Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has praised the smooth start to the new academic year, citing early disbursement of funds and strong parental turnout – particularly from fathers – as encouraging signs of progress in Jamaica’s education...
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) is warning that a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) proposal to double the minimum wage on a phased basis could result in job losses or increased costs being passed on to consumers. The private-sector body urged the...
As Jamaicans head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new government, several members of the diaspora have returned to the island to cast their votes, underscoring the significance they place on this election. Over the past month, social media has...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has extended an open invitation to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters and undecided voters to throw their support behind his party when they go out to vote on Wednesday....
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips has rubbished claims by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) that the People’s National Party (PNP) “took a wrecking ball” to Jamaica’s economy in its last administration, describing it as “an...
While many St Thomas residents say they are voting based on issues affecting their communities, a significant number point to the broader infrastructure works carried out in the parish as a key influence in their decision to support the Jamaica...
WESTERN BUREAU: Moses Chybar, the president of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, says while the tax measures put forward by the nation’s two major political parties may provide short-term ease, they could also undermine fiscal stability if not...
Port Antonio, Portland: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has disclosed that Portlanders could benefit from more than 1,300 housing solutions in 2027, should the Jamaica Labour Party form the next government. Holness, who was addressing supporters...
More than a dozen young Jamaicans engaged in multiple professions and areas of study say the Government’s constitutional reform process has failed miserably and that there is no surprise that it has been rendered comatose. The 16-member group,...
Sixteen young Jamaicans engaged in various professions and areas of study are warning that, while electors in their age group are willing to participate in the political and governance process, they are being turned off by a sense that their voices...
WESTERN BUREAU: As she prepares to leave Kingston after four years, British High Commissioner Judith Slater says she will miss Jamaica’s golden light, early-morning birdsong, and the sweetness of bananas, but most of all, the people. For Slater,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Outgoing British High Commissioner Judith Slater says bilateral trade between the United Kingdom (UK) and Jamaica has grown by 40 per cent over the past four years, driven by British investment and Jamaican companies breaking into...
There has been a sizable increase over the last two weeks in the number eligible Jamaicans across the older population who plan to step into a polling booth in the general election on Wednesday, a new survey commissioned by the RJRGLEANER Group has...
The country’s two dominant political forces – the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) – are preparing to bring their campaigns to a thunderous climax this weekend with duelling mass rallies, each aiming to flood the...
On the brink of the new school year, Vince Williams, principal of Tulloch Primary in Bog Walk, St Catherine, is anxious as the institution is not fully prepared to welcome its students. While acknowledging that the school is in a far better state...
The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has opened a gap over the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), according to the findings of the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson poll. With just three days left before Jamaicans head to the...
Sitting around her sewing machine in a small workroom tucked on to her home in Lucky Valley, Clarendon, Cora Edwards flips through her record book, checking where she is with her back-to-school uniform orders. It’s her most busy time of the year,...
Following several bomb threats to government buildings in the Corporate Area and in rural areas, members of at least three private sector bodies have called for the security forces to put measures in place to strongly discourage and respond to...
WESTERN BUREAU: There were no major glitches yesterday as members of the security forces and election day workers in western Jamaica cast their ballots ahead of next Wednesday’s general election, which will see the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver says that, following the Government’s latest offer of a two per cent wage increase to teachers in the first year of a four-year period, he is looking forward to further...
At just 15 years old, Glenmuir High School student Solain Bowlah has stunned her peers and community after securing two grade ones in this year’s May-June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. While still in third form at...
Jamaica officially now has a guide on how to deal with longstanding gender disparities and barriers faced by vulnerable groups within the justice system. The Ministry of Justice on Wednesday formally received the island’s first Gender Strategy and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Unlike many 21-year-olds, Renaldo Messam is forging a path not often taken by Jamaican men. Thanks to the scholarship support he has received from the Howard Ward Benefit Foundation, he is now in his final year of study at the...
Kindness and simply being a good neighbour have been foundation principles of the Morgan family from May Pen, Clarendon, for generations. Instilled by their late parents, Elizabeth and Clarence Morgan, those values of generosity and community care...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has indicated to residents of Bedward Gardens in the St Andrew East Rural constituency that they will benefit from his party’s land title reform policy if it forms the government. Golding, who...
