The joint select committee reviewing the proposal for Portmore to become Jamaica’s 15th parish met on Thursday and approved the plan, which is to undergo further fine-tuning before being sent to Parliament. However, it did not include any input...
Construction of a 60-bed field hospital on the grounds of The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in Papine, at a former staff parking lot adjacent to the accident and emergency ward, began on Friday, with a floor plan for as many as 27...
Small businesses have taken a battering from a second week of coronavirus lockdowns, with fears emerging that the imposition of more no-movement days could further cripple commerce. Those anxieties have left business people hesitant about...
Residents of Padmore, Coopers Hill, Rock Hall and other communities in the rural outreaches of Red Hills are at their wits’ end, frustrated by frequent disruptions in Internet service caused by the theft of copper cable. The latest theft occurred...
The Jamaica Broilers Group pulled out all the stops last Friday and Saturday to get as many of its employees and members of their families, as well as other community members, vaccinated during the start of its two-day vaccination drive at the...
A homeless man on the streets of Kingston is advising the Government to mount an effective grass-roots campaign to educate the public on the possible side effects of the COVID-19 jabs and clear up concerns over the different brands to drive up...
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green has directed the management of Newport Fersan, the country’s sole manufacturer of fertiliser, to report to him in a week’s time on possible adjustments that can be made to provide cheaper products for...
Jamaica achieved a one-day record of 21,000 COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, bolstering hope that the country could meet its target of 65 per cent herd immunity by March 2022. Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Leslie Meade has called...
One of Jamaica’s foremost authorities on environmental and nuclear sciences and decorated scientists, Professor Gerald Lalor, is being mourned after his passing Sunday night at the age of 90. Yesterday, RJRGLEANER Communications Group Chairman...
The heavy showers Jamaica encountered on August 17 prevented the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) from conducting an investigation into a report of juvenile fish, lobsters, crabs, sea cucumbers and other marine species washing up on...
The scientific evidence suggests that the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was in Jamaica some two months ago, so the country should brace for an uptick in virus cases during the coming weeks, according to Opposition...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness may face an uphill battle in convincing parents and guardians to have students inoculated during its weekend vaccination blitz targeting children aged 12 to 18. The Holness administration is moving to avert...
It was just after 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon and shopkeeper Latoya Campbell was perched on a stool outside her business place in Bannister, St Catherine, just like she had done so many times before. However, this wasn’t like any other day. Not with...
“We are in grave danger, to put it bluntly.” That’s the frank assessment of Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) President Dr Andrew Manning as the island saw a record high 46.1 per cent positivity rate in COVID-19 testing on Sunday, as reported by...
The acquisition of the Jamaica lll – a new utility vessel with advanced capabilities – is part of a much larger programme to enhance Jamaica’s competitiveness in the global maritime sector, in keeping with the long-term strategy for the further...
ALL PERSONS having conch or conch products in their possession have until August 21 to make a declaration of the amounts to the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), with offices at 2C Newport East, Kingston 11. This includes hotels, restaurants, bed...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday hailed the acquisition of the Jamaica lll, a state-of-the-art utility vessel, by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) as an indication of the Government’s thrust to modernise public infrastructure and...
Cruise ships will be making calls to Jamaican ports very soon, but Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure last evening, failed to provide any details about the timeline even as he emphasised the importance of walking a tightrope...
Pleasure boat operators are being warned that any failure to observe COVID-19 protocols on the high seas, including sticking to the curfew deadlines, will result in prosecution. This as the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), working in...
The global COVID-19 pandemic which closed international borders, shut down industries across the world and cut international as well as domestic travel, did not in any way slow the impact of climate change on the economies of small island...
Paying attention to proper diving protocols can and has been making the difference for trained and certified divers as against those who are expert divers but have had no formal training, according to information provided by the Discovery Bay...
Almost a week after it was slated to leave for its next port of call, the Dominican Republic, the container vessel CSS Wind is still being detained at the port of Kingston, despite the spill from one of the containers it was carrying, which...
The College of Agriculture, Science and Education Alumni Association is stepping up its efforts to have the president of the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Dr Derrick Deslandes, removed from the post, citing a...
The right of first refusal (ROFR) enjoyed by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is being seen a major stumbling block in the efforts to local energy market reforms, with one private-sector participant in Thursday’s meeting of the Joint Select...
First it was a stool. Now George Wright’s seat in Parliament has sparked another fight. The under-fire Westmoreland Central member of parliament who has been embroiled for two months in an assault scandal played truant from Tuesday’s sitting of the...
