In high school, Javon Smith’s friends nicknamed him ‘Merchant’ because of his penchant for sales. As he grew older, Smith sought job stability and took on a 9-5 job as an information systems manager. That entrepreneurial spirit fuelled his...
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson has called for the Government to include a referendum ballot to remove King Charles III as Jamaica’s head of state in the upcoming local government elections. The municipal polls are constitutionally...
Two days ago, Phillip ‘Dolphus’ Bennett was having a party with his relatives in the Walkers Hill area of Red Hills, St Andrew, celebrating the visit of a brother from overseas. Today, the family is planning his funeral. Described as a quiet and...
Twenty-one-year-old Twyrike Campbell is a proud alumnus of Rose Town Construction Internship Programme, which is giving at-risk youth from the inner-city community a fighting chance by steering them towards a productive future. Campbell was one of...
The Government has launched an initiative dubbed Operation Birthright under the National Identification System (NIDS) project targeting Jamaicans who do not possess a birth certificate. The $50-million drive will see free birth certificates being...
The administrators at a number of Corporate Area schools are planning to integrate classes and hire part-time teachers to accommodate the influx of students expected under the Sixth Form Pathways Programme (SFPP) as resource concerns linger. Tivoli...
MINISTER OF Justice Delroy Chuck said more training is needed for police officers to enable them to make better use of restorative justice as an effective crime-fighting tool. Currently, the minister said, there are 20 restorative justice centres...
Academics are lobbying Jamaican policymakers to seize on perceived growing comfort with the use of Creole in formal settings to have the native tongue accepted as the first language in schools. Coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The...
Manchester High has revised its rules to allow for schoolgirls to wear hair extensions to classes, a rare concession in Jamaica’s long-running culture clash over grooming. The compromise, which Manchester’s Dean of Discipline Sigrid Miller said...
