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JUTC urges students to update profiles to avoid paying adult fare

Published:Monday | August 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Students turning 12 years old who use the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are being urged to update their smarter card profiles to continue benefiting from concessionary bus fares. Children aged 11 and under pay a reduced bus fare of...

Potential conflict in Security Ministry probe over witness protection in politician's case

Published:Monday | August 22, 2016 | 1:23 PM

The National Security Minister Robert Montague could be forced to adjust how his ministry will review the government's handling of a major police investigation targeting a Jamaican politician in order to avoid a potential conflict of interest.

 

Three arrested in connection with seizure of ganja worth $300,000

Published:Monday | August 22, 2016 | 9:52 AM

Three men remain in police custody in connection with the seizure of $300,000 worth of ganja. The police say on Saturday afternoon, members of the Narcotics Division intercepted a Honda Civic motorcar on the Mandela Highway in St. Catherine with...

Education Minister urges parents to use book rental scheme

Published:Monday | August 22, 2016 | 9:15 AM

Parents are being urged to use the government’s textbook rental system and avoid making unnecessary purchases. Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid is reminding parents that the ministry offers free textbooks for primary school students...

Guardian Life Issues Challenge to Parents

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2016 | 4:52 PM

Though it was an event solely for students who were successful in their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Eric Hosin, president of Guardian Life Limited, used the opportunity to challenge parents to be involved in their children's lives as they...

Education Minister To Address Nation today

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 1:01 PM

Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid will be updating the nation today, in a national broadcast, on developments under the Education System Transformation Programme and the ministry's Modernisation Programme.The minister...

Father struggles to care for wheelchair-bound son

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMCraig Thomas

Kevin McCalla just wants the best for his son, but a series of events has contrived to limit his ability to meet the needs of his only child.His son, 11-year-old Jahim McCalla, was born with sickle cell disease, the complications of which have...

NSPC hosts information fair for parents

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 2:21 PM

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will be hosting the first of five information fairs at the Spanish Town High School in St Catherine today.The fair, which is part of the grade seven orientation activities at the school, falls under...

Remember World War II vets

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 2:29 PM

President of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Major General (Ret'd) Robert Neish has called for Jamaicans to remember and appreciate the contribution of the World War II veterans to nation building.He noted that more than 5,000 Jamaicans went...

TAJ provides clarity on new income tax regime

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 2:39 PM

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has been assisting individual income earners and businesses to better understand the Government's new $1.5 million income tax threshold.Senior Technical Specialist at TAJ Monica Walker said that the agency has been...

IMF team heading for Jamaica

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 2:52 PM

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to arrive within the next month for discussions with the Government on a successor relationship to the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which ends in April 2017.Finance and the Public...

Int'l Youth Day competition winners awarded

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 2:57 PM

The top performers in the photo and video competition held in celebration of International Youth Day 2016 were presented with attractive prizes at an awards ceremony last week at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Kingston.The...

Chuck to fix courthouses

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 3:18 PM

Delroy Chuck, minister of justice, recently conducted a detailed tour of five courthouses in Kingston and St Andrew.After seeing the infrastructure of each facility, Chuck said that a facelift was necessary and changes were on the way. Chuck toured...

Neville Spalding Laid to Rest

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2016 | 5:19 PM

The pain and grief were evident among the family members of Neville Spalding as he was laid to rest on Saturday.His funeral came a little over a month after his son, veteran journalist Gary Spaulding (who spelled his last name differently), passed...

Custodes have key role in maintaining law and order - PM

Published:Sunday | August 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the country's custodes and justices of the peace (JPs) must play their part in allowing Jamaica to return to the peaceful, loving society it once was. He has reminded them that they have a key role in maintaining...

Red Stripe Hires more ahead of first shipment to US

Published:Sunday | August 21, 2016 | 12:07 PM

With exports of Red Stripe beer to the United States expected to be launched later this month, Red Stripe has hired an additional 50 employees, and will take on another 30 by the end of September, in the areas of brewing, engineering, packaging and...

Robotics Camp Transforming Lives

Published:Sunday | August 21, 2016 | 1:15 PM

"IThink IBuild IPlay Smart" is the tagline for the Supreme Ventures Limited Junior Creators Summer Camp, which started on August 8 and catered to students from 10 Corporate Area primary schools.Each student, aged between eight and 11 years old,...

Police seek help with identifying bodies

Published:Sunday | August 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM

The police are seeking help to identify the body of man who was found on Belle Isle Road in Grange Hill, Westmoreland yesterday. The body is about five feet six inches long and clad in a pair of blue jeans pants. The police say about 10 a.m....

Police maintain strong presence downtown Kingston

Published:Sunday | August 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM

The police are maintaining a strong presence in sections of downtown Kingston despite the removal of blockades along Darling Street and Spanish Town Road. Roadblocks were mounted yesterday afternoon as tension rose following the killing of a man on...

Bolt's management issues warning to copyright violators

Published:Sunday | August 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM

The management team of nine-time Olympic Gold medallist and world recorder holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, Usain Bolt, has issued a warning to those violating the athlete's intellectual property rights. In a statement published in...

When doctors foul up - Lawyer seeking more than $1M for family of policewoman who died after botched surgery

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2016 | 2:40 PMBarbara Gayle

Attorney-at-law Anthony Williams is hoping to send a message to professionals, particularly medical personnel, as he embarks on a legal battle to seek compensation for the son of a policewoman who died from an alleged botched operation."We want to...

Let me teach you how to win! - After six election victories, Ferguson offers classes to young Comrades

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue

People's National Party (PNP) vice-president Dr Fenton Ferguson is offering to mentor some young Comrades with ambition to go far in politics, as he is worried that too many are "full of chat, with no political bite".Ferguson, who has won the...

East Kingston kingmakers! - Angela rubbishes claims that she is part of a cabal trying to dictate the PNP’s future

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue

People's National Party (PNP) vice-president Angela Brown Burke has described as rubbish suggestions that the political power in her hands, the reach of her husband Paul, the party's general secretary, and strong following of Phillip Paulwell, the...

Climate-change resilience high on IDB's agenda

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMChristopher Serju

The incorporation of climate-change resilience as a critical component of all projects funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was highlighted last Monday during the opening session of the two-day workshop 'Coral Lifeline Exploring...

Religion & Culture | Japanese healing baffles doctors

Published:Friday | August 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMDr Glenville Ashby

At the corner of Farragut and 23rd Street in Brooklyn, New York, stands a pristine white multi-storey building that immediately catches the eyes. On entering, you are greeted by a lifelike golden angel perched on a vestibule wall.Therein is the...

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