Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith told Parliament on Thursday that the Government's decision to discontinue the 50-year-old medical cooperation programme with Cuba was not influenced by the United States. She said the move stemmed from...
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith told Parliament on Thursday that the Government's decision to discontinue the 50-year-old medical cooperation programme with Cuba was not influenced by the United States. She said the move stemmed from...
Dacia Forrester, who was set on fire during an alleged altercation at a gas station in Westmoreland in February, has died, her sister, Carol Blackwood-Hewitt,has confirmed She was pronounced dead on Friday at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St...
Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament, Jolyan Silvera, is expected to be sentenced today for the killing of his wife, Melissa, in 2023. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February. Melissa Silvera, 42, was found dead at the...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright believes artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, but not displace the human workforce that underpins it...
WESTERN BUREAU: Six new bus sheds are being built in Hanover as part of efforts to provide greater comfort for the travelling public. The project, scheduled for completion within three months, is funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) and...
Imagine a hurricane making landfall on the very day you decide to visit the supermarket or the beach – and imagine facing it without warning. For small island states in the tropics, such a scenario would be catastrophic. Forecasting has long...
Education recovery in Eastern Westmoreland received a major boost with a contribution of more than $10 million from the Liberty Caribbean Foundation and the Flow Foundation toward the establishment of the Maud McLeod High Resource Hub. The Hub was...
The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will host its 21st annual observance of Quality Assurance in Higher Education Week from March 9 to 13, under the theme ‘From Shock to Stability: Sustaining Higher Education Quality Through Crisis and Beyond...
Persons with disabilities are encouraged to sign up on the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) ‘I Am Able: My JCPD’ digital platform, which is designed to enhance access to services and promote inclusion. The secure, user-friendly...
St Ann Justice of the Peace Everton G. Walker did not pass the Common Entrance Examination or the Grade Nine Achievement Test. He left St Mary’s College in St Catherine with only two subjects–geography and principles of business–and took eight...
Sadra Madonna-Lindsay is a minister of the Gospel, an award-winning gospel recording artiste, author, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. She wears her many hats with intention. A worship leader, creative and attorney-at-law in training, she is...
About 50 students at Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School have been designated Irie Stars Peacemakers under a collaborative effort between the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) and the Sandals Foundation to mark National Peace Day. The event,...
Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester now has a new, four-level classroom block, which was built by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at a cost of approximately $200 million. The building boasts 11 classrooms, four...
St Mary Technical High School has begun to position itself more assertively within Jamaica’s technical-education landscape. The school’s principal, Orville Richards, has praised the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information for helping...
Health Minister Christopher Tufton says the Government is “not sitting down and not doing anything” as it moves to address gaps in the public health system following Jamaica’s decision to end its medical cooperation programme with Cuba. “We have...
United States Congressman Carlos A Gimenez has praised Jamaica’s decision to discontinue its medical cooperation programme with Cuba, describing the long-running arrangement as a “pathetic, criminal human trafficking operation.” “In the US...
Seven government entities have signed lease agreements to occupy spaces at the Morant Bay Urban Centre, signalling what officials say is a major step toward activating the $6-billion commercial complex. The agencies include the Ministry of...
Petrojam says its pricing mechanism has shielded motorists from the full impact of rising global fuel costs, noting that recent increases in international benchmark prices were not fully passed on in local ex-refinery prices. The statement comes...
Newly installed Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) President Reverend Davewin Thomas says recruiting pastors from abroad will be among the options the denomination will consider to address a severe shortage of church leaders. “The whole executive will...
Jamaica has discontinued its medical cooperation programme with Cuba, the foreign ministry announced Thursday. The move ends a five-decade relationship under which healthcare workers from the communist nation filled key gaps in the local public...
A current member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and three former police officers who were accused of using a fake drug-trafficking case to solicit money from a Trelawny woman were today freed after the prosecution said it was unable to mount a...
Finance and Public Service Minister Fayval Williams today argued that the Government’s move to tax public sector workers who import vehicles under the duty concession regime will bring greater parity to the market. Williams made the comment...
Despite aiming to collect $300 million by applying General Consumption Tax (GCT) to digital services, Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams says the Government is not in a position at this time to provide details on how the tax...
Despite concerns from the Fiscal Commissioner about the misalignment of wage negotiation cycles among public sector bodies, their unions and the government, Finance Minister Fayval Williams said the nature of those talks makes it virtually...
