Eastern Paradise Preparatory School, in the heart of Morant Bay, St Thomas, is a model for early risers and hard work, complemented by a grade six teacher who has a passion for her work.Even so, The Gleaner was told that the school used no special...
Dolsie Allen, head of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), has described as "horror stories" a plethora of reports from consumers about how banks have wiped out...
The persistent backlog of cases in the courts could easily be alleviated if political effort were to be exerted to applying some immediate and effective remedies, according to Ian Wilkinson, president of the Jamaican Bar Association....
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann:ONE OF the main factors influencing the good academic performances of students at Columbus Preparatory School in St Ann's Bay, St Ann, is preparation over time."For us, we do not believe that GSAT starts...
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
The Child Development Agency (CDA), along with several stakeholders, is moving to make changes to the Child Care and Protection Act (CCPA) to include how street children are treated.Legal consultant working on the project,...
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Fourteen persons were arrested by investigators from the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) as part of an operation to crack down on human trafficking.
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
WINDSOR CASTLE, St Mary:JULEEN THOMAS-PAGE has been the principal and grade six teacher at Tapp's Preparatory School in Windsor Castle, St Mary, for the last nine years.
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Long-serving and committed teachers, an excellent teaching programme, and a child-friendly environment are some of the things that have contributed to the success of the Santa Cruz Preparatory School. So says the principal, Janet Robinson....
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday told a contentious sitting of the House of Representatives that her administration spent a total of $117.825 million on travels for Cabinet members between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013.
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
The Portmore Missionary Preparatory School has been moulding the lives of its students since 1976, when it embarked on its mission to provide high quality education.
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Senior Resident Magistrate Lorna Shelly-Williams yesterday dismissed an application by defence attorneys to have the billion-dollar Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Pension Fund fraud trial thrown out.A second application to have the court compel ATL...
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Supreme Court Judge Lennox Campbell yesterday assured the jurors in the Vybz Kartel murder trial that, by next week, the case will go to them for their deliberation.The judge gave the assurance when he sent them home until 10 a.m.
Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 12:00 AM
THE CONSUMER Affairs Commission (CAC), the government agency established to educate and empower consumers to protect themselves from excesses in the marketplace, says its capacity to carry out a critical part of its mandate has been severely weakened by a lack of resources....
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will today in Gordon House, the seat of Jamaica's Parliament, defend her travels abroad since 2012 as the parliamentary Opposition prepares to grill the head of Government on public spending for her trips....
Amid an upsurge in police fatal shootings, Sergeant Raymond Wilson, chairman of the Police Federation, said criminals provoked the confrontations that led to the 255 incidents of fatality recorded ...
More than 20 students of Guy's Hill High School in St Catherine fainted yesterday, some of whom were rushed to the Linstead Hospital for treatment after inhaling noxious fumes thought to have come from a garbage truck...
Prosecutors in the billion-dollar Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Pension Fund fraud trial say calling ATL boss Gordon 'Butch' Stewart to give evidence would "unnecessarily prolong the case"."We are anxious to close this case," Raymond Clough, one of...
Senior educators are imploring public officials to tread cautiously in the debate on rationalising the way teacher education is delivered locally. They argue that while changes to the system are inevitable, greater focus must be placed on the value...
Founded just over 14 years ago by Ivy Powell, Hopewell Early Childhood and Preparatory School is proving it should be a school of choice after achieving a Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) average of 334, well above the national average of 258....
The Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) monitoring Jamaica's four-year programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is cautiously optimistic that the Government will meet its targets...
ONE HUMAN-rights group says it has no doubt that the controversial proposed anti-gang law, which lawmakers are expected to debate in the House of Representatives today, will not affect the people of upper St Andrew...
Pauline Nicholson, principal of St John's Preparatory School in Ocho Rios, St Ann, credits the cooperation between the school and parents for the high academic standard set by students at the institution.St John's is among...
The Crown closed its case yesterday at the trial of entertainer Vybz Kartel, who is charged jointly with four other men for the murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams, of Waterford, St Catherine.Defence lawyers began making no-case submissions and, when the...
