The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says there are no current plans to increase the electricity rates to Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers in order to boost the Electricity Disaster Fund (EDF). The EDF currently stands at US$56 million...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to recognise the Revival Pilgrimage to Watt Town in St Ann in December, a move that Culture Minister Olivia Grange has hailed as a timely tribute to former Prime...
Light and power provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), has applied to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to withdraw US$26 million from the Electricity Disaster Fund (EDF) to shore up repairs required as a result of Hurricane...
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Dr Mark Smith has welcomed a declaration from the nation’s new education minister, Dr Dana Morris Dixon, who has indicated that she will be placing significant focus on literacy and numeracy at the...
NEWLY RETURNED president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, Dr Ransford Davidson, is urging the parish’s business community to focus on key areas in tourism to ensure a memorable experience for visitors, as Jamaica prepares for the 2024/2025 winter...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has declared that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a crisis not just for his ministry, but for the entire society. “The NCD crisis is now a significant developmental issue which threatens...
Jamaica’s budget scorecard has risen by two percentage points since 2019 to reach a still insufficient score of 41, according to the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) which last Thursday evening presented the results of an open budget...
Jamaica has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canadian firms Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, as the country seeks to diversify its energy sources. Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that, while...
Jamaica’s next national hero should come from among the island’s cultural icons, says Garvey student and 1960s black power activist Professor Rupert Lewis. Lewis and Wesley Vanriel were presenters at the fifth annual Edward Seaga Distinguished...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has painted a messy picture of the conditions at courthouses across Jamaica, even as efforts continue to improve the situation. Addressing the media during a press briefing at the Jewel Paradise Cove hotel in Runaway Bay,...
The Government’s effort to lessen the plight of the homeless population has seen some amount of success, with around 68 persons being rehabilitated and returned to their families since 2020, according to Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie....
Two of Jamaica’s leading tourist attractions, the Dunn’s River Falls and Park, and the Green Grotto Caves and Attractions, both in St Ann, have been awarded the prestigious Experts’ Choice Awards for 2024. The award to Dunn’s River adds to the long...
With reports of a widespread shortage of cancer-fighting drugs on the international market, Jamaica is reported to be among several countries being impacted by the dip in supply. Concerns about availability of the drugs came into sharp focus over...
How does a father handle the impact of having his only daughter, who’s just six years old, being ravaged by cancer? For Rohan Clarke, of Norwood in Montego Bay, St James, the last 17 months since the child was diagnosed with leukaemia have been...
The Riu hotels chain has increased its investments in local communities where the hotel operates, with Jamaica being one of 21 countries in which the brand operates a total of 97 hotels. In its just-released annual report for 2023, RIU reported...
Nearly three months after Hurricane Beryl devastated huge sections of Jamaica’s agricultural lands, forcing vegetable prices through the roof, some shoppers are reporting a trending down in prices. This comes as the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Nearly three months after Hurricane Beryl devastated huge sections of Jamaica’s agricultural lands, forcing vegetable prices through the roof, some shoppers are reporting a trending down in prices. This comes as the Ministry of Agriculture,...
After being expelled from Knox College in Clarendon because of behavioural issues, then forced to drop out of Victor Dixon High School in Manchester after becoming pregnant, it’s fair to assume no one would have staked their money on Stacy Richards...
Playwright, producer and director Everton Dawkins has given Jamaica some of the most memorable plays over the last few decades, such as Passa Passa, More Passa Passa and Crazy Landlord, among several others. Now he finds himself in an enviable...
Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby has outlined how objections to building approvals will now be handled, in light of complaints that the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is failing to address objections that are made to the...
Three candidates were nominated yesterday to contest the September 30 by-election in St Ann North Eastern. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate, Matthew Samuda, who is seeking to replace his colleague, former Member of Parliament Marsha Smith,...
The top-three performing students in the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams at Ocho Rios High School in St Ann have led the school to an improved average in this year's examinations, when compared with 2023. Sixteen-year-old Jaymia...
With more and more persons, seemingly, having problems with the development approval process in the Corporate Area, Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby says by next Tuesday, he will announce how objections are to be handled. Speaking at the East Central...
FORMER PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips, says he would like to see a system in Jamaica where every child is guaranteed a first-rate education in which they are competent in mathematics, English, and the sciences,...
Last Wednesday’s graduation ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica would have been a special occasion for the more than 100 new Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) members who are now certified law-enforcers. For one new policewoman, 23-...
