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MPs turn pressure on Auditor General at PAC
Government members turned the pressure on Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis during Tuesday's sitting of the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee. They wanted to know why she did not take part in an entrance and exit audit of her...
CommentsSt Ann buggery accused granted bail
The man accused of buggering a five-year-old boy in St Ann last month has been granted bail and ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation. The 20-year-old accused was granted bail in the sum of $300,000 with one or two sureties when...
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‘SELLOUT!’
Insisting that the Government was on a bad legal footing and accusing the Holness administration of “selling out” the country as it sought to have China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) build the Montego Bay Permit Road Project, Opposition Leader...
CommentsCOVID fight still not over – doctors
Jamaica has recorded its lowest COVID-19 infections, positivity rate, and hospitalisation numbers since the late March weekend lockdowns. The health ministry reported that on Monday, 39 samples tested positive, reflecting a 3.3 per cent positivity...
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No proof needed to report child abuse, CPFSA says
Director of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) North East Region, Carolyn Stewart, has reiterated that persons need not have proof of child abuse to make a report, stating that all suspected cases should be reported to the...
CommentsSingle mothers celebrated in Clarendon
A group of mothers were treated to a celebratory brunch on Sunday at the Singh Quarry in May Pen, Clarendon. The annual Mother’s Day brunch is the brainchild of entrepreneur Craig ‘Jah Cat’ Taylor. This year’s staging of the event was by...
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St Jago take early lead among girls
As Jamaica’s top male and female high school athletes returned to the big stage yesterday with the staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium, organisers faced the starter on yesterday’s...
CommentsNo Carifta? We’ll focus on World U20 – Gayle Premium
While disappointed with the cancellation of the Carifta Games for a second consecutive year, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association President, Garth Gayle, said that the 2021 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs)...
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Mortgage buyout Premium
National Housing Trust (NHT) secured mortgage buyout deals with three financial companies that it partners with under the Joint Financing Mortgage Programme, JFMP, but is keeping the details of the transactions under wraps. The size of the buyout...
CommentsBenlar rescued by new backer after battering by pandemic Premium
After a rocky pandemic year, food packaging company Benlar seems to have finally found the right partner to scale the operation. Founder Craslyn Benjamin thought she had found her footing in 2019 after overcoming start-up woes, ranging from high...
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Wishing Williams well
Miss Universe Jamaica 2020 Miqueal-Symone Williams has the support of her Miss Universe Jamaica (MUJ) sisters. This was obvious in the outpouring of love she received from several former titleholders, who, having journeyed to represent their...
Comments‘X Gon’ Give It to Ya’
NEW YORK (AP): A new album from DMX will be released later this month. DMX’s long-time producer and collaborator, Grammy winner Swizz Beatz, announced on Monday that EXODUS will feature new material and drop on May 28. “My brother X was one of the...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Violence against women is everybody’s problem
THE EDITOR, Madam: Once women are not safe, children are not safe. Once children are not safe, no one is safe; for none of us were born as adults. Violence against women is everyone’s problem! We can’t keep marginalising the crisis by simply...
CommentsStop killing our women
THE EDITOR, Madam: Another young woman has been brutally killed by the machete. It is reported that she was chopped several times by her common-law husband, who has now been charged with murder. Brutal deaths, like this one, make my blood run cold...
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Scores of dead bodies found floating in Ganges River
NEW DELHI (AP): Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections. The authorities said on Tuesday that they haven’t yet determined the cause of...
CommentsMigrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
AP: The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children...
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Ovarian cancer kills: Watch the signs
Ovarian cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the ovaries. The female reproductive system contains two ovaries, one on each side of the uterus. The ovaries, each about the size of an almond, produce eggs, as well as the hormones oestrogen and...
CommentsAsthma: Is yours under control?
ASTHMA IS a chronic episodic disease which affects the airways. The hallmark of this disease is the bronco spasm – the narrowing of the airways – and the inflammation that takes place in response to triggers. Because of the lung’s sensitivity, the...
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Something Extra | Wednesday
It was an exciting and gastronomic affair on Friday as Red Stripe kick-started its Red Hills Road Food and Beer Takeover. Pan chicken lovers turned up at their favourite jerk spot to savour the mouth-watering food and free ice-cold libations. The...
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Editorial | Don’t dumb down CXC exams
Elizabeth Morgan | CARICOM: Food security, health and the UN International Year of Fruits and Vegetables