Of the 774 individuals who graduated from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) yesterday, 80 per cent were women, highlighting the continuing failure of male students to catch up in numbers to their female counterparts in tertiary...
When tugboat captain Euton Clarke was told on Sunday that his vessel was not needed to pull in the stranded Dominican Republic Navy training ship, Juan Bautista Cambiaso, he was left disappointed. Disappointed because he had faith in himelf to be...
Eighty fortunate Jamaican students will have the opportunity of receiving scholarships and bursaries from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as part of the political party’s 80th milestone anniversary celebrations this year. Prime Minister Andrew...
THE GOVERNMENT is to consider converting the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) Portmore depot into a hub for compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling which will be fully powered by New Fortress Energy (NFE). This is in an effort to accommodate...
THE MINISTRY of Education and Youth has reported that it has been spared the huge crisis faced at the end of last year’s summer term as there have been far fewer resignations over the past year. From January to June, the ministry said 287 teachers...
With 638 murders recorded in Jamaica up to June 24, residents of the troubled inner-city community of Olympic Gardens in Kingston got some relief from the nightly fear of crime and violence through the J. Wray...
IN LIEU of various infractions against children, Kenneth Richards, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston, says the entire nation needs to be caring and loving of each other, while urging families and adults to be principled in their stand...
THE MOMENT Ajaé Clacken’s name was called as the first 2023 recipient of the Governor General’s Achievement Award (GGAA) 2023 yesterday, he realised the true reason the universe forced him to remain in Jamaica a year ago despite having his eyes set...
Given Lascelles Chin’s decades of contributions to nation building, it would have been remiss of Prime Minister Andrew Holness to not be present at yesterday’s thanksgiving service for the life of the 86-year-old businessman and philanthropist....
While diplomats reflected yesterday on the philanthropic business leader the late Lascelles Chin became throughout his 86 years of life, his daughter, Lisa Watts, spoke instead of how her down-to-earth father took her to a club for the very first...
CONCERNS HAVE heightened locally around the safety of electric vehicles after a plug-in hybrid MINI Countryman burst into flames while being charged at a residence in Hope Pastures, St Andrew, on Friday. With growing demand and push to accept...
AS THE time wound down to 2 p.m. yesterday for the announcement of secondary level school placements and results from the grade six Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations for 2023, Tanya Lowden, a spinal cancer warrior and parent, found herself...
Relay for Life returned this year on Saturday, June 10, after a three-year break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event — which generally includes gathering cancer survivors and their caregivers, family, and friends under the stars to honour...
Kayla Wright, Jamaica’s top Mathematical Olympiad awardee for 2022-2023, is excited about representing the island at the international competition to be held in El Salvador between July 2 and July 13. Kayla, a grade-11 student of Campion College,...
TWO DAYS after the Haitian Stakeholders Security Talks ended in Kingston, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for a humanitarian corridor to be established in Haiti, with support from international partners. Holness believes the establishment...
Yesterday afternoon, Tessica Rodriques, mother of Akeem Whyte – the taxi operator from Epsom 8 West in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, who was fatally shot on Tuesday – could only find herself sitting under a tree across from his house and weeping...
As regional leaders and former leaders came together in Kingston yesterday for the opening ceremony of the Meeting of Haitian Stakeholders, who will use Jamaica as base for discussions on the way forward for the beleaguered CARICOM nation, it was...
When Christopher Phillips, senior superintendent of police for South St Catherine, pulled up at the gates of Braeton Primary and Infant School in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday morning, the leader of the police division for the area had to...
NUMEROUS CHURCH leaders from various denominations across the island are happy with comments made by Marlene Malahoo Forte, minister of legal and constitutional affairs, which she stated in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The church...
JACQUELINE SPENCE, head of Climate Branch, Meteorological Services of Jamaica, says Jamaicans should expect continued warmer temperatures into August, with at least 15 to 20 heatwave days through to the end of that month. Speaking at the National...
With another Atlantic hurricane season beginning this past week, on June 1, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stressed the need for financial buffers in the National Budget, which are to be utilised in the event the island is impacted by a natural...
The Government of Jamaica will release $10 million from the Equalization Fund to the Portland Municipal Corporation to commence a clean-up at the Musgrave Market in Portland, which was ravaged by fire on Sunday. This announcement was made by...
Kayla Wright, Jamaica’s top Mathematical Olympiad awardee for 2022/23, is excited about representing our island at the international competition, which will be held in El Salvador between July 2 and 13. Kayla, a grade-11 student of Campion College...
WITH ADVANCED technology becoming more available, Diahann Gordon Harrison, children’s advocate of Jamaica, is calling on parents involved in the process of getting divorced to take advantage of the option of the SafeSpot platform to have their...
Reacting to rumours and growing suspicion among segments of the society, Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said it was “stupidness” that some Jamaicans and others have recently been criticising the Government over its establishment of new...