Government senator Imani Duncan-Price's motion for gender quotas in Parliament is an idea whose time has passed. Far gone are the days when persons should be put into positions of leadership purely because of their sex.
A march against crime and violence drew the support of western Kingston residents yesterday as many joined hands in pursuit of change. Minister of National Security Peter Bunting and Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington...
Professor Stephen Vasciannie, Jamaica's ambassador to the United States, has reminded members of the Jamaican Diaspora in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and surrounding communities of major initiatives being pursued by the Government.
PARLIAMENT WILL be asked to consider proposals in two bills tabled in the House of Representatives last week which seek to straight-jacket the behaviour of the minister of finance in administering the affairs of the country.Under what is generally...
More than 10 years after announcing plans to convert facilities such as the Riverton City dump in St Andrew and the Retirement dump in St James to landfills, the state agency responsible for the...
During a meeting yesterday of the Central Executive of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), party leader Andrew Holness revealed that a legal team had been appointed to look into the fairness and impartiality of the imminent commission of enquiry into the...
Jamaica Teachers' Association President Dr Mark Nicely is lamenting what he said was the increasing number of children being murdered in Jamaica.Addressing yesterday's funeral for eight-year-old Ceelena Headman, whose body was found in Top Hill...
During a recent tour of Digicel's Tier III Data Centre, Anthony Hylton, minister of industry, investment and commerce, said information communication technology (ICT) would be a critical part of the technology infrastructure needed to make Jamaica's...
THE MUCH touted Plea Bargaining legislation, passed in 2005 to help local prosecutors go after leading crime bosses while reducing the time taken to complete some cases, is proving to be less than successful.
Jamaica's largest dump, which is operated by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) in Riverton City, St Andrew, has been existing illegally.
Scores of babies are being placed at risk daily at unregulated day-care centres and nurseries which lack the necessary facilities to keep the children safe.
Jamaica's marine research and development will mark the start of a significant chapter today with the official opening of the Alligator Head Marine Laboratory in San San, Portland.
Buoyed by the United States (US) acknowledgement of its efforts to rid the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of corrupt cops, the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has moved to clarify claims that half the number of police officers who voluntarily took lie-detector tests in the first eight months of 2013 failed.
Minister of National Security Peter Bunting, has renewed his call for churches and other groups to work with the ministry and the police to prevent criminal activities.
WESTERN BUREAU:Seven police officers who are accused of accepting money in return for not prosecuting a man on ganja charges had their bails extended when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court Thursday.
The Red Hills community in St Andrew has welcomed a new primary school, noting that it will equip children with quality education for the best high schools in the island.
More than 102,000 young persons have been trained and 453 school gardens established under the 'Youth in Agriculture' initiative, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke has revealed.
Despite the prosecution being ready, the case against the two policemen who were charged with murder in the aftermath of last year's controversial killing of three relatives from Shrewsbury in Westmore-land failed to get off the ground yesterday.
WESTERN BUREAU:The Ministry of National Security is moving to have justices of the peace (JPs) who run afoul of the law suspended from active duties while they have a case pending in the court.
As Jamaica joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Women's Day today, head of delegation for the European Union (EU) in Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei, proposes that a quota system be introduced into the political landscape to...
The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Act, commonly referred to as the anti-gang bill, enjoyed smooth passage in the Senate yesterday with three amendments as lawmakers made a collective call for Jamaicans to support the Police...
A debate has emerged over the large number of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects some students are being allowed to sit at the secondary level.
With effect from March 1, 2014, Jamaican nationals travelling to Bermuda for tourism, business or on a work permit, will no longer require a visa or visa waiver to enter that country, provided they are holding a multiple-entry visa to the United States...
