It could soon become mandatory for low-performing students, particularly those in mathematics, to attend extra classes during summer holidays. Education Minister, Ruel Reid, says the intervention is one of several initiatives being contemplated to...
The Opposition Spokesman on Health Horace Dalley is claiming that a sixth person has died from the Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS). Dalley’s claim comes three days after he unveiled that a 78-year-old man died from GBS at the Kingston Public...
The Barbadian government says it has found no evidence to substantiate claims that a Jamaican woman and her infant son were mistreated after being refused entry by the Barbados Immigration Department on Saturday. It was reported that Sonya Samantha...
The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) says it’s acquiring the services of an independent consultant to evaluate its protection system in the wake of last Saturday’s islandwide blackout. The disclosure was made by the company...
Some 20 Cuban teachers will be taking up positions in primary, secondary and junior high schools across the island when the new academic year begins on Monday. Cuban teachers have been serving in Jamaica since both countries signed a bilateral...
People's National Party (PNP) leadership aspirant Dr Karl Blythe has withdrawn a request to debate the incumbent Portia Simpson Miller ahead of the presidential election saying recent television interviews show she's "unwell"....
Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith has announced the return of businesswoman Audrey Marks as Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States. In a statement,...
The defence will on Monday begin closing arguments in the murder trial of businessman Stephen Causewell, after the case which was set to resume this past Tuesday was again postponed."The ruling is that the matter will continue," Justice Carol...
Some of the prevailing confusion about the full implications of the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015, which allows for decriminalisation of small amounts of ganja for personal use, played out a recent public function hosted by the Rural...
Published:Wednesday | August 31, 2016 | 12:50 PMKeisha Hill
The GraceKennedy Foundation awarded 26 Carlton Alexander bursaries, valued at $1.5 million, to assist employees across the GraceKennedy Group with their children's back-to-school expenses for the 2016-2017 academic year.The bursaries, named in...
Douglas K. Gordon, publisher/editor-in-chief of Ocean Style Magazine is getting ready to host the first CanEx Conference in Montego Bay today. The conference scheduled for the Montego Bay Convention Centre will delve into the benefits of and the...
Hi-Lo Food Stores Liguanea was officially opened on Monday, August 29, by Don Wehby, Group CEO of GraceKennedy Limited, who conducted a tour attended by Fayval Williams, minister of state in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service; Senator...
Published:Wednesday | August 31, 2016 | 12:00 AMOkoye Henry
Western Bureau-The Westmoreland Health Department has stepped up its state of readiness to tackle the Zika virus (ZIKV) with the creation of a response unit to be boosted by 45 additional workers, who are now in training and who are to be certified...
Keith Ferguson, a Jamaica-born entrepreneur who now resides in the United Kingdom, has developed an electronic ticket and events system for partygoers everywhere.Ferguson and his small team now own two apps; one for partygoers to easily find events...
More than 40 interns from Jamaica, Barbados, St Lucia, Dominica, Guyana and as far away as Canada were selected to participate in the B-H and Harris Paints 2016 Youth Employment programme which began in May and will run until August 31. The...
In Monroe, North Carolina, our brothers have an MOP (Missionaries of the Poor) home quite different from Jamaica and other missions we have overseas. It is still the same in matters of our monastic life but the apostolate is different, it being in...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda is urging commercial banks to reconsider how they determine whether to grant loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)."For Jamaica to really go forward, the...
With the new school year set to begin on Monday, Education Youth and Information Minister Ruel Reid has warned that violence in school will not be tolerated."We have an obligation to ensure that our school compounds are safe and that our students...
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, who was in Canada this week to discuss strategies with the country's leading stakeholders, to address the decline from that market, has said that the meetings have been informative and are expected to yield...
The National Health Fund (NHF) increased its subsidy on drugs, respiratory devices, and diabetic supplies for children from zero to 18 years by 100 per cent effective yesterday.The entity will be spending approximately $70 million per year to...
Two of Jamaica's major private hospitals, Andrews Memorial in Kingston and Hargreaves Memorial in Mandeville, are among the latest discount partners who offer special rates to a group of retired persons in Jamaica.The hospitals join a growing list...
Referencing Jamaica's 4x100 men's relay team at the just-concluded Olympic Games in Brazil, Governor General Sir Patrick Allen said Jamaicans should pass on the baton of virtue and service to successive generations so that the country can achieve...
The National Water Commission (NWC) is urging customers to be on the lookout for thieves who may be posing as employees. This after two NWC meter readers were recently robbed of their employee ID cards, uniforms and meter reading equipment while...
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) is remaining mum on whether it will investigate claims that Chinese firms doing business here usually pay an agent fee to persons appointed by government ministers to receive kickbacks. Since this latest...
The driver of the motor vehicle that crashed in the Rio Cobre killing six people in July was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court today. El Fargo Slew was driving a Suzuki Grand Vitara when he reportedly lost...
