherine, disenchanted with both political parties – the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the parliamentary...
Having achieved some level of macroeconomic stability, Jamaica now needs to build on that platform by investing in the digital renaissance and keeping its brightest minds at home in order to achieve economic growth, according to Therese Turner-...
Deserted by the Government at a time when the global pork industry is on alert for the deadly African swine fever, the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPGA) has turned to the island’s two major feed companies – Hi-Pro and Nutramix – as well as...
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, gave the assurance last week that the door is still open for changes to the final document, even though Cabinet has already signed off on the revised Greater...
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has received a major boost in its ongoing drive to fight drug trafficking and indiscipline among staff at various adult correctional centres and juvenile institutions, with the donation of a Polygraph...
Fuel efficiency has long been an essential component to the feasibility of trucking operations globally, given the low rate of payment to truck drivers in the mining, agriculture, distribution trade and other sectors which are centred around...
Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA) Peter Clarke on Friday served notice that the revised Greater Bernard Lodge Development Master Plan will be held to strict environmental standards, especially in relation to the use and...
Some 390 teachers have fled the classroom in a mass exodus since last September, with a paltry 51 retired teachers having answered the call since then, from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, to be re-engaged as educators. Karl...
Kingston stands to reap strong economic dividends from the opening of Port Royal as gateway to the city, according to Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams, who used Monday’s unveiling of a mural on Temple Lane, downtown Kingston, the first in a multi-...
Jeffrey Paul (JP) Morgan, who led Jamaica’s Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) from 2002-2008, was remembered as a natural diplomat with global reach and influence, during Tuesday’s service of thanksgiving for his life at the St Andrew Parish...
“Education is the pathway to freedom, and every child deserves the opportunity to walk down that path”. – Stephen Marley This quote from one of Bob Marley’s sons has been a pivotal guiding principle behind the conception and design of the...
The Jamaica Pig Farmers' Association (JPFA) has called the first of four regional meetings for Thursday to apprise farmers of renewed threats to the local pork industry. Jamaica imported 49,483 kilograms of fresh pork from the United States last...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Jamaica, Denise Antonio, last Tuesday commended the local Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) for punching well above its weight. She said that since...
The shocking murder of eight-year-old Galen Buchanan, whose body was found in Kingston with the hands tied behind his back two days after he was reportedly kidnapped late last month, brought into sharp focus the theme of last Sunday’s Caribbean...
For a second week running, a stand-off involving opposition members of parliament (MP) and Speaker Pearnel Charles Sr and Karl Samuda, the leader of government business, threatened to derail the weekly Tuesday sitting of the House of...
The confirmation of convicted murderer Vybz Kartel as the undisputed role model for children who were in conflict with the law has left Diahann Gordon Harrison, Jamaica’s children’s advocate and national rapporteur on trafficking in persons, deeply...
Clean-up operations were on in earnest along the section of Barry Street, which runs through Southside, with residents of the Kingston community lending a helping hand while others kept watch on National Solid Waste Management Authority workers,...
Hugh Wildman, the attorney representing president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Fritz Pinnock in his corruption case, yesterday expressed optimism in the St Andrew Parish Court that his client would be vindicated on February 10. That...
