A marathon meeting of the Jamaica College board, which finished late last night, ended in a stalemate as executives were warned that they did not have the authority to fire Ruel Reid as principal even as some senior members want to set the...
Public sector worker, Rahja Harrison, employed to the Accountant General’s Department, is hopeful that opinions and ideas that will spring out of the inaugural staging of the Public Sector Debate Competition will spark action at the highest levels...
Government’s tax cuts have been hailed by chief executive officer of Jamaican Teas, John Mahfood, as a good move, but the businessman said yesterday evening that it was inadequate to boost the personal financial well-being of the majority of...
Despite a gesture of reconciliation towards Buju Banton, his son Mark Myrie Jr has implored the dancehall star to be a better father. The two were allegedly involved in an altercation two days before Banton’s major Long Walk to Freedom concert at...
An apparent scam forced the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) yesterday to accommodate the registration of thousands of young people from across the island who responded to a WhatsApp hoax that was being circulated. Daily, the JDF invites 80 to 120...
It is now left up to Mark Myrie Jr to obtain a medical report to substantiate his claim that he was physically assaulted by his father, Mark Myrie Sr, popularly known as Buju Banton, before the police can decide if any charges should be laid....
The live Facebook broadcast of the mass murder of 50 people and the injuring of around 50 others in Christchurch, New Zealand, last Friday has been cited by Professor Anthony Clayton, chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, as giving credence to...
Equipment and training to protect the country’s territorial waters and disaster recovery are two areas in which Japan is willing to assist Jamaica, says former adviser to two Japanese prime ministers, Yukio Okamoto. Okamoto, an international...
The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was given the perfect platform to drive home the message of responsible drinking to thousands of patrons in attendance at last weekend’s Jamaica Rum Festival at Hope Gardens in St Andrew. At the inaugural...
The civil Aviation Authority has imposed a temporary restriction on Boeing 737-8 MAX and 738-9 MAX operating in Jamaica’s airspace until further notice. Operators who had flown the aircraft into Jamaica before receiving the directive from the...
Alleged breaches of the Political Code of Conduct in Portland Eastern have, seemingly, irked Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown, prompting her to send a letter to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, demanding action. In the letter, dated March 13...
A recent call from Santana Morris, one of Jamaica’s youth ambassadors to the United Nations, for the island to quickly become multilingual, has found favour with State Minister Alando Terrelonge. The state minister said that the Government was...
The Broadcasting Commission has urged the Holness administration to increase its oversight responsibility beyond free-to-air electronic media to policing social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. Citing growing concerns about...
Eight years ago, a minor tremor felt in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, prompted then Jamaican ambassador to Japan, Claudia Barnes, to update her list of Jamaicans living in the East Asian country. Almost a week later, on March 11, 2011, a 9.1-...
Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) CEO Suzanne Stanley is hoping that the recent international spotlighting of the health impact of fires at the Riverton City landfill will nudge the Government to move faster with its divestment plans. The issue was...
If a group of fourth-formers at Wolmer’s Boys’ School in Kingston were to apply for jobs today, they would be that bit more confident that they would blow their interviewers away. That’s because of an innovative job-preparation and orientation...
A prominent member of the local Rastafarian community has hailed reports of Rastafarianism being the fastest-growing religion among British soldiers as a victory for the faith, even as the Jamaica Defence Force has not yet warmed up to the idea of...
By helping to steer persons clear of a life of crime, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is not only looking at the benefits to the justice system, but also the gains the country could enjoy by being able to redirect funds to tackle...
Nine years after his brother was reportedly killed execution style by the security forces, Tivoli Gardens fire victim Handrel Wheatle strongly believes that he is battling a curse. His face a canvas of pain and despair, Wheatle stared blankly at...
Before the end of her tenure as Jamaica’s Youth Ambassador to the United Nations later this year, Santana Morris wants to see a more urgent move towards Jamaica introducing multilingualism, starting from the early childhood level. An avid traveller...
There are growing concerns about a squatter settlement on the banks of a gully behind dwellings on Acadia Drive in St Andrew, which is proving a nuisance for residents and present a multiplicity of health and safety issues. In substantiating the...
With more than 100,000 passengers connecting to the free Wi-Fi service on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses over the last five months, the company installing the devices believes data-privacy fears, which surfaced among commuters before...
People who abstract electricity illegally are finding ingenious ways to beat sophisticated equipment installed by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) geared towards preventing them from doing so and continue to cause disruptions in the...
Nearly seven years after raising concerns about the quality of coconut water on the market, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has still not got a handle on the growing number of unregistered bottlers of the product. The standards watchdog...
Before the intervention of the LASCO Chin Foundation, there was a warrant out for the arrest of Kevon McLeish for owing more than $60,000 in rent almost nine months ago. Today, he is not only a free man in that he was able to avoid jail time,...
