The State Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague said the local government ministry has embarked on a training programme for all councillors, mayors and other parish council officers.
A woman who was a licensed firearm holder and her brother Kenroy Stewart were shot dead in an alleged domestic dispute in Bottom Pen, Glendevon, St. James last night.
The Government is currently working on a pilot project to demonstrate the potential of cassava as a substitute for imported starches such as rice and flour.
State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Ronald Robinson, said he would be investigating claims of abuse by Jamaicans serving prison terms in Panama.
Director of Health Promotion and Prevention in the Health Ministry, Dr. Eva Lewis Fuller is urging individuals to ensure they are not creating mosquito breeding sites following the confirmation of a new malaria case on the island.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds said elimination of the ganja fields across Jamaica would be a key strategy for stemming the flow of guns into the country.
The Education Minister, Andrew Holness is on Tuesday expected to table in Parliament a Ministry Paper outlining the formula used to determine the GSAT scores.
Another school is challenging the education ministry over its determinations of the top male and female performers in the Grade Six Achievement Test this year.
Detectives for the Anti Corruption Branch are today expected to lay charges against a constable and corporal who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Portmore, St. Catherine last week.
People’s National Party (PNP)President, Portia Simpson Miller is denying that her party agreed to proposals to extend the period for which persons can be detained without being charged.
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, ODPEM says it’s looking at installing floodgates at the entrances to the Rio Cobre in St Catherine which will prevent motorists from using the gorge when it is flooded.
Detectives for the Anti Corruption Branch are today expected to lay charges against a constable and corporal who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Portmore, St. Catherine last week.
The National Transport Cooperative Society (NCTS), has filed an application in the Court of Appeal seeking leave to the Privy Council to hear the matter over breaches of a bus franchise agreement.
