The Government is being warned that it is missing an opportunity to modernise its relations with the Maroons by not involving them in the constitutional reform process. That is the assertion from attorney-at-law Marcus Goffe, who represents the...
A country’s true independence begins when it achieves economic self-reliance. That was the assertion from Prime Minister Andrew Holness as he lauded the economic growth he said Jamaica has been experiencing. Speaking at the Governor General’s...
Yoni Epstein, CEO and chairman at itel/Outsourcing Management Limited, has expressed doubts that the advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) technology will result in job losses in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. He was...
Labour Minister Karl Samuda is urging disgruntled security guards to lodge formal complaints with his ministry or to pursue court action as they cry foul over the terms of new contracts being put to them by the firms in a reclassification exercise...
There is a special place in Dorothy Pryce-Maitland’s heart for the elderly and the youth. It’s a fondness that blossomed as she watched her mother and grandmother taking care of the most vulnerable in her native community of Rockfort, Kingston. A...
It has been two years since the Government announced the impending demolition of the Bull Bay Police Station in St Andrew and indicated that it would be replaced with a modern fit-for-purpose facility. But with just about three months ahead of the...
Residents of Trinityville in St Thomas are anxious to elect a new councillor following the death of Lenworth Rawle last November, expressing disappointment that they did not get the chance to do so this month, when the local government elections...
Relatives of 15-year-old The Queen’s School student Saneeka Leechman and her 42-year-old father, Romeo Leechman, who both perished two years ago in a landslide in Shooters Hill, St Andrew, are appealing to government officials to fulfil promises of...
Arthur Russell has been selling FIFA World Cup paraphernalia for the last four stagings of the tournament dubbed the Greatest Show on Earth. A devout Argentina fan, the 53-year-old doesn’t allow his bias to come between himself and his money. So...
The Ministry of Education should review its expulsion and suspension policy to limit the risk of sanctioned students being vulnerable to gang recruitment, acting Director of Safety and Security in Schools Richard Troupe has said. Troupe expressed...
Local clubs and associations are being encouraged to seek funding through grants to enable them to better serve their communities. The call came from Miguel ‘Steppa’ Williams, community development manager at the Digicel Foundation. He stressed...
UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has urged the Holness administration to repeal the buggery law, arguing that governments that criminalise anal sex have a higher rate of HIV within their population than in countries where same-sex activity...
When Celine Lobban commenced her studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica, in 2017, she was the only deaf person in her year group in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing. Lobban knew from the outset that it would have been an uphill...
David Salmon dreamt of becoming a Rhodes Scholar since he was 15 years old. He remembers being in the audience when 2015 Rhodes Scholar Tariq Parker visited his alma mater, Wolmer’s Boys’ School, and gave an inspirational address. “I looked up to...
Four decades is a long time to serve in an organisation. But according to Albert Brown, executive superintendent and director of security at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), the time seems shorter when you are doing what you love. “I...
Opposition Spokesperson on Land, Environment and Climate Change Sophia Frazer-Binns is calling for the regulations that govern zoning and building in Jamaica to be fast-tracked to allow for the construction of environmentally sustainable buildings...
Declaring that there is an “evil taking over” in schools, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison says divine intervention is needed to help stem the tide of violence sweeping many institutions. “I call on righteous men and...
Cuba is looking to expand its collaboration with Jamaica by supplying special-education teachers to address the deficit in the sector locally. Cuban Ambassador Fermin Gabriel Quiñones Sánchez made the proposal on Wednesday during a courtesy call on...
School administrators have joined Education Minister Fayval Williams in rubbishing calls for more policing in schools following Thursday’s stabbing death of 17-year-old Kingston Technical High student Michion Campbell. Campbell’s alleged killer, a...
Raheem Shaw was deeply invested in helping to beautify the fifth-form block at Wolmer’s Boys’ School where he was a student. He worked with the form’s coordinator to buy flowerpots that would line the corridors. “He was one of my first contributors...
