The almost 30 per cent increase in funds allocated to the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) for the 2024-2025 fiscal year is not enough to address the needs of those it serves, sociologist Dr Orville Taylor has asserted...
Just days before the plastic lunch box ban kicks in, importers and distributors are slamming the Government for its deafening silence. Their frustration mounts as they accuse officials of blindsiding stakeholders without the promised consultations...
Damion Crawford, the opposition spokesman on education, has labelled as “exaggerated and misplaced” the concerns raised over the suspension of four vocational subjects by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Last week, the regional body said...
A replica of the Windrush monument at the Waterloo Station in the United Kingdom (UK) is to be mounted in downtown Kingston next year, Culture Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has announced. She made the proclamation while speaking on Friday at the...
The Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) says it would be willing to review the citizenship qualification for the prime minister of Jamaica if Cabinet requires it. Its statement follows recommendations from some political commentators that the...
Across decades and media houses, Job Nelson was a custodian of the sporting soul, translating the drama of competition into prose that resonated with readers far and wide. From the fervent arenas to the quiet corners of training grounds, his keen...
The principals of some local technical high schools expressed alarm on Tuesday over initial reports that the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) would be suspending four vocational subject areas next year, arguing that their schools would be most...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is facing calls to renounce his British citizenship as a demonstration of his “firm commitment” to Jamaica and to avoid any conflict of interest if he were to become prime minister. After a week of criticisms from...
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Leighton Johnson, is expressing frustration after the Ministry of Education reneged on its promise to pay all teachers who were engaged in the marking of school-based assessments (SBAs) for last year’...
The last five days have been very distressing for Denise Anglin, who is desperately hanging on to hope that her daughter, 29-year-old Danielle Anglin, will return home alive. Danielle, a grade four teacher at the St Peter Claver Primary School in...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding are being encouraged to put aside their “animosity” and engage in further Vale Royal Talks to resolve the current impasse in the constitutional-reform process. The Vale Royal...
A system to organise the information collected using traffic enforcement cameras is currently being developed, head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Assistant Commissioner of...
Betty Ann Blaine is being remembered as a champion who fought passionately to protect Jamaica’s children. The prominent children’s rights advocate died on Monday in Atlanta after ailing for some time. She was 75 years old. Blaine, who founded...
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey wants the Interception of Communications Act to be amended to impose a time limit within which telecommunication companies should provide information requested by the police. The act, which was passed in...
Since January, Sonia Fuller, a retired teacher, has been forking out $5,000 every three weeks to pay truckers to bring water to her house. Fuller lives in Essex Hall in West Rural St Andrew and, about 15 minutes from her house, runs the New River...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says it has established policies in place to minimise disruptions that may occur during the sitting of examinations. The statement follows a series of bomb threats directed to at least three high schools...
Jamaica’s goal to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 has been bolstered by its recent certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT)....
Jamaica holds a premier spot among birdwatchers globally, who often flock to the island to observe the 31 species that are only found here. But that enthusiasm for birds is not apparent locally, Damion Whyte, president of BirdLife Jamaica,...
With 12 children killed tragically or violently in Jamaica since the start of the year, and a total of 30 who perished under similarly defined circumstances during 2023, a renewed call to speak out was made yesterday by one of the nation’s youngest...
Lovette Smith has been wanting to open a bank account for her son, a sixth form student at Wolmer’s Boys’ School, for the longest time but simply could not find the time. So when the institution’s parent-teacher association (PTA) organised an...
Describing the Hermitage Dam in St Andrew as a “national risk”, Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, disclosed that plans are in progress to replace its wall. Speaking at a virtual forum,...
Some 40 per cent of the US$4.38 billion that the tourism sector earned for the 2023-2024 fiscal year was retained in the Jamaica economy, tourism minister Edmund Bartlett has disclosed. Addressing yesterday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...
THE LEADERSHIP of Denham Town High School has undertaken the bold task of transforming the institution into a safe haven for its students through psychosocial intervention. The school, which is located in the inner city of west Kingston, has not...
ROVAIRE SHIRLEY is just four months old, but has already undergone eight surgeries to give him a chance at a normal life. He was born with spina bifida, a condition that affects the spine and often results in damage to the spinal cord and nerves....
THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica is being commended for its decision to officially recognise Palestine as a state even as concerns rise about how this move may impact the island’s relationship with Israel. Byron Blake, former Jamaican deputy permanent...
