THE MINISTRY of Education and Youth’s school furniture project at the Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Clarendon, has been providing a well-needed boost for both students and skilled persons in the community. Burchell Simmons, head of the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): WEST INDIES' hopes of automatic qualification for next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup now depend on the performance of other teams, after the Caribbean side’s penalty for a slow over rate against New Zealand on...
Summer interns with New Fortress Energy (NFE) got the chance to immerse themselves in community volunteerism while demonstrating the power of giving back during the natural gas provider’s annual back-to-school fairs held in Clarendon, Old Harbour,...
WESTERN BUREAU: La Sonja Harrison, the newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), believes that any further delay in resolving teachers’ concerns regarding their ongoing compensation review will weaken their participatory...
Bronx, New York resident, Cleveland Barnes, has been supporting the Freetown Church of God of Prophecy Outreach Foundation for a while now. Recently, he decided to make the trek to the island to see at first hand what he has been sowing into. Last...
Food For The Poor Jamaica has committed to constructing a new house in September for Dezreen Miller – the mother who has been living in a dilapidated structure in Olympic Gardens – and her daughter, Anita Stephenson. The charity group told The...
The proposed 300-acre plot of land identified for the construction of a state-of-the-art correctional facility is creating anxious moments for residents of Hartlands and adjoining communities in St Catherine. The St Catherine and Tower Street...
WESTERN BUREAU: LA SONJA Harrison, the newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), says the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill, which is under review by a joint select committee of Parliament, has contributed to some of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Winston Smith, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to rethink his Government’s decision to discontinue the National Housing Trust (NHT) subsidy for public...
THIRTY-TWO children from across the island were given an educational tour of Port Royal and Maiden Cay by Oceans for Everyone Inc, a non-governmental organisation that provides boating experiences to Jamaican children. Captain Rayon Carruthers,...
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH TEACHER migration becoming the latest issue for concern in the educational sector, Dr Colin Greene, past president of the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT), says policymakers should focus on creating greater value for educators...
WESTERN BUREAU: As the nation’s teachers continue to buckle under the strain of the issues affecting the education sector, the country’s premier teachers’ union, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is urging the teachers not to lose focus....
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Top Road in Ulster Spring, Trelawny, are now in a state of bewilderment as they try to come to grips with the mysterious disappearance of two sisters from the community, who went missing last Wednesday. The sisters, 14-...
WESTERN BUREAU: The business process outsourcing (BPO) landscape in Montego Bay, St James, has been expanded by an additional 17,000 square feet of office space, thanks to the expansion of Omni Nearshore, based at Barnett Tech Park in the western...
WESTERN BUREAU: TRANSPORT AND Mining Minister Audley Shaw has announced that 15 new immigration kiosks will be installed at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay by December this year, to improve the airport’s flow of passengers seeking...
Fifty-seven-year-old Clarendon bus driver James Davis is the parish’s first public passenger vehicle (PPV) driver fatality since the start of the year. Davis, also known as ‘Prento’, and the lone passenger aboard his bus were killed in a three-...
Retired St Mary teacher killed The St Mary police are pursuing leads into the fatal shooting of a retired teacher in Gayle, St Mary, Monday afternoon. Dead is Dennis Anthony Mattar Edwards, 69, of Farm Pen district in the parish. Reports are...
Growing up at Martha’s Vineyard, jumping off the Jaws bridge is a rite of passage for many youngsters during the summer months. So says Dr Vanessa Alleyne, who grew up on the island. “Growing up in Martha’s Vineyard, it was a rite of passage to...
Danah Cameron may be recognised by many as a public relations professional with a great personality and a pretty face. Looking at her, one would have trouble imagining her getting her nails dirty, tackling the grimy work of changing tyres or...
THE COMMUNITY of Cross Keys in southern Manchester is poised to boost production of plantain chips at its agro-processing facility following the donation of new equipment. Two pieces of equipment, a deep fryer and commercial slicer, were donated by...
WESTEN BUREAU: In a move designed to grow the sector and provide additional jobs, the Government is now looking at expanding the work-from-home policy in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, which could result in some 30 per cent of the...
THE BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) says high inflation could dampen domestic consumption and derail its projection for economic growth of between 2.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Speaking during the BOJ’s quarterly media briefing...
A typical Sunday at the Palmers Cross New Testament Church of God in Clarendon would see brothers Tavaris and Tavaughn flanked by their sisters, or other youth, belting out sweet melodious tunes. On Sunday, however, it was rather doleful tunes and...
