Dr Mark Smith’s story of overcoming a tough upbringing is built on resilience and a drive to succeed in order to do good, not just for himself and his family, but for the wider community. For him, lessons were learnt the hard way. And he learnt...
President of Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali hailed Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal as an outstanding statesman, a regionalist par excellence, and a committed internationalist. Sir Shridath, a former Guyana government minister and Commonwealth secretary general...
Jamaica to receive over US$1 billion from IMF Jamaica is to receive more than US$1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the fund’s executive board concluded the third reviews yesterday under the country’s Precautionary and...
The authorities are seeking to identify a woman who was killed in a bizarre hit-and-run involving two motor vehicles on Thursday night along the busy Marcus Garvey Drive thoroughfare in Kingston. They are also imploring the driver who left the...
A local human rights group is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to reconsider his decision to put on hold the construction of a maximum security prison, and instead make it a top priority. The prime minister, in the wake of the August 11 mass...
Principals across the Corporate Area are anticipating a smooth reopening of school on Monday, after putting in weeks of preparation. At the New Providence Primary School, Principal Nicole Thompson was relieved that damage to the sewerage system at...
WESTERN BUREAU: School administrators in western Jamaica are expressing mixed feelings about the readiness of their institutions ahead of Monday’s start of the new academic year, with availability of school supplies and poor road conditions among...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a world where the fight against cancer deserves steadfast support, many patients are, instead, grappling with a different struggle: the battle to maintain their jobs while undergoing life-saving treatment. Cancer survivor and...
Dr Kenneth Russell, deputy opposition spokesperson on education and community development, has expressed concern that some schools lack the basic resources to operate when they reopen next week. “It’s one thing to reopen and to have the doors open...
WESTERN BUREAU: Alarming statistics outlined by the executive director of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson, show that some 7,500 new cancer cases were reported in 2022 in Jamaica, with 1,327 of these being breast cancer. Anderson,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hugh Grant, president and chief executive officer of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), is being hailed after electricity was finally ‘fully restored’ to customers in St Elizabeth, a month after he took office and almost two months...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has announced Christopher Zacca, president and chief executive officer of Sagicor Group Jamaica, as the newest honoree to be inducted into the PSOJ Hall of Fame. Zacca’s induction comes as the...
Waynette Strachan, the Opposition’s junior spokesperson on education and community development, on Wednesday, called on the Ministry of Education to provide clarity on the plans for schools with delayed openings as a result of damage from Hurricane...
Britney Graham’s worst fears were realised yesterday when she found the headless decomposing body of a woman, who she strongly believes is her aunt, Suzette Clarke, who went missing last Thursday. “Me did in shock. Mi heart start race. Mi did a...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has indicated it has no legal interest in the shooting death of Private Ejay Domville despite a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) statement yesterday indicating that authority over the probe into the...
Alfred Thomas, principal of Brown’s Town High in St Ann, has less than a week to fill nine vacancies on his teaching staff after facing the bulk of teacher resignations in late August. However, he is not very optimistic that he will be able to...
The nation has reached a crisis point with the recent underperformance in mathematics, by students nationwide, in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) external examinations, according to Senator Damion Crawford, opposition...
Western Bureau: If Falmouth native, 16-year-old Jahmaree Reid, was killed by a shark, as has been widely suspected, it would be a particularly rare occurrence as based on the Florida Museum of National History and the American Elasmobranch Society...
Less than a week remains before schools reopen on September 2, and experts are advising parents to support their children by preparing them psychologically for the challenges that may come with back to school. Rory Roberts, centre manager of Teen...
Mason Hall, St Mary: Thousands of residents living in Mason, St Mary, are poised to receive potable water for the very first time in December, after pipe laying works undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC) in partnership with Rural Water...
The newly formed Hurricane Beryl Recovery Taskforce has received a significant boost with an additional allocation of $1.4 billion, which will provide relief for affected farmers islandwide. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries initially...
Concerned that more students are becoming attracted to and engaging in underage gambling, Richard Henry, programme manager at the RISE Life Management Services, has endorsed the proposal to make gambling prevention a mandatory part of school...
With this year’s observance of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month just days away, the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston is seeking to raise $7 million to sponsor prostate cancer tests and treatment for men who cannot afford them. Prostate cancer is the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A Trelawny family is now mourning the death of 16-year-old William Knibb Memorial High School student Jahmaree Reid, who perished at sea on Monday, the apparent victim of a shark attack off the coast of the seaside capital. Late...
The mother of Private Ejay Domville is hoping that today’s autopsy will begin to provide answers to the myriad questions swirling around in her head since the 20-year-old was shot dead while on duty in Denham Town, Kingston, last Friday. “I’m not...
