RESIDENTS OF Vineyard Town in Kingston are voicing strong opposition to plans by telecommunications company Digicel to erect a cell tower in their community, accusing the entity of not consulting them before making this decision. Ryan Richardson, a...
Senator Matthew Samuda has poured cold water on calls for Government to mandate water harvesting to address the crisis brought on by the yearly drought season. While acknowledging that water harvesting will play a “critical role” in building...
Noting that many individuals are putting profit above the welfare of dogs, some local veterinarians and animal rights advocates are calling for legislation to restrict commercial breeding to licensed and trained people. “Dogs [are] dying, injured,...
The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service is aiming to spark the youth’s interest in the operations of the country through its High School Budget Tour. The tour, which made its first stop at the Wolmer’s Boys’ and Wolmer’s Girls schools in...
Artisanal fishers are calling for more boundary markers in the Kingston Harbour to delineate areas where they are free to operate, claiming that they are often reprimanded by the Marine Police and Coast Guard for unknowingly venturing into...
Government Minister Floyd Green has declared that the nation is facing a road fatality crash crisis, which, he says, can be addressed through targeted behaviour change programmes. The minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister,...
It has been almost two weeks since some security guards have been turned away from their jobs despite having active contracts with private firms after they refused to sign what they describe as “exploitative” new agreements. The new contracts are...
The Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica (ALGAJ) President Winston Maragh has revealed that his organisation is yet to begin negotiations with the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to review the compensation structure for...
When Norman Manley Law School final-year students Keren Campbell, Sasha Wynter, Shanae Warburton, and Shaqkeera Douglas arrived in Trinidad to participate in the Margaret Forte Inter-Schools Mock Trial Competition last month, they carried a legacy...
The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology could lead to thousands of jobs being lost in Jamaica’s global services sector in the next few years. This is the prediction from Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ)...
On Good Friday, fishermen in the Rae Town Fishing village tried to outsmart each other in a game of Chinese checkers. Usually, they would be busy offloading the morning’s catch and selling to the nearby vendors to satisfy the customary increased...
Ambassador-at-large for the Garifuna nation in Belize, Cynthia Lubafu Isieni Ellis, is signalling a new renaissance of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, who she said have joined together to advocate for international respect and recognition...
The GraceKennedy Foundation is aiming to double the number of tertiary-level students it assists in accessing nutritious meals through its GK Campus Connect Food Bank. This is the first commitment from the Food Bank’s first patron, GK Group CEO Don...
A stronger focus on student-centred learning and the development of critical thinking skills are critical to drive a turnaround in the Jamaican students’ performance in mathematics at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level,...
At 90 years old, Merline McIntosh says she can no longer look after her mentally ill son, who was recently released into her care after 17 months in custody on charges which were dropped. The 48-year-old man was diagnosed with schizophrenia 30...
Tanya Dawkins aims to have her students conquer their fear of mathematics by ensuring that her lessons are exciting and engaging. “If it’s not fun to them, then they are not going to be able to see the importance of learning,” she argues. Dawkins...
Principals and students participating in a health forum last Thursday expressed hope that when the Government implements its school nutrition policy, it will consider measures to educate students on the importance of consuming nutritious meals as a...
The family of Jevaughn Smith, the 19-year-old maintenance worker who came in contact with power lines while working at PriceSmart on Red Hills Road on March 13, and died four days later from electrocution, has retained legal counsel to file a...
Controversial cleric Abdullah el-Faisal has been sentenced to 18 years in a United Stated prison and five years post-release supervision after being convicted on terrorism charges in a first-of-its-kind case in New York in January. After a two-...
Since Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced the removal of tuition and administrative fee requirements for courses up to associate level at the HEART/NSTA Trust, interest in programmes at the skills training agency has increased significantly....
The leaders of two major business lobbies are expressing concern about what appears to be a growing trend of criminals robbing ATMs and cash-in-transit operations. On Sunday, a Beryllium team was attacked by gun-toting robbers in Portmore, St...
Eloise Collins is planning to file a lawsuit against the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, for alleged lack of quality care and neglect after her 80-year-old husband died while awaiting a computed tomography (CT) scan at a...
Opposition spokesman on science, energy and technology, Phillip Paulwell has raised concerns that some customers of the Jamaica Power Service Company (JPS) have been bearing the burden of cost as other customers leave the grid to utilise alternate...
A staff shortage is hampering the effectiveness of the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA), according to CEO Otarah Byfield-Nugent. Speaking at the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston meeting on Wednesday, Byfield Nugent lamented that the...
Pointing to the many manifestations of deviant behaviour in the country, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has declared Jamaica a “society in distress” that his ministry’s latest initiative, Problem Management Plus (PM+), aims to...
