As the world celebrates Holi today, Masakui Rungsung, high commissioner of India to Jamaica, is pleased to see that non-Indian natives living in Jamaica are helping to keep the traditions of Indian culture alive. This was evident during Sunday’s...
Approaching 100 years of age on Wednesday, the Reverend William Anthony Edwards is eternally grateful for one thing, that is the ability to walk up and down the staircase of his house. Unlike scores of other centenarians worldwide, the retired...
With indiscipline continuing to rage in schools islandwide, the Government will pump an additional $72 million in the next tranche of grants to support the Behaviour Change Support Services for Students initiative in schools. Fayval Williams,...
As the year comes to a close, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is calling for Jamaican farmers to still take on one major international objective that has not been carried out on a wide scale in 2023. That is to...
Jamaica now has an official Accessibility Checklist for persons living with disabilities which complements the long called for Disabilities Act 2022, that was made effective on Valentine’s Day that year by the Government. This checklist is...
FOR DR Vanessa Kiffin, president of the Jamaica Association of Public Dental Surgeons (JAPEDNS), her vibe of continuing in the local dentistry industry becomes weakened each month when she overhears her young colleagues complain about half of their...
Fifty-one outstanding Jamaican stalwarts, both alive and some deceased, were awarded last Thursday by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen with various medals of honour for significant contributions made to change and the betterment of the country...
Despite Jamaica seeing a 20.4 per cent reduction in cases of rape reported to the police since the start of the year, Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison remains dissatisfied. On Tuesday, showing how concerned the trained attorney-at-law is...
With administrators continuing to be on the edge of their seats, to see whether there will be a surge in teacher migration come August, Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of finance and the public service, has reiterated that Jamaica spends the second...
For each major project Angie Martinez, ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, has undertaken since her stint began in the island, she has found herself with unnecessary roadblocks. However, the determined diplomat has never given up...
AGAINST THE background of Education Minister Fayval Williams’ plan to have greater engagement with uniformed groups, Jamaica Boys’ Brigade President Sydney England has appealed for state assistance, saying it needs a budget of approximately $15...
Senator Don Wehby, GraceKennedy’s Group chief executive officer (CEO), used the opportunity of the GraceKennedy (GK) Foundation’s 34th Annual Public Lecture to highlight the success of the 100-year-old company, and encourage other corporate leaders...
“If you can’t ketch Quaco, you ketch him shut.” That's the pithy proverb, referencing the inevitability of death by association, voiced by a resident as she described the killing of Donald ‘Tabby Diamond’ Shaw — lead singer of the legendary trio...
Marva Lynch, a roadside cook who, up to last week, plied her trade outside the Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston, is one of two persons who feel left out of the reopening of the market on Monday. Lynch, a former fish vendor popularly known...
St James Central Member of Parliament Heroy Clarke’s proposal for a law mandating paternity testing of newborns has been rubbished as simplistic and dangerous.. Making his State of the Constituency Debate address in Parliament on Tuesday, Clarke...
