Energy-saving creativity and diversity by students from participating schools in the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) 2013/2014 science competition of the Schools' Energy Programme was put on display in the company's...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says not enough progress has been made to increase the number of women involved in parliamentary decision-making since adult suffrage in 1944, arguing that the pace at which they are being...
THE EDUCATION ministry has declared that universities will have to become more innovative in finding ways to finance the operation of their institutions, as there will be greater focus on early childhood education....
Total Jamaica celebrated its decade mark with a prayer breakfast at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston yesterday, where the junior energy minister revealed that government policies have led to a US$30-million...
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Noel Sloley has knocked a proposal from his opposition colleague, Alexander Williams, on how Jamaica should go about establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the country's final appellate court.
Javon 'Donkey Man' Francis smashed a record held by World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt as the green and black Calabar High School from Red Hills Road in St Andrew made it a three-peat at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships, which ended last evening.
A St James businesswoman who was facing possible prison time for failure to pay a US$500,000 debt, based on a promissory note she allegedly signed under duress, has been given the opportunity to defend the case.
The Employment (Flexible work arrangements) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2014 was tabled in Parliament last week, confirming the intention of the Government to lead the charge to introduce the "flexible work-week" concept in Jamaica.
A shortage of resources and the failure of Jamaicans to stand up for their rights are being blamed for the lack of legal action against the State over the frequent fires at the Riverton City Landfill.
Gleaner Online, the Internet news portal of The Gleaner, has formalised a partnership with the Jamaica National Foundation, which will, among other things, highlight the photographic talents of rural high-school students participating in the foundation's 2014 resolution competition.
Since November 2008, Jennifer Allen has been responsible for cleaning the monument established in downtown Kingston in memory of children who have lost their lives in tragic circumstances.
Jamaica's dominance in the marquee event at most track and field championships, the men's 100m, has been quietly erased at the premier high school track event in the world.
ARGUING THAT the determination of Jamaica's economic fortunes is mainly due to negative messaging and the propensity of persons to oppose policies in order to gain popularity and gain state power, government senator Navel Clarke said on Friday that...
Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson yesterday expressed gratitude to the Jamaica Hospital League of Friends from the United Kingdom, which handed over 50 state-of-the-art beds to the ministry.
One of the country's major telecommunications providers, Digicel, says it is aware that some of its valued prepaid customers experienced a disruption in phone and Top Up services yesterday around midday.
Western Bureau:Ilene Ramsay was smiling from ear to ear as her common-law husband, Albert Ferguson collected the keys to his First Step Housing (FSH) solution in Hampden Heights, Trelawny, on Thursday.
Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson yesterday expressed gratitude to the Jamaica Hospital League of Friends from the United Kingdom, which handed over 50 state-of-the-art beds to the ministry.
A senior motor-vehicle examiner was among three persons taken into police custody yesterday as the Major Organised Crime Anti-Corruption Taskforce (MOCA) probed allegations of irregularities in the granting and upgrading of driver's licences at the...
The boys' Class One 200m final is shaping up to be the most exciting event at this year's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships with the strongest line-up in recent memory, and all eyes will be looking to see what could be the most fascinating race at this year's Championship.
WITH THE land-revaluation exercise now complete, there are indications that property owners will not have to bear the burden of another hike in property taxes...
Prosecutors in the billion-dollar Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Group Pension Fund fraud trial are expected to close their case next Tuesday. This was revealed yesterday when the trial of three former executives with the ATL Group ...
Morant Bay, St Thomas: The St Thomas police have revealed that statistical data has made it clear many parents in the parish have been pimping their daughters as a source of income.Addressing a St Thomas Parish Council community...
