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...
Minister of Labour and Social Security Derrick Kellier says there is an urgent need for more productivity to ensure economic growth."Raising productivity in Jamaica will make our goods and services more competitive in both domestic and international...
The Jamaican High Com-mission in London celebrated Jamaica Day 2014 with a series of activities for clients attending the Consular Department on February 28...
NCB Foundation's commitment to Jamaica's youth was again demonstrated recently with the paying out of more than $11.6 million for high-school students sitting the CSEC Principles of Accounts and Principles of Business exams.This multimillion dollar...
Next week is being observed as World Kidney Awareness Week, under the theme 'Chronic Kidney Disease and Ageing' with the aim to raise awareness that chronic kidney disease can develop at any age but become more common with increasing...
With sales of J$3.2 billion and pre-tax profit of J$91 million, The Gleaner Company's financial performance was flat in 2013 - the result of consumer uncertainty and the contractionary impact of Jamaica's agreement with the International Monetary Fund,...
Nearly eight months after the implementation of the Public Health Tobacco Control Regulations, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson says he remains committed to protecting the welfare of Jamaica's citizens, particularly children, from the negative effects...
Described as "small-sized", the Chinese Garden project, for which Prime Minister Portia Simpson and China's Ambassador to Jamaica, Dong Xiaojun, broke ground at Hope Gardens, St Andrew recently, is slated for completion in...
Carlene Sinclair, president of the Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ), expressed great optimism for the local real-estate industry, following the recent acceptance of 400 local realtors into the National Association of Realtors (NAR).This significant...
The planned no-case submission on behalf of former Acting Resident Magistrate Dionne Meyler-Reid failed to get off the ground in the Western Regional Gun Court yesterday, as the prosecution has not yet finished presenting...
Signaling that the Government is intent on walking a chalk line in order to meet its fiscal targets under the four-year extended fund facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips says the country will...
There is an urgent need for kidney donors, with more than 2,000 Jamaicans currently on the registry with chronic kidney disease. Approximately 800 of them are on dialysis, suffering from end-stage renal failure....
