The Mico University College has been exploring new strategies to encourage more males to enrol in higher education.Research has demonstrated that to date, men's needs in Jamaica have not been adequately taken into consideration....
A number of persons from the Corporate Area are raising concerns about drastic hikes in their National Water Commission (NWC) bills since the company installed new meters at their premises. One resident in Vineyard Town...
With recent opinion polls showing that Prime Minister Bruce Golding's image has taken a battering, a key member of the administration has conceded he needs to reach out to Jamaicans. Daryl Vaz, minister without portfolio...
Moulding young minds has become the norm for Lowana McDonald and Winston Pratt who have been teaching for more than four decades. And despite them edging close to retirement, they have no plans to give up teaching....
Western Bureau: It was all rejoicing and thanksgiving at Mount Alvernia Preparatory School in St James yesterday as teachers reacted with glee to the news that the three-year-old student who was abducted on Tuesday was...
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: Students took over the jobs of teachers and administrators at some of Westmoreland's high schools yesterday.At The Manning's School, for example, student-teachers, smartly dressed, gave their...
TWO BRITISH nationals who are accused of causing damage valued at more than $100 million to an aircraft while they were involved in a fight on a flight to Jamaica, are to face trial tomorrow.The trial date was set on Tuesday when Jason Dixon...
Mikhail McKenzie hails from the parish of St Mary and is a graduate of PUMP. The former St Mary High School head boy was a member of the first group of graduates, and he is now studying for his bachelor's degree in industrial technology....
INSISTING THAT the implementation of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) lacked transparency, the parliamentary Opposition has turned to the contractor general and auditor general for help. Opposition spokesman on finance Dr Omar...
ACCUSING THE former People's National Party (PNP) administration of corrupt practices on a major road project, Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry says the Government is now facing a $10-billion claim from a large contractor....
THE GOVERNMENT is boasting a 1,000-student enrolment at the Jamaica Maritime Institute, an increase of 800 students. Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry reported yesterday that there were plans to further increase the student population to 3,000....
Natalie Neita-Headley, opposition spokeswoman on the public service, yesterday urged the Government to be sensitive in the implementation of the public-sector rationalisation programme. In making her contribution to the 2011-2012 Budget Debate...
THE COUNTRY will be told next week about the directions in which the Government is to head with the rationalisation of the public sector. Information Minister Daryl Vaz announced yesterday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will outline the details...
Two witnesses testified yesterday at the trial of the four policemen charged with the murder of 18-year-old André Thomas of Grants Pen Road, St Andrew...
TRANSPORT MINISTER Mike Henry has announced that the Government is seeking to bring greater structure to rural area public transportation. During his contribution to the Budget Debate yesterday, Henry said indications are that smaller-type buses than...
Dr Omar Davies, the opposition spokesman on finance, has called on the Government to explain the non-publication of the annual Survey of Living Conditions."The non-publication of the Survey of Living Conditions implies, at the same time, not only our...
EWARTON, St Catherine: HER BUOYANCY and businesslike attitude have been her hallmark, even before she entered the education domain in 1997. Jacqueline Simpson-Huntley, grade-11 supervisor at Ewarton High School, developed a penchant for teaching...
THE MINISTRY of Education has given Hutton's Education Unit six months to clear up what it says are irregularities or face the prospect of being deregistered. In a release yesterday, the ministry said it had served a 'notice of complaint' against ...
Western Bureau:The son of a prominent Montego Bay businessman was abducted at school yesterday.The three-year-old kindergarten student was abducted shortly after classes were dismissed.The incident occurred at a prominent preparatory school...
Opposition spokesman on Finance, Dr Omar Davies, yesterday handpicked the construction and tourism industries as vital to the revival of economic activity and growth. Davies was making his contribution to the 2011-2012 Budget Debate....
Panama City, Panama: Jamaica is to get major assistance from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its fight against smuggling at its ports.At the same time, Canada has agreed to fund...
THE BRUCE Golding administration has been given a stern warning not to contemplate another Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) initiative.In early 2010, the administration entered into a debt-exchange programme with holders of...
Jamaica Customs Department yesterday said it would be adopting a zero-tolerance approach to underinvoicing of motor vehicles.In a media release, Customs said: "In light of the significant reduction in duty rates on motor vehicles and motorcycles by the...
THE PARLIAMENTARY Opposition, through its spokesman on finance, Dr Omar Davies, has suggested the National Housing Trust (NHT) capital programme for the fiscal year 2011-2012 be revamped.Davies suggested that the trust concentrate on building small...
The number of asthma patients showing up at the island's public health facilities continues to spiral. Some 19,647 cases of asthma were seen in primary health-care facilities in 2008...
