Pedestrians and cyclists have contributed to more than 40 per cent of total fatal crashes over a 10-year period, according to the National Road Safety Council (NRSC).
Residents of Cedar Valley in St Thomas have been equipped with the techniques and tools to better enable them to secure their properties and livelihoods against natural disasters.
WESTERN BUREAU:A St James man, who had admitted to participating in the illicit lottery scam, yesterday received a suspended sentence in the St James Circuit Court, while another man on a separate lottery-scam charge was booked for court in March.
Chief Executive officer of the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Anthony Wood, said the institution's partnership with entertainer Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell's Make a Difference Foundation was one of the best things that the hospital could have asked for.
CHRISTIANS are being told to leave their churches and head to the schools, not just to pray, but also to assist in rescuing troubled youngsters before they turn to a life of crime.
JAMAICANS COULD find themselves facing stiff competition from their relatives and friends now living abroad for most of the top jobs that could flow out of the logistics hub initiatives.
WATERFORD, St Catherine:RESIDENTS OF Waterford in Portmore, St Catherine, on Sunday commended the National Water Commission (NWC) for repairing a hydrant they claim had been leaking for close to 10 years, as well as a leaking pipe they say had been...
MINISTER OF National Security Peter Bunting has said findings of the Education and Crime: Evidence from Prison Inmates in Jamaica study is not necessarily blaming the schools, as there are other factors that contribute to someone ending up ...
Prosecutors and defence attorneys in the billion-dollar Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) pension fund fraud trial sparred in court yesterday over whether ATL boss and the primary complainant, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, will take the witness stand to give...
AS THE problem of extrajudicial killings by the police moves to the forefront once again, Horace Levy, sociology lecturer and board member of the Peace Management Initiative...
Commissioner of Corrections Jevene Bent has disclosed that community-service orders handed down by the courts to persons convicted of drug and minor offences are saving the Government millions of dollars.Bent disclosed that the Department ...
Terrence Williams, Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), said yesterday the wearing of a body camera by the police is not enough to engender public confidence in the police force...
THE JURY heard evidence yesterday at the murder trial of entertainer Vybz Kartel that a police sergeant extracted data from a BlackBerry phone which had images of a light-skinned man with a tattoo on his right forearm...
Arts and culture, education, science and technology, and health and wellness were the select areas for which recipients were recognised on the second day of The Gleaner Honour Awards luncheon held yesterday ...
STATE MINISTER in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Luther Buchanan, is to oversee the improvements of health centres in rural Jamaica as part of a push by the Portia Simpson Miller administration to place focus...
COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL Inc on Tuesday announced the promotion of Michele English, current president and chief operating officer of Columbus' operations in Jamaica, operators of Flow and Columbus Business Solutions, to the newly created role of executive...
JAMAICANS COULD find themselves facing stiff competition for most of the top jobs that will flow out of the logistics hub initiative, from their relatives and friends now living abroad.Dr Eric Deans, chairman of the...
PORT MARIA, St Mary: RESIDENTS OF Port Maria in St Mary are calling for the authorities to implement a new drainage system after heavy rain caused extensive flooding in the town earlier this week.Between last Saturday ...
After visiting the incensed Orange Villa community in lower St Andrew in the aftermath of Monday's controversial police shooting, Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has highlighted the urgency needed to revamp...
The prosecution tendered into evidence one iPhone and three BlackBerry cell phones at the murder trial of entertainer Vybz Kartel and his four co-accused yesterday.It is expected that voice recordings on the phones will be played...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been cast back into the headlines following the posting of a controversial video online showing him cursing in a Jamaican accent and using Jamaican expletives. The video, which is one minute and 16...
CROSSING INTERNATIONAL borders from the shores of Canada on to Jamaican soil, 57 computers have found a new home at the Rollington Town Primary School in Kingston....
ARGUING THAT school plants are not conducive to learning, Police Commissioner Owen Ellington says a lot needs to be done to improve school facilities to make them more conducive to learning." If you go into some of the...
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has described as faulty and hypocritical in interpretation, a government study revealing that most persons in penal facilities attended poor-performing schools.In fact, JTA President Dr Mark Nicely said schools...
