With the Government’s inflation target at risk of breaching the upper limit of six per cent over the next year, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is sounding a note of caution that a four per cent salary increase for its membership is a non-...
The Government has shifted its strategy from weekday lockdowns going forward and has returned to nightly curfews as a more sustained measure to keep businesses afloat while curtailing the spread of COVID-19. Prime Minister Andrew Holness said there...
Jamaicans are divided on the Government’s payment incentive to woo seniors to take vaccines against COVID-19, with a majority of those interviewed in an RJRGLEANER-Don Anderson poll saying it was not a good idea. Chairperson of the National Council...
Despite calls by fuming critics for the board of Merl Grove High School to be sacked for suspending principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton, the executive director of the National Council on Education has warned that such action requires a high threshold...
Despite a whirlwind controversy bedevilling Merl Grove High School in Kingston, board Chairman David Hall has defended the decision to suspend principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton and insisted that everything is being done to ensure that the students...
One year after Prime Minister Andrew Holness rode a wave of unparalleled popularity this century to retain political power, his administration has been given a failing grade by pundits for its management of the coronavirus pandemic. That verdict...
The management of the Nature Preservation Foundation (NPF) and the union representing workers at the non-governmental organisation (NGO) are on a collision course over a worker who was made redundant in June. The National Workers’ Union (NWU) has...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is chiding the Andrew Holness administration for “dragging its feet” on a Constitution (Amendment) (Impeachment) bill that was tabled in Parliament in April. Golding said that he met with the prime minister at Jamaica...
Lower-level workers at the Nature Preservation Foundation (NPF) have complained bitterly that they are forced by the non-governmental organisation (NGO) to survive on reduced income since the onset of COVID-19 last year, while higher-paid...
Jamaica’s teachers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 have been put on guard that they will not receive the same treatment as their inoculated counterparts when schools reopen for face-to-face classes in September. That might include...
Outgoing British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Asif Ahmad, has admitted that the compensation scheme process for members of the Windrush Generation has been painfully slow. In a recent Gleaner interview, Ahmad said that the British Government had...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, on Tuesday, borrowed a line from entertainer Shaggy, declaring that ‘it wasn’t me’, in relation to a seeming lookalike patron who appeared in a social media post at a party where few persons were wearing masks. “I did...
With an uptick in the transmission of COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says it is likely that a tightening of measures will be announced next Tuesday to reverse the steady increase in persons contracting the virus. And as the...
Copping national and regional awards during his formative years at Vaz Preparatory School and Campion College in Jamaica, Jabari Hastings, who went to Stanford University on a full scholarship, continues to blaze a trail of excellence by completing...
Former Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Derick Latibeaudiere has supported a proposal from Jamaica’s anti-corruption watchdog for senior central bank personnel who are involved in regulations, examinations, or inspections to be restricted from...
New chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Gaston Browne, is pushing fellow members of the regional bloc to urgently advance the integration process or run the risk of being left behind. In his first address as chairman to the 42nd Regular...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has called for the Government to establish a special utility court to prosecute electricity thieves. Senior company officials have argued that no loss-reduction programme would be effective and sustainable...
More than 10,000 small businesses earning about 29 per cent of their revenues from cigarettes could see a significant fall-off in revenue if provisions in the draft tobacco law get the nod from Parliament, a major industry player has said. Carreras...
George Thomas said he has been bowled a curve ball after signing documents in a rush to sell his house for $8 million, only to discover that the sum he received to accommodate construction of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000 was...
Some residents of Redberry in Manchester have complained that despite lobbying China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to address the dust nuisance in their community, very little has been done to ease the problem. Olivia Miller, a resident of...
After spending years abroad, Stephen Griffiths returned to the land of his birth to build a house, settle down, and do a bit of farming. The furthest thing from his mind was being embroiled in a dispute with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC...
A government lawmaker has raised alarm that some investors in Jamaica’s cannabis industry are ready to pull out because of inertia on the export policy, with at least two stakeholders already abandoning the sector. Multimillion-dollar United...
The parliamentary charade involving the Speaker and Opposition members last week over the seating arrangement of berated Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright is expected to fizzle today as the leadership on both sides of the...
While waiting for its day in court challenging a Supreme Court ruling that detentions under states of emergency were in breach of the Constitution, the Andrew Holness administration has signalled that work is well advanced on new legislation to...
Edmund Bartlett, the leader of government business in the House of Representatives, on November 3, referred three motions to the Ethics Committee, one of which related specifically to Clarendon Northern Member of Parliament Dwight Sibblies. The...
