Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has stressed that the success of the Supporting Victims of Violence (SVOV) Activity programme rests on victims of abuse islandwide making reports to the relevant authorities. In the absence of this component, Chuck...
Excelsior Community College (ECC) Principal Philmore McCarty wants Jamaica to move away from the practice of labelling unemployed, unskilled and untrained youth as “at risk”, arguing that most of them simply lack opportunities. Although some of the...
More than 100 enthusiasts gathered at the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, on Monday for an unusual post-lunchtime viewing party for a partial solar eclipse. The rare celestial total solar eclipse made...
For Jade La Croix, resident of the United States, flying to Jamaica for Carnival in 2024 “was more than a priority”. Like La Croix and thousands of other tourists, Jamaica was the place to be “post -Spring Break”. “It was a priority among my...
ST JAGO High School has again proven themselves to be the all-island champions in Television Jamaica’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz (SCQ) competition after defeating Calabar High School in Thursday night’s final. The tense showdown inside the studios of...
With the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre beginning celebratory activities for its 70th anniversary yesterday, Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness, has called for continued investment into the institution. The rehab centre...
In an effort to save scores of Jamaica’s unattached and at-risk youth from falling prey to scammers through their interest in technology and hacking, Darace Rose, co-founder and chief technology officer, Oppos Inc, has opted to return to the island...
Dr Simone Badal McCreath, the Jamaican scientist chosen among 25 others worldwide for the inaugural Rising Scholars: Breast Cancer programme, is intent on creating more cancer cell lines for black people in the fight against prostate and breast...
Even with two 1,000-gallon water tanks on the roof of the Boys’ Town Primary School in Kingston, the supply from the National Water Commission (NWC) is still not enough to fill the tanks, or bring relief to surrounding communities during dry spells...
Palm Sunday 2024 was not celebrated in its usual fashion at the Emmanuel Apostolic Church on Slipe Road in Kingston over the weekend. In addition to celebrating the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem - when He was...
Now that most of the formerly bland walls along Water Lane in downtown Kingston have been revived with 105 murals at a cost of approximately $60 million, Kingston Creative — the drivers behind this project — will start focusing on bringing economic...
In an effort to reduce the Caribbean’s imports of between 60 per cent and 80 per cent of basic food requirements, the region’s first 50kW Agrivoltaic Pilot Project by Korea will be implemented at the College of Agricultural, Science and Education (...
With Jamaica recording a reduction in birth rates in recent years, obstetrician-gynaecologists are blaming skin bleaching creams for lower sperm counts in the island’s younger generation of men. Along with the country recording lower birth rates in...
SENATOR DR Dana Morris Dixon, minister with responsibility for digital and skills transformation, has called for the banking sector to address several key issues related to financial inclusion. Among these are that only 30 per cent of Jamaicans...
With approximately 8,500 cases of domestic violence reported at police stations islandwide last year, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has launched a new campaign, Domestic Violence Intervention Cross Country Tour, aiming to reduce that number...
Four years ago, after Dr Donnette Green, CEO and chief consultant for Distinctly Guided LLC in New Jersey, completed her doctorate, one thing rested heavily on her mind. That was the people in her homeland, Jamaica – more specifically downtown –...
David Smith, unrepresented by an attorney and accused of pulling the trigger in the murder of politician Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah and the child’s mother, Toshyna Patterson, yesterday insisted he was innocent. His...
Amid a 14.8 per cent decline in murders recorded in Jamaica up to March 2, when compared to the similar period last year, the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) yesterday used Peace Day 2024 to engage in peace walks through some troubled streets...
If you ask Professor Alison M. Nicholson, the outgoing head of the Department of Microbiology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, she would say, “COVID was the worst time of my career!” When the first COVID case surfaced in...
Courtney Rowe, attorney-at-law representing Rushelle Foster, the woman found guilty of manslaughter for the 2019 stabbing death of Reggae Girlz midfielder, Tarania ‘Plum Plum’ Clarke, wants his client to receive a non-custodial sentence in the...
Murder convict-turned-prosecution witness Wade Balckwood on Friday insisted that he knew of Dwayne Pink being involved in the murder of Simone Campbell-Collymore, even though he never gave that name in his caution statement. Blackwood gave his...
Alexey Zaystev, the Russian charged with four counts of manslaughter in relation to a crash on the Palisadoes main road in December 2022, has been granted permission to leave Jamaica and return to his homeland for one month, starting today. Zaystev...
Murder-convict-turned-prosecution witness Wade Blackwood on Thursday insisted that he knows Michael Adams – the man who is alleged to have received the contract to murder Simone Campbell-Collymore – while the defence charged that he only knew of...
Returned Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas is looking forward to continuing his leadership of the municipality by first opening the modern state-of-the-art building to house the Portmore Municipal Corporation after brushing aside a challenge from Markland...
Omar Sweeney, managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and a civil engineer by profession, believes that a lack of proper engineering was responsible for the recent flooding in Montego Bay, St James. Two weeks ago, heavy...
