Stories by Paul Clarke

With 115 persons killed on the nation's roadways since the start of the year, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has made a commitment for Jamaica to slash in half the number of fatal crashes by the year 2020."The Government of Jamaica is making this...

Three brand new Renault-manufactured garbage trucks valued at approximately $61 million were commissioned into service yesterday by Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie, which should ease the perennial issues of...

The Harvest Tabernacle Christian Endeavour Ministries was yesterday evicted from the National Commercial Bank (NCB)-owned property it occupied at Ferry in St Catherine, with its pastor, Boswell Raymond, likening the eviction to a crucifixion."It...

The Government's decision to allocate $300 million to ease the burden on financially challenged students enrolled at the University of the West Indies, the University of Technology, and the Caribbean Maritime Institute has been welcomed by the...

Freight handlers and custom brokers say they are frustrated with the performance of the Automatic System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) a year after its roll out, noting frequent breakdown is crippling operations and causing unwanted disruptions. The...

Failure to address mental health issues in children could end up costing the Government millions of dollars in providing legal and other corrective measures if nothing is done to address the problem, asserts special educator Ruthlyn James, director...

Acknowledging the need for a greater understanding of health care needs for children in Jamaica, the education, youth and information minister, Ruel Reid, is urging a change in culture to better care for the ones diagnosed with mental illnesses."A...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw is to make known next week Tuesday the proposed adjustments to the property tax regime, coming out of Cabinet deliberations on the issue, Information Minister Ruel Reid has said."The Cabinet has...

Former Culture Minister Lisa Hanna raised eyebrows in the parliamentary Sectoral Debate yesterday, delivering what seems like a body blow to the Andrew Holness-led Jamaica Labour Party Government after outlining detailed information that suggests...

In just under two months, Mercilyne Iona Stephenson is looking forward to joining Jamaica's list of centenarians. But the frail woman, born May 28, 1917, fears she may not make it because of the dire situation in which she has found herself.Now, at...

Temporary work carried out on a section of the troublesome National Water Commission (NWC) sewer main on North Street, Kingston, near two of Jamaica's oldest boys' schools has eased the worries of a few but has caused unimaginable pain for several...