WESTERN BUREAU: RENEGOTIATING WITH the Jamaican Government for “liveable wages” on behalf of educators took precedence during the final day of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 60th anniversary Education Conference as six president-elect...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JOINTWOOD community in St Elizabeth may be a mostly quiet farming district, but the testimony of residents suggests that it is a far cry from its former glory days as an agricultural hub in the traditional ‘bread-basket’ parish...
The St Catherine-based St Jago High School has maintained its standing as all-island champions of Television Jamaica’s Schools' Challenge Quiz (SCQ) competition, topping Calabar High School in a tight final match up last night. After a sudden...
Senior Deputy Director of Prosecutions Andrea Martin-Swaby is reminding the public, specifically offenders in gun crimes, that they can obtain a sentence below the mandatory minimum of 15 to 20 years, if they assist the police in a “meaningful way...
WESTERN BUREAU: “I’VE NEVER wished death on anyone until I met Gregory. You honestly make me feel sick to my stomach. You have shown no remorse for slaughtering my niece like an animal.” That was the grim admission made by Nickeda Gray in her...
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Robert Hall, assisted by relatives, was busy chopping down trees from around his home in Kingsworth, Jacks Hill, St Andrew, in an effort to prevent the raging fire that had started the day before from...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora have been given all of 10 reasons to register and participate in the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, slated for June 16 to June 19 in Montego Bay, St James. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘...
The Pamela Monroe Ellis-led Auditor General’s Department has placed climate-change related projects and the effectiveness of the country’s spending in that area under the microscope. A performance audit is now in progress with focus on the...
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) says it is several steps closer to closing the lid on lecturers delivering courses without meeting the minimum qualification to do so, calling it one aspect of the institution’s drive to sanitise its image...
Four people were hospitalised with minor to serious injures in two separate motor vehicle crashes along the usually busy Stony Hill Main Road in St Andrew yesterday. In the first incident, which occurred about 5:30 a.m., at a section of the road...
King’s Counsel (KC) Valerie Neita Robertson has indicated that the defence lawyers representing the three soldiers implicated in the 2010 shooting death of Keith Clarke will be appealing yesterday’s ruling by the Court of Appeal for the matter to...
Parliamentarian Fitz Jackson says he will be seeking clarification from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) regarding penalties for deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) that breach the new service standards for the operation of automated banking machines (ABMs...
With the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre beginning celebratory activities for its 70th anniversary yesterday, Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness, has called for continued investment into the institution. The rehab centre...
WESTERN BUREAU: HEAD OF the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the West Indies, Dr Howard Gregory, has called for the Government to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final Appellate Court. “We must also support and advocate for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A ST JAMES Parish Court judge has voiced concern about whether Shamoya Green’s case could be committed for trial in the Circuit Court given the defendant’s mental- health status. Green is accused of fatally throwing her five-month-...
Chairman of the Economy and Production Committee, Dwight Sibblies, yesterday resisted a proposal by opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson for the police to appear alongside Bank of Jamaica officials to discuss losses suffered by account holders at banks...
INNOVATION IS crucial to preserving the world’s forests, according to Zhimin Wu, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) forestry division. On March 21, the world observed International Day of Forests under the theme “Forests...
Jamaicans for Justice Executive (JFJ) Director Mickel Jackson has raised concern about a plethora of private members’ motions and a few bills moved by the parliamentary Opposition that have been languishing on the Order Paper of the House of...
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Andrew Spencer has shied away from grading the Government’s push to create a logistics-centred economy, but has insisted that his institution is working to provide the skills needed to drive...
One month after the Supreme Court dismissed the claim brought against him by Jamaica College (JC) acting Principal Wayne Robinson, former JC Old Boys’ Association (JCOBA) President Major Basil Jarrett is defending another lawsuit filed by Robinson...
Several uncertainties still surround the future of the ocean as it relates to the emerging industry of deep-sea mining (DSM) following the conclusion of the 29th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) council last Friday. One such...
The trial of four employees accused of defrauding Tropical Battery of $3 million failed to start in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. The matter was rescheduled to July 18. Christopher Robinson, Jamel Reid, Carl Love, and Hartel...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has indicated that land at Albion Heights in St James would be transferred to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society (RCGBS) by the end of June. “This property ultimately belongs to the...
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is aiming to have the entire campus powered by solar energy by October this year, through a US$1.5-$3 million solarisation project. The project is being done in partnership with Emirati state-owned renewable...
WESTERN BUREAU: AGRICULTURE MINISTER Floyd Green has announced that his ministry will be partnering with the Hanover-based Knockalva Polytechnic College as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen Jamaica’s dairy industry. Addressing yesterday’s...
