Two female secondary school students who have credited their school's long-established United Nations (UN) club for their strong social awareness skills and dynamism are calling for Model UN to be set up in every high school.The schoolgirls, who, on...
Jamaican students exploring the possibility of pursuing tertiary studies overseas have indicated that they want to see a wider variety of available options.At the same time, the United States Embassy has expressed its openness towards considering...
President of the Jonathan Grant High School Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Andrew Smith, is describing as an "autocratic approach" a decision by the school's principal to not admit students without Taxpayer Registration Number (TRN) cards.Smith...
Up to press time yesterday, Lydia James*, the nurse who was infected with HIV while working at a hospital in central Jamaica over a decade ago, stated that she was yet to receive any compensation.However, the guarantee coming from Dixon and...
"I've known only suffering these past few years, and I didn't call it down on myself. I was only doing my job." This is the plight of Lydia James*, a nurse and mother of five who has been living with HIV since September 2007 when she was stuck in...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has committed to repairing half of the 12,000 out-of-service street lights islandwide over the next few months, State Minister for Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams has stated.This, as the...
Bad things happen to good people, too, but God's comfort is present in the midst of all the grief and anguish.This was the main takeaway as the Kingston College (KC) student body, school administrators, alumni, as well as principals and students...
Just over 206 persons who have contributed tremendously to the development of the nation will be conferred with national honours and awards today, but scores of Jamaicans who give selflessly daily may never be...
Volunteerism will become much more attractive and appealing to Millennials if they are given key roles to play in the activity, a subset of the group of this year's national honourees has suggested.The group of four, which included cultural...
The Firearms Act is being reviewed and provisions are being made in legislation for criminal sanctions to be imposed on persons within the administration of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) who commit breaches, Chief Executive Officer Shane...
Arguing that the Riverton dump continues to be one of the biggest threats to public health for those living and working in proximity, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is contending that there is an urgent need for a health impact survey of...
More Jamaican women are opting to undergo a double mastectomy as a precautionary measure against breast cancer, a growing trend as a result of the 'Angelina Jolie Effect', one local expert has suggested.A mastectomy is the surgical removal of the...
Jamaica's Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) this week became the first Caribbean and non-American recipient of the NACOLE (National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement) Achievement in Oversight Award.The award was...
The South St Andrew community of Jones Town is home to many bright but impressionable young minds, and 23-year-old resident Tremaine Spragg is convinced that a mentorship programme is what is needed to steer them towards success and away from...
Any decision by the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) to go through with a proposal that would see three sections of its Jamaican operations being moved to the Dominican Republic can be viewed as "chasing corporate greed", one trade unionist has suggested....
Declaring themselves the gatekeepers of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), members of its polygraph unit, who are now internationally certified polygraph examiners, have vowed to detect not only recruits who are seeking to deceive but persons in...
With three months still remaining in the year, Crime Stop is reporting that it has paid out $5.7 million this year - more than double the $2.4 million it rewarded Jamaicans for the whole of last year. It also aided with the seizure of 46 illegal...
There were tense moments for passengers of a Coaster bus along Industrial Terrace in Kingston yesterday, as members of the security forces operating under the state of public emergency discovered two gym bags, one knapsack and one 'scandal' bag full...
His ambition of becoming a medical doctor was never realised, but Easton Douglas' relatives, friends, associates, and devotees all agree that he was a spirited and staunch public servant whose contribution to housing development and urban planning...
Minister of state in charge of youth Floyd Green has used the first staging of Anti-Gang Week to impress upon the nation's youth the importance of their role in changing the country's deeply entrenched anti-informer culture.In his keynote address to...
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips yesterday indicated that the Government should compensate businesses operating within the proximity of the now-closed Three Miles area in St Andrew for the adverse effects of the road project, charging that they...
Chief Executive Officer of Sagicor Bank Chorvelle Johnson has contended that giving of one's time and energies to advancing the educational development of the nation's children is just as, if not more important than giving money.Johnson, who was the...
Having had their fill of platform utterances, tailored political dubplates and rallying cries, the rain clouds that eventually burst over the National Arena in Kingston yesterday afternoon did little to dampen the euphoria of Comrades at the People'...
The leadership of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has fully backed the establishment of time-out facilities to assist in the rehabilitation of students who exhibit behavioural problems, arguing that they can no longer tolerate the hostility...
With noticeably fewer customers turning out and observing sharp dips in earnings just five days into the planned eight-month closure of the Three Miles intersection, businesses operating within the proximity of the major crossroads are fearful that...
