Four in five sixth-graders in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are expected to lack basic reading comprehension proficiency, according to a report issued yesterday by the World Bank and UNICEF, in collaboration with UNESCO. While the region...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) United Kingdom is registering its disappointment over what it claims is the Commonwealth Secretariat’s failure to centre discussions on trade policy issues at the heads of government meeting now under way...
(New Times Rwanda for The Gleaner): As the application of technology becomes commonplace in judicial systems around the world, experts have cautioned that challenges may arise as a result, and measures should be put in place to ensure that justice...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, who is seeking to become Commonwealth secretary general, has cautioned against singling out member states struggling with less than perfect human rights records on the premise that “it’s not...
OF THE 226 persons killed in road crashes up to Tuesday, just over 200 were men, or 89 per cent of the death toll, according to the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, prompting a call from Deidrie Hudson Sinclair, director of...
Each day she spends hours tending to her plants, ensuring that they are watered, their nutritional needs are met, and the mealy bugs, which pose a constant threat to their health, are kept at bay. It takes a lot of work, but the satisfaction from...
A Kingston teacher has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for sexual assault and murder of a 13-year-old girl. Sanju Maharaj, who was charged with the killing of 13-year-old Shanoya Wray, was sentenced today in the Home Circuit Court....
AP – Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported today. On December 8, 2020, a...
Former Minister of Tourism, Francis Tulloch, passed away earlier today. He was 81 years old. The late attorney-at-law, who was first elected to Parliament in 1972, represented the St James Central constituency from 1976 to 1980 for the People's...
A man identified only as Jason, believed to be in his early 30s, was hacked to death and his body discovered by his landlord at about 7 o'clock this morning in a gully behind the rented house he occupied. The house was set ablaze, also...
Caribbean tourism is recovering faster than anticipated, according to Jamaican hotelier Nicola Madden-Greig, who currently serves as president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA). Speaking during yesterday's CHTA '...
Seven persons have been taken into custody and five high end motor vehicles seized following a major joint police-military operation in Great Pond, St. Ann today. Among those in custody is a minor. The operation forms part of the authority's...
Several gangsters who have been detained since the declaration of the State of Public Emergency in St Catherine last week Friday have been arrested and charged under the Jamaica Constabulary Force Act. Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says the new Lacovia Police Station in St Elizabeth will help to boost morale and improve community policing. Chang says the Government is committed to enhancing the work environment of police personnel,...
Road users of the Sawyers main road in Trelawny are to expect delays over the next two days as the National Works Agency (NWA) carries out resurfacing works along the busy corridor. The Sawyers main road is located along the Jackson Town to Ullster...
A new standard that will stipulate the limit for lead content in paints and other surface coating material distributed and retailed locally is to be promulgated by the end of the month and will take effect in January 2023. The JS 358: 2022 Standard...
The Jamaica Defence Force soldier who was taken into custody after the body of a woman was found in his vehicle in St Andrew was today granted $600,000 bail. Bail was offered in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court following an application by...
An alleged bodyguard for the reputed leader of the Clansman-One Don Gang who the trial heard would some time double as a driver this morning testified that he is unable to drive. "Mi cah drive none tall," defendant Ricardo Thomas said...
The Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches says it is alarmed and saddened by the killing of a mother and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon. The association says the incident is particularly disheartening as the children were under the age...
The Government is to assist with the funeral expenses of the Clarendon mother and her four children who were murdered at their home in the community of Cocoa Piece in New Road. The bodies of 31-year-old Kemesha Wright, Kimanda Smith, 15; Sharalee...
Scores of jobseekers from across Jamaica have turned up at the HEART College of Beauty Services on Hope Road in St Andrew for the recruitment drive for the global cruise industry. The exercise is seeking to recruit 10,000 Jamaicans. The line of...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr. this morning announced a reduction in the prices of fertiliser. Speaking at a media briefing, Charles Jr said the prices will go down by up to 4.5 percent, effective today. He did not...
Investigators attached to the Major Investigation Division in Trelawny are probing the murder of two cousins along Peel Street in Falmouth early this morning. The victims have been identified as Fabian Williams and Chevan Williams, both masons of...
Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says he has ordered an investigation into how the wrong regulations for the State of Public Emergency for St Catherine was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. “The error is...
LOCALS AND visitors alike will this weekend have the opportunity to experience first-hand the beauty of Jamaica’s forests while deepening their appreciation for the ecosystem benefits of these critical natural resources. This is being made possible...
