The shift system in all public schools will be fully eliminated by the start of the 2028/2029 academic year. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, outlined the Government’s timeline, during her...
A man who was among four men who used a car to hit a motorcyclist along Marcus Garvey Drive and then attacked him has been charged with attempted murder. Charged is 31-year-old Tavin Tucker, otherwise known as ‘Butter’, a labourer of Dilpath...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has announced its manifesto is to be launched at a mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday. Chairman of the JLP's manifesto and achievements committee, Kamina Johnson Smith, told a...
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding members of the public that it will discontinue the acceptance of personal, business and company cheques, effective September 1. This means that as of this date, this payment instrument can no longer...
Former senator and Cabinet minister KD Knight has followed through on his threat to file a lawsuit against Health Minister and Jamaica Labour Party campaign chairman, Dr Christopher Tufton, for allegedly defaming him during a JLP mass rally held...
A St Catherine woman who was allegedly found in the company of her boyfriend who escaped from the Constant Spring police lock-up has been charged with harbouring a fugitive. The accused has been identified as 21-year-old Shamara Holmes,...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Newly appointed Executive Director for the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), Dr Ronen C. A Francis reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to supporting sustainable land and soil management efforts throughout the region. Dr Francis, who represented the organisation at the Council for Trade and Economic Development’s (COTED’s) main activities of […]
