Jamaican journalists supported by their Caribbean and international colleagues yesterday issued a call on regional governments to abolish laws that could result in persons going to prison for expressions.
Government officials are downplaying fears that the country could face more problems with the dreaded screw worm pest after the state spent J$1.9 billion over 10 years on the failed National Screw Worm Eradication Programme.
Several stakeholders in Portland are still not buying into the development order for the parish despite indications from the Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA), that their concerns are being addressed.
At least 85 per cent of children in rural and inner-city communities across Jamaica have reportedly been subjected to physical abuse by adults in the name of discipline.
AN OPPOSITION senator is accusing the Government of running away from the tough issue of public-sector rationalisation, saying the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration appears unwilling to face the need for job cuts in the sector.
Hundreds of children on Easter holiday break were out in the streets of Denham Town, one of Kingston's many violent inner-city communities. The decibel level of the noise from their play can do serious damage to the eardrum.
National Security Minister Peter Bunting has invited members of the Special Constabulary Force Association (SCFA) to meet with him to discuss remaining concerns that they may have about the Government's decision to incorporate the Island Special...
The perceived inept handling of the process surrounding the construction of the 381 megawatt power plant may cause a rift between the Government and the private sector.
As the country continues to battle with incidents of corruption, a call is being made for the media to play their part in ensuring that those responsible are held accountable.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining Phillip Paulwell is stressing that he detects no hint of impropriety despite the repeated fits and starts of getting the 381 megawatt project off the ground.
WESTERN BUREAU:THE CASE against three St James men who were arrested last August on money-laundering charges by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA), hit a snag yesterday due to the absence of a key prosecution witness.
The Media Association Jamaica (MAJ) is again vowing to "vigorously" push for changes to the new Defamation Act that would address what it believes are inadequacies in the legislation.
Jamaica is expected to benefit significantly from the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) continued implementation of its Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET), over the next five years, at a cost of $1.4 billion (US$13 million).
Seven cops on corruption charges for court July 16 - The case against the seven policemen who allegedly solicited money from a St James businessman in exchange ...
WESTERN BUREAU: DENNIS HICKEY, executive director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TDPCo), has said the tourism ministry's language skills training programme is an asset to the tourism product as Jamaica...
YVONNE CLARKE, interim managing director of the National Education Trust (NET), has indicated that the funds budgeted for the creation and maintenance of school...
WESTERN BUREAU:The murder case against Ivan Taylor, the man charged with the 2012 murder of Trinidadian schoolteacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves, continued yesterday in the St James Circuit Court, with expert testimony from a telecommunications...
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen is appealing to the Church to employ a united approach in tackling the decay in morals and discipline within society....
Stephen Wedderburn, the man who coordinated the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project which was aborted by the Portia Simpson Miller-led Government, has declared that Energy World International (EWI) must break its silence on the baseload energy project...
The Supreme Court has struck out the application by the Special Constabulary Force Association (SCFA), which was seeking to challenge the merger of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).Yesterday's ruling...
Energy expert Dr Carlton Davis has joined former head of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Winston Hay, in saying the regulator should never have been involved in the selection of the bidder for the baseload...
Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, is recommending the creation of a currency board and the adoption of the United States dollar as solutions to Jamaica's economic...
Despite the reported setback suffered by the island's hard-working Financial Investigations Division (FID) by the High Court's refusal of its application for certain restraint orders related to collecting of nearly $1 billion from convicted drug dealers...
