In keeping with its thrust to be the standard for private security in Jamaica, Guardsman Group opened the new corporate offices of its Guardsman Armoured division last Friday....
An increase in the importation of damaged vehicles has triggered a crackdown by the Jamaica Customs Agency, which has declared it is taking steps to stem breaches of its system....
Despite the grand announcement in the House of Representatives last Tuesday about a new direction being given to the 381-megawatt project, Jamaicans are not much clearer on what is happening with the project and if we will, in fact, get cheaper energy...
Rio Grande valley, Portland:For more than 19 years, Sharon Brown has been a newspaper vendor, selling The Gleaner to residents in and around Port Antonio - a job that she thoroughly enjoys.Brown, who is employed full time...
Defence attorneys in the billion-dollar Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Pension Fund fraud case will today begin their bid to have a magistrate dismiss all charges against the three former executives who are on trial...
Natalia Ramgolam was overwhelmed with joy as she spoke of her experience as a mother. Ramgolam was among scores of persons who came out for the second staging of Brunch and Rhythms...
Jamaica can learn from the economic reforms undertaken by member states of the European Union in recent years and which are beginning to bear fruit, according to Ambassador Paola Amadei, head of the Delegation...
Despite having taken an oath to serve, protect and reassure the people of Jamaica, many members of the police force seem ready to head elsewhere at the drop of a hat.
The reportedly underperforming Sydney Pagon High, the agricultural school in Brae's River, St Elizabeth, is to be converted into a regular high school in order to alleviate the space shortage at the secondary level in the parishes of Manchester and ...
The local disabled community has applauded the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) for keeping its promise to provide some buses customised to cater to persons with disabilities.
WITH AT least four new coal-powered energy plants being considered for construction in the country, former director general of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Winston Hay, wants the Government and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to lead a ...
Classroom places will be expanded in 40 schools at a cost of $1.35 billion this year as the education ministry moves to remove 20 more schools off the shift system.
The National Road Safety Council is raising alarm at the number of persons being allowed to ride while standing in public-passenger vehicles operating in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region and this time it is not only the "indisciplined" private-bus operators who are breaking the rules.
Jamaicans, unlike many people in several other countries, enjoy the freedom to chart their own lives, go where they want to anytime they wish, as well as freedom of speech without much state interference.
The Education Ministry is currently developing a School Improvement Policy to ensure that a standardised approach is taken in the delivery of education across Jamaica.
Cooking is a way of life for 68-year-old Albert Wilson, who now showcases his trade and skill at Shadows Restaurant, along West Street in Port Antonio, preparing tasty meals for locals and tourists.
Noted tax expert and attorney-at-law Ethlyn Norton-Coke is dead. Reports are that she died yesterday morning at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, after ailing for some time.
After what has been described as a meteoric rise through the ranks of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Senior Superintendent James Forbes' career has been thrown into uncertainty following his conviction on corruption charges yesterday.
MOST OF us read comic books and had our favourite characters when were children. We ventured into a world of fantasy with superheroes with super strength battling the evil nemesis and achieving victory against the odds.
PROFESSOR ERROL Morrison has said the recent report at the University of Technology (UTech) which cast aspersions on his leadership of the institution should not be seen as the reason he has been seconded...
