Published:Monday | June 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into the stabbing of a Norman Manley High School student yesterday, resulting in the victim being hospitalised with a punctured lung.The student was stabbed six times by a schoolmate just...
Published:Friday | June 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to accept that less money will ultimately be spent in some areas, as funds are thrown at the massive crime problem now facing the nation. Holness was delivering the keynote address to delegates at...
Published:Thursday | June 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to accept that less money will ultimately be spent in some areas as funds are reallocated to fight the massive crime problem now facing the nation."If gangs or crews are your most critical threat,...
Published:Monday | June 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Scores of pedestrians are shunning overhead bridges constructed around the Corporate Area to allow them safe passage across busy roadways, putting their lives in danger in the process.The reason put forward by some pedestrians for not using them is...
Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Despite the escalating crime rate and the country's dip on the global Corruption Perception Index, newly appointed Spanish Ambassador Josep Maria Bosch Bessa said that Jamaica is still a big deal for investors from his country."Spanish businesses...
Published:Sunday | June 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The push for the decriminalisation of prostitution is generating further momentum with the Executive Director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition, Dr Carolyn Gomes, insisting that such a move could prove economically and socially...
Published:Sunday | June 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is describing the most recent blaze at the 140 acre Riverton City landfill on the weekend, as an act of sabotage.He said that evidence suggests arsonists...
Published:Sunday | June 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Crime and violence run the risk of crippling efforts to reposition Kingston as a tourist destination, according to businessman Chris Jarrett, head of the Kingston chapter of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association."We have been saying this for...
Published:Friday | June 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Calling early-childhood institutions the Cinderellas of Jamaica's education system, former Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites declared it was now time to focus on the formative years of children in order to mould and craft their young minds for...
Published:Thursday | June 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Partnerships between governments and civil society and the leveraging of technology are urgent requirements for achieving robust economic growth and prosperity in the Caribbean, noted Therese Turner-Jones of the Inter-American Development Bank's (...
Published:Wednesday | June 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Several of the island's correctional facilities are in need of urgent infrastructural development, and the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility in downtown Kingston is among those to receive priority focus, Senator Pearnel Charles Jr, minister...
Published:Tuesday | June 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Described at the time of its ratification in Parliament as the most far-reaching piece of public health policy, the ban on smoking in public spaces has all but gone through the door.It has got so bad that even some persons who are guilty of the...
Published:Monday | June 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Fear of physical harm and political victimisation is said to be proving a serious hindrance to the National Democratic Movement’s (NDM) efforts to attract new members its President Peter Townsend is indicating. At the same time, Townsend is...
Published:Monday | June 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
If downtown Kingston is the commercial heart of Jamaica, Half-Way Tree could fittingly be called its soul, for besides being an ideal location for commuter connectivity to any part of the island, it is the point where uptown meets downtown.But the...
Published:Friday | June 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
A Venezuelan government official says it's best for that country to sever ties with the Organization of American States (OAS) if they are to preserve the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic.Delcy Rodriguez, the country's minister for foreign...
Published:Thursday | June 1, 2017 | 5:17 PMPaul Clarke
The National Democratic Movement (NDM) has asserted that fear of physical harm and political victimisation is causing Jamaicans not to join the party. Its president, Peter Townsend, made the claim as he rebuffed suggestions his party has...
Published:Tuesday | May 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Charge d'Affaires of the Venezuelan Embassy, Luis Gutierrez, said the Nicol·s Maduro administration remains committed to bilateral agreements between the troubled South American nation and its Caribbean counterparts, including Jamaica.Rocked by an...
Published:Monday | May 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
With 201 senior citizens murdered between 2014 and 2016, a call has been made from the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) for legislation that would give the elderly protection, similar to children under the Child Care and Protection Act....
Published:Friday | May 26, 2017 | 1:26 PMPaul Clarke
Human trafficking involving sex and forced labour are together one of the most misunderstood crimes in Jamaica, said head of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Deputy Superintendent Carl Berry."The general...
Published:Friday | May 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Carib Cement says its customers will not face a shortage of its product as a result of the industrial action taken by workers after wage negotiations broke down yesterday, grinding production to a halt at its Rockfort plant.The National Workers'...
Published:Thursday | May 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
There is a school of thought that boys are marginalized and to some extent endangered. Added to that is the view that girls are excelling above them not only in education, but also in the workforce. However, Jamaica College Teacher of the Year,...
Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The combination of a high property tax regime, exorbitant banking fees and what they say is an unjustifiable land deal with the Chinese could end up being the final nail in the coffin of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME),...
Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
It will cost the National Water Commission (NWC) over US$200 million for rehabilitation work on both the sewer and water networks across downtown Kingston, according to a statement from the entity. It said the hefty sum was necessary to firmly...
Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
On the day when the nation was imbued with the spirit of volunteerism and amid fresh memories of the destruction caused by floodwaters across the country last week, Caribbean Cement Company has put its money where its mouth is with a significant...
Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
As Prime Minister Andrew Holness spoke in front of the world-famous Ward Theatre about plans to restore the cultural landmark to its former glory, on Labour Day, a cooling breeze swept through its interior as if it was breathing again for the first...
