Jamaica stands to gain billions of dollars if the maritime sector receives the necessary investment.Fritz Pinnock, executive director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), gave eye-opening figures last Thursday during a presentation at the CMI to...

Revisiting Jamaica's powerful history is key to helping local students ease their anxiety before tests.That is the opinion of American psychologist, Dr Mark Bolden, who was speaking to education stakeholders on the topic 'Roots of Student Testing...

Four more adults are in police custody today facing allegations relating to various sexual offences.Investigators from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) yesterday announced the arrest of the four over...

Nineteen individuals - 17 women and two men - and one institution, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), were recognised as being "Models of Excellence in Nation Building" by Northern Caribbean University (NCU) during its 12th annual Prayer, Thanksgiving...

As the minister of national security moves to open discussions for the review of the legislation governing the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) Act, local human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ)...

SENATOR TOM Tavares-Finson's ill-advised, nasty and vicious attack on Member of Parliament Everald Warmington for his views of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) exemplifies what is wrong...

Government Senator K.D. Knight on Friday added his voice to those critical of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) proposals on campaign financing. Knight appeared to have formed an alliance with St Catherine South Western Member of Parliament Everald Warmington...

EAST PORTLAND Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Lynvale Bloomfield has declared that the debilitating hip injury he suffered from a fall in his constituency last month will not prevent him from showing up for sittings...

THREE MEMBERS of Parliament have scored perfect attendance records for sittings of the House of Representatives in the first 100 days of the rein of the People's National Party's (PNP)....

THE Portia Simpson Miller-led administration has failed to table even one piece of legislation in Parliament during its first 100 days in office. The Order Paper, a document containing a synopsis of the issues before the legislature for debate...

Executive Director of the National Integrity Action Limited, Professor Trevor Munroe, is hailing what he sees as "a number of firsts - small but significant and unprecedented steps - towards greater transparency and accountability in Jamaica's...