University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-chancellor E. Nigel Harris said the decision to terminate the services of Professor Brendan Bain as the head of Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Centre Network ...
APPARENTLY AWED by Jamaica's attractiveness as a tourism destination, Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has indicated that she will be returning to "spend money" on the island.
The church will not be tricked or coerced into making impulsive or emotive pronouncements in the ongoing public debate that has been sparked by the dismissal of Brendan Bain, the retired University of the West Indies...
Criminal charges could be laid against officials of human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and the operators of six private children's homes in the aftermath of the implementation of a controversial sex education course.
More and more Jamaicans are coming up with unique ideas that could make life easier, but a shortage of financing is preventing them from moving their ideas into real projects.
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica has issued an immediate recall of a shipment of standing fans and wall fans, under the brand name of JSW and bearing model numbers: JF-87; JF822; JF-88; JF-865FR; JWF-86.
A SENIOR member of the clergy and chief advocate for the recently established lobby group Jamaica Churches Action Uniting Society for Emancipation (CAUSE) has signalled that the church would not be shy in rallying massive support from its flock to use the ballot to punish any political organisation that rushes to repeal the buggery laws.
Criminals, including major players in the infamous lottery scam, are heading to Manchester where they are finding hideouts in the homes of unsuspecting residents who are giving them the traditional warm welcome of the often cool parish.
RICHARD BYLES, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), says his group is flattered by statements from Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that other countries could consider copying the Jamaican model.
Work is to begin shortly to construct a pathway to specially accommodate physically challenged persons who traverse the Papine and Elletson Flats area in St Andrew.
At least 43 government entities, some with sensitive data on thousands of Jamaicans, are at the risk of being hijacked by cybercriminals as they lack the requisite security features.
To say that Chinese business operators in May Pen and elsewhere in Clarendon are a target for criminals is putting it lightly. Based on reports from the police and information on the ground in the central Jamaica parish, businesses operated by members of the Chinese community are being targeted by criminals.
Public affairs officer of the United States Embassy, Christopher Degnan, and president of the Press Association of Jamaica Jenni Campbell addressing participants at a recent seminar on media relations for public relations practitioners.
WITH THE Reggae Boyz failing to qualify for the ongoing football World Cup in Brazil, Jamaica's ambassador to the South American country, Alison Stone Roofe, said no major focus was being placed on using the showpiece event to promote brand Jamaica.
Sheldon WilliamsStaff ReporterResidents of Portmore, St Catherine, are being encouraged to participate in a park-and-ride survey being conducted by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC).The State-run bus company said it is interested in determining...
Senator Ruel Reid is encouraging students and parents slated to enter high school come September, to take the transition between primary and secondary school very seriously.
JAMAICANS are being told that the decision to devalue the currency is the correct one, with head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arguing that there are promising signs that the policy is generating results.
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has revealed that Capitol Hill, the seat of political power in America, nudged her to sign off on a programme for Jamaica, and one year later she is proud of the progress...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday handed over 45 certificates of ownership to former occupants of sugar cane estate barracks in Barham, Shrewsbury and Masemure, in Westmoreland.
Below is a response from Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, regarding an editorial published on Monday, which addressed corruption-related matters. THE OFFICE of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) is committed to the delivery...
WEST ST MARY Member of Parliament (MP) Jolyan Silvera has been accused of having "stained and trampled on" the people of West Kingston with comments he made in the Sectoral Debate presentation two weeks ago...
THE HOUSE of Representatives on Tuesday paid tribute to former parliamentarian and custos of Westmoreland, James Thompson, who died this week at 99.Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said Thompson was a nationalist who was among the Jamaican leaders...
OPERATORS OF some of the children's homes who gave approval for Jamaicans for Justice to introduce an unauthorised sex-education programme into their institutions say they are not yet in a position to comment on the Child Development...
Residents of Seaview Gardens in St Andrew are mounting a valiant effort to save the life of 11-year-old Josh Small, who has been battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, for the past year.After eight cycles...
