The Reverend Peter Espeut has labelled as “unfortunate” the arrest and charge of former education minister Ruel Reid over allegations of fraud and impropriety within the Ministry of Education and some of its agencies, including the Caribbean...
Haiti has been reeling again from another in a series of deadly protests, ignited by calls for President Jovenel Moise to step down amid allegations that he has mishandled the economy and which has led to chronic food and fuel shortages. Seventeen...
Several of Jamaica’s dignitaries, including the Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, and politicians from both sides of the political divide were among a packed audience at the Boulevard Baptist Church on Sunday for the launch of...
Citizens are being warned to no longer take the Anti-Litter Act for granted as the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) ramps up a raft of new measures and regulations aimed at dramatically increasing the fines associated with it. The...
The United States Embassy recently saluted 12 of its partners with the second annual Stakeholder Appreciation and Recognition Awards (SARA) at a glitzy ceremony at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on September 27. Counsellor for Public...
When more than 900 Alpart employees lost their jobs because Alpart bauxite plant shut down operations in 2009, it resulted in the largest bloc redundancies from one company in Jamaica. It also burnt a hole in the pockets of residents and small...
Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate Donna Scott-Mottley says that the country is still mystified even though the Government has agreed to withdraw a resolution to extend the period of exemption for Cabinet documents from 20 to 70 years. The...
While the Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO) (Interim) Act, 2002 established the body as a commission of Parliament to conduct investigations into the actions and statements of politicians, it must be careful it is not abrogating, or...
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has urged the United Nations (UN) member states to move beyond commitment and “act as needed to achieve the goals and targets of the 2030 development agenda”. Calling the Sustainable...
The nearly six-decade-old United States economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba is the most unfair, severe, flagrant and prolonged system of unilateral sanctions ever applied against any single country, says Ines Fors Fernandez,...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says that Jamaica is in a strong position to recover quickly from the US$10-million fallout as a result of the collapse of Thomas Cook, one of the world’s oldest and largest tour companies. On Monday, the British...
Despite being caught up in a Brexit conundrum, Britain will remain steadfast in its diplomatic and financial arrangements with countries of the English-speaking Commonwealth. That is the word from British High Commissioner Asif Ahmad, who was...
If it were up to Asif Ahmad, the British high commissioner to Jamaica, citizens of the former British colony would no longer require a visa to travel to the United Kingdom (UK). But since the legal requirement is out of his hands, the country will...
One of three unions representing the approximately 1,000 employees at the JISCO-Alpart bauxite plant at Nain in St Elizabeth has charged that many of the ills being faced by local workers there is as a direct result of the lack of input from their...
Forty-five employees of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group have signed up to be part of a furtherance of education initiative, which is being spearheaded by the company’s Human Resource Department. RJRGLEANER CEO Gary Allen said that the aim of...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it has taken note of concerns raised by Jamaicans living and working in the Middle East who have been adversely affected by the closure of the embassy in Kuwait. “The decision was taken to...
Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years old will have nearly doubled from 12 to 22 per cent. Even more startling, by next year, the number of people aged 60 and older will outnumber children younger than five...
Proposed legislation introduced by Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke aimed at providing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Bahamian nationals recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Dorian is receiving strong support less...
With fears that the probe into the April murder of eight-year-old Shantae Skyers could go cold, investigators are again appealing to members of the public to share what they know. Head of the police’s Corporate Communications Unit, Deputy...
Moments after 61-year-old Arleen Byrd scaled the Jersey barrier separating the four lanes on Constant Spring Road in the vicinity of Shortwood Road, she joked about her athletic prowess in high school. However, she pointed out, the folly of having...
Thirty-six-year-old Stacey-Ann Harris is no ordinary woman. Along with her husband, she manages a large fishing operation in Portland while also putting in full hours as owner of a popular nightclub and bar, as well as a restaurant. But even more...
The head of the National Works Agency (NWA) has said that motorists who choose to use the flyovers at Three Miles should experience a smooth journey into and out of Kingston as the new school year begins today. Yesterday, NWA officials and police...
Colleagues across the political divide yesterday saluted Dr Kenneth Baugh as a man whose stature transcended politics and who dedicated his life to uplifting his countrymen. The 78-year-old former deputy prime minister, member of parliament (MP)...
While the statement ‘15 seconds of discomfort could save a man a lifetime of pain’ continues to ring true in reference to the importance of prostate cancer screening, one in eight Jamaican men will be diagnosed with the disease. Jamaica has the...
National Works Agency (NWA) CEO E.G. Hunter says that plans to upgrade the drainage system in the Tinson Pen area have not been shelved. The plan for a redesign and drain expansion emerged after last October’s flooding, caused by heavy downpour...
