Excited students from more than 33 schools across Jamaica congregated at Hope Botanic Gardens in St Andrew on Thursday to showcase their innovations in the annual Young Innovators Competition hosted by the Scientific Research Council (SRC). Though...
More than 200 students from schools across Jamaica have signed an open letter to the Ministry of Education and Youth, urging it to hastily finalise and implement a national school nutrition policy. The proposed policy, which is currently awaiting...
A mother is accusing Immaculate Conception High School of being unreasonable after her daughter was barred from continuing in its sixth-form programme because she obtained a grade four in one of four Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (...
Although there were concerns raised that some proprietors may have been unjustly increasing the prices of goods and services in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) said it has found no evidence to support this....
Declaring that the people in Morant Bay are “crying for representation”, People’s National Party (PNP) councillors in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation have organised a series of protests to press Mayor Louis Chin to announce an overdue by-...
A construction company viewed as having a connection to then-permanent secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, has incurred a cost overrun of more than $23 million for works done at the ministry in 2019...
At least two Maroon chiefs have described Accompong Chief Richard Currie’s attendance at the People’s National Party (PNP) 86th annual conference on Sunday as a direct response to the Government’s persistent neglect of Maroon community concerns. In...
With People’s National Party (PNP) supporters banking on dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel’s influence to attract the younger demographic to the party, chairman Dr Angela Brown Burke is defending his appearance on stage. Kartel, whose given name...
At an institution where more than 90 per cent of the students enter grade seven unable to read, Justin Henry is hoping that his performance in this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams will be an inspiration...
A student who completed training at the HEART/NSTA Trust is accusing Hotel RIU Palace Aquarelle resort in Trelawny of discrimination after he was excluded from participating in work experience at the hotel because of his dreadlocked hairstyle. The...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding and Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson are officially no longer dual citizens, having completed the renunciation of their British citizenship. In the meantime, former Government...
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Mark Smith, has added his voice to recent calls for a paradigm shift in Jamaica’s education system to address the underperformance of students. Noting the significant investment that...
With a reputation as a low-performing and violent school in the inner city, Kingston Technical High School was not the first choice for the three top performers it is now toasting for their academic success. Matthew Loney, the school’s top male...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ move to announce a by-election in the St Ann North Eastern constituency just a day after the resignation of Marsha Smith as member of parliament (MP) and state minister is being viewed by political analysts as a...
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal is “ideally placed” for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the settlement of cases, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has asserted. Justice Sykes, who was speaking on Tuesday at the launch of the Pro-Jam III Project, a...
Students in rural Jamaica who have to traverse long distances in unreliable transportation to and from school should have the benefit of a rural transportation system by January next year, Minister of Transport Daryl Vaz has promised. However,...
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...
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...
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...
Mathematics expert Dr Samuel McDaniel has asserted that a complete overhaul of primary education is necessary to address the consistently mediocre performance of students in the subject area at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...
Before checking for her results in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, Ocasia Graham received a call from her parents and they assured her that they would still be proud of her regardless of how she performed....
Despite less than half the repair work being completed at Hampton School in St Elizabeth, Principal Mahvell Charlton-Brown is confident that the ongoing restoration will not impact the reopening of school in two weeks. The school was severely...
There was a significant increase in the number of students who attempted to cheat in the May-June sitting of this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams, the regional agency has disclosed. The incidents of misconduct ranged from...
A father has been laden with guilt over the death of his 14 year-old son, who was killed along with eight other relatives in a car accident in Palm Beach County, Florida in the United States (US) on Monday. District Constable Michael Hall said he...
Whenever Kareen Melbourne, a resident of Comfort Hall in Manchester, needs to charge her phone or any other electronic device, she has to travel to the neighbouring community of Oxford or to the town of Balaclava in St Elizabeth to do so. The cost...
