Principal Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA) Danielle Archer has expressed concern that no significant progress has been made in the fight against corruption to shift perception in the last four years, and is urging the Government to...
Any decision by the Government to reallocate funds from the tertiary sector to the primary, secondary and early levels of the education system would have the cumulative effect of depleting resources from the country’s education system overall,...
Rovel Chambers, head of the Information Communication and Technology Department at Discovery High School in St Ann, wants the information technology (IT) curriculum for secondary schools to be officially updated to include segments for coding...
A European Union (EU) delegation is currently in Jamaica and looking to develop partnerships with Jamaican companies in the renewable energy sector to assist the country in meeting its 50 per cent target for renewables by 2030 in a remix of the...
Antoin Marshall has a dream of performing on opera house stages all over the world, using his gift to share his experiences as a Jamaican and a black man, while also helping to demolish the notion that opera is reserved for the affluent of society...
Business owners who operate along Slipe Road in Kingston were yesterday outraged at having not received adequate notice of the road’s closure to facilitate the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love, the Hollywood film about the reggae legend, at the...
Following what he described as a successful protest outside the Jamaican consulate-general’s office in Miami, Florida, United States (US), yesterday, Dr Rupert Francis, chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention...
Declaring that there is a “general state of unreadiness on many sides”, Information Commissioner Celia Barclay is urging organisations to utilise the six-month grace period extended by the Office of the Information Commissioner (IOC) to ensure that...
The management of Sunbeam Children’s Home in St Catherine says it is considering legal action against the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) over what it says was the agency’s dereliction of due process in deciding to delicense the...
Principal of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Densil A. Williams, has signalled the institution’s renewed intention of becoming a global activist academy; one, he said, that works in the best interest of the people. “We...
Commercial entities that operate on The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, will soon face an increase in fees as the university revamps its rate structure to align with market dynamics. This move, as well as a review of its self-...
Nine years ago, friends and family of Melissa Silvera gathered at the St Andrew Parish Church to witness her wedding to former Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera. Yesterday, Jolyan and her relatives and friends congregated at that same church but...
An “acrimonious” relationship between councillor for the Mocho division, Romaine Morris, and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central Robert Nesta Morgan is what Morris said contributed to his decision to...
After the bloody 1980 elections, where more than 800 Jamaicans were killed, the first National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) was convened by the Church in an attempt to unite a nation torn apart by political tribalism. Forty-four years later,...
Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr is enlisting the help of members of parliament (MPs) in curbing incidents of Jamaican farmworkers absconding on the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme (SAWP). Data provided...
More than 500 taxi operators had their public passenger vehicle licences suspended last year under the New Road Traffic Act, president of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) Egerton Newman has disclosed. It is an...
Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr has labelled as a “big problem” the number of Jamaican farm workers who abscond when participating in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP). It is an issue, he said,...
A very optimistic Andre Smith applied for the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) in early 2022 and did the required interview. But, after waiting for months with no updates, he became a little discouraged. “To how the time weh...
Despite a decline in murders in 2023 over the previous year, more than half of Jamaicans say they feel less safe now in their homes than they did a decade ago. The findings were revealed in a survey conducted between November 24 and December 7...
Shanice Sudlow was in downtown Kingston on New Year’s Eve with her three sons waiting to watch the fireworks that light up the sky annually to welcome the new year. However, the heavily pregnant 29-year-old’s anticipation for the main event was...
The iconic Air Jamaica aircraft tail that greeted travellers at the roundabout leading to the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston has been removed and is to be exhibited in a museum. Its removal is part of the renovation and...
Yesterday, Judith Montague and the 13-year-old ward of the state she fostered for the Christmas holidays under the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s (CPFSA), ‘Take a Child Home for Christmas programme’, were enjoying some downtime by...
Jamaicans are likely to vote for the political party that showcases accountability and transparency in its activities in the next general election, the latest national survey has revealed. The survey was conducted by the Don Anderson-led Market...
Hopeton Nelson stood outside the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Tuesday, eagerly looking for his ride to take him home to St Thomas. Donning a green suit with bold gold embroidery, completed with a green and gold pair of shoes,...
Bishop Dr Alvin Bailey, head of the Holiness Christian Church and president of the Jamaica Evangelical Alliance, has labelled the Roman Catholic denomination a “backsliding church”, following yesterday’s ruling by Pope Francis that allows priests...
