"Disgraceful!" is the word used by chairman of the Police Federation, Corporal Arlene McBean, to describe a letter from Minister of Finance Nigel Clarke stating that he was unable to give a date for the continuation of wage negotiations for rank-and...
Parents are being urged to leave home earlier than usual with their children when school restarts on Monday morning due to the ongoing major road repairs and traffic changes, which could cause excessive delays.Minister of Education Ruel Reid made...
The minister of education is reminding school administrators that there should be no mandatory fees for students entering grades 7-11, threatening disciplinary action against any institution that ignores that directive.Ruel Reid was speaking at a...
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting an increase in the number of fathers registered on their children's birth certificates since bedside registration was introduced in 2007.According to the RGD, bedside registration has been...
Elizabeth Brown* was not concerned when she received a copy of her birth certificate and noticed that the area for her father's particulars was blank. After all, she knew her father, and he was very involved in her life.But the 35-year-old Brown...
The Women's Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) yesterday launched its strategic plan for the 2018-2021 period."Over the next three years, we have simplified some of what we want to do. We have four priority areas that we will be working on to...
Member of Parliament Peter Phillips has advised the top Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students from the Maxfield Park division of his St Andrew East Central constituency to be wary of peer pressure.Phillips, who is also the leader of Opposition...
Persons being called to serve as juror need not worry about their safety, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has assured."Once they are empanelled, we try to provide them with as much security at least in the precincts of the court," Chuck said in an...
The opposition People's National Party is denying claims that it has called on the Government to increase bus and taxi fares.Reports have been circulating on social media that leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Philips, made the call while speaking...
Bulletproof windows are among the new features that will benefit judges come September when the newly renovated Court of Appeal opens in downtown Kingston.Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck made the announcement yesterday during a tour of the $846...
Any expectation that the special consumption tax on cigarettes will be reduced has been stumped by the Ministry of Health, which has said that it was not going to happen anytime soon.The leading marketer and distributor of cigarettes and tobacco...
Days after delivering a crowd-pleasing set at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley shared with The Gleaner plans to expand his medical marijuana business while bristling at reports that he was exiting it."That's false. I am still...
As the Government boasts of significant reduction in crime, stemming from the implementation of zones of special operations and states of public emergency, families of members of the security forces are being torn apart.Chairman of the Police...
Over the last 10 years, 26 attorneys-at-law have been disbarred by the General Legal Council of Jamaica, the majority as a result of professional misconduct stemming from criminal charges.Since the start of the year, the profession has been thrown...
The Jamaica Customs Agency is standing behind its decision to demand that persons come into its offices to provide electronic verification of the amount that they have paid for goods they order online.Several persons have complained about the hassle...
Scanners, body cameras, and closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) are some of the measures being considered by the Jamaica Customs Agency as it seeks to beef up security at the island's ports.Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Jamaica Customs Agency...
Some of the major players in transnational crime in the region are Jamaicans who are posing a serious threat to the country, according to Minister of National Security Horace Chang.Speaking at an Anti-Illicit Trade Conference in Kingston yesterday,...
Criminals are wreaking havoc in the Jamaica Customs Agency, and the assistant superintendent of police assigned to the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC), Victor Barrett, has warned that the integrity of that...
More than 55 per cent of the cigarettes smoked in Kingston are illegal, according to data from a 2018 Illicit Cigarette Trade Study conducted by Carreras Limited.Managing director of Carreras, Marcus Steele, speaking during a conference held at The...
There are two working bathrooms at the Rocky Point Fishing Village in Clarendon, but at the moment, the doors are closed because persons refuse to pay the $50 charged to use them.Instead, many persons have opted to make the beach their bathroom."A...
Corporal Arleen McBean, chairman of the Police Federation, has said that the latest wage offer from the Government was a gross disrespect to rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).McBean, in a press release yesterday, demanded...
The story of 15-year-old Tahjay Rowe, who suffered brain damage at birth, caused by negligence on the part of staff at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, has moved Prime Minister Andrew Holness to make a personal donation to the teen yesterday.Tahjay's...
Struggling to find workers to fill several vacancies, employers are of the view that educational institutions are lagging behind when it comes to preparing Jamaicans for job opportunities.The 2017 Labour Market Trends and Prospects for Employment...
Managing director of Carreras Jamaica Marcus Steele has again called on Government, along with the Jamaica Customs Agency, to fast-track the implementation of stronger port- and border-protection measures to stem the flow of illegal cigarettes into...
The quality of the human capital in Jamaica has left a positive impression on Laurent Freixes, Nestle's vice president and chief executive officer for Zone Americas.Freixes, who is in charge of the largest region for Nestle International, was in...
