The Cecil Cornwall-led Western Hospitality Institute (WHI), which has campuses in three parishes and received millions from the education ministry to deliver programmes, only declared two employees per year for 2017-2019 in payroll taxes to the...

Students matriculating as undergraduates at the tertiary level are increasingly presenting with skill gaps not consistent with their qualifications obtained in high-school exit examinations and many are unprepared for the intensity and academic...

Although shying away from disclosing whether it would assess school-based assessment (SBA) submissions from Jamaica with a sterner measuring stick, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has tagged the practice of teachers making significant...

Despite their different political affiliations, former members of parliament for Westmoreland Central, Dr Karl Blythe and Russell Hammond, are united in their support for calls for the incumbent, George Wright, to resign. Wright, who was elected to....

A prosecutor would have virtually no chance of pinning a charge of assault on a man seen viciously attacking a woman in a viral video without help from the victim on the receiving end of the brutal beatdown, according to legal experts. It appears......

The pain was palpable for Dennis Carter as he mourned the loss of his beloved daughter. Incapacitated by a stroke earlier this year, Carter, who worked as a newspaper vendor, said it would have been better if they had killed him and spared his...

The establishment of an offshore school of medicine at the St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago is among several initiatives The University of the West Indies (UWI) will be implementing as it aggressively pursues funding on the capital market....

Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has withdrawn his controversial pronouncement that he would push jungle justice if the rule of law breaks down and females in his immediate family were sexually abused or assaulted. In a statement during Friday’s....

Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Kingston, John McIntyre, says he has advocated for Jamaica, and the Caribbean to receive supplies from the 60-million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which the US Government will share with other...

As there are moves now afoot to inject energy into the tourism industry, Opposition Senator Damion Crawford yesterday knocked the Government for not being proactive in getting it ready for life after COVID-19. Presently, bookings at the country’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says he is confident that the construction of a hot-water treatment plant, which is slated to be completed during the current financial year, will help to open more doors for Jamaica in the mango-...

The efforts of pre-school operator, Annette Wynter-Hill, who has been accommodating children daily for online classes, has been bolstered by food donation from the Optimist Club. For the past three years, the educator has been managing Kings and......

Unions serve claims on China Harbour to represent workers on Highway 2000 project The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) and the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) have served claims for bargaining rights on....

Mandeville, Manchester When an unbearable series of verbal and emotional abuse took root in *Marcia Brown’s marriage and led to her child being diagnosed with psychotic disorders, she knew her love for her children had to trump the uncertainty of....

Western Bureau: Residents of Jericho and Claremont in eastern Hanover are now breathing a collective sigh of relief as a 2.7-kilometre of roadway that joins the two districts, which was in state of disrepair, is now being fixed. Janel Ricketts, the....

The former senior manager at the National Commercial Bank (NCB), who on Thursday admitted to swindling the company out of $34 million, broke down in tears last June when she was confronted by the bank’s internal investigator, claiming that her “...

Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie delivered an ominous warning Thursday evening as the country braces for a third wave of the coronavirus spread, disclosing that the peak week could bring 180 deaths. Bisasor-McKenzie has hailed.....

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher on Thursday turned the spotlight on the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) by students, and vowed that lawmakers would ensure that the new tobacco-control legislation include provisions to deter.....

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government has been urged to provide a lifeline to craft merchants facing eviction in markets across the island. Tagging craft traders “the most vulnerable in tourism”, Opposition Spokesperson Janice Allen has called for...

The Ministry of Education is setting up a dedicated helpline for persons to report cases of children being abused or neglected. The number to call is 211. The official launch is set for May, which is observed each year as Child Month. Minister of......