Declaring that Education Minister Fayval Williams’ head remains in the sand, Opposition Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Eastern Julian Robinson has said that it is time for the Government to step in and address the unfolding teacher-...

Nickeisha Singh Smith, 32, is one frustrated and worried mother. She is pondering the future of her 12-year-old son, who was placed at Foga Road High School 17 kilometres (around 10.5 miles) away from her home in Hayes, Clarendon. With the deck...

St Catherine schools are bracing for battle as the new academic year beckons in September. But the test for many of them is not academic, though they are fighting for hearts and minds. The challenge, for some, is also existential. Naggo Head...

A 51-year-old St Andrew man who alerted the police to guns that gangsters had hidden in his yard, says he is being removed from the witness protection programme against his will. The man has also accused case officers of breaching his rights,...

Manchester North Western Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips has blasted the Government for “playing politics with infrastructure”, asserting that little to no attention is being directed to Opposition-led constituencies. Speaking at his...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has rallied the young professional corps of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to instil patriotism in working-age youths as public debate rages on migration trends. While acknowledging that Jamaicans in a free economy and....

Seven in 10 Jamaicans are expressing strong support for the use of the death penalty in the fight against crime, believing it would be an effective deterrent. An RJRGLEANER Communications Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll found that 72 per cent.....

The name Don Anderson is synonymous with political polling in Jamaica, the statistician having crafted a prolific career through Market Research Limited, a firm he bought in 1975 after working with the company for four years. He first wet his feet....

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is conducting a probe into the alleged beating of two inmates at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in the Corporate Area on Monday. The alleged assault is believed to be linked to the death of 38....

Dismissing the notion that the money fleeced from Americans by Jamaican scammers represents some form of reparation, a senior member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) warned that proceeds from this illicit practice are used, among other...

Sitting in a dirt-base, partially collapsed one-room shack as she studied each night using a flashlight from her cellphone, Anita Stephenson was determined to excel and power her way through high school and teacher’s college to improve hers and he...

WESTERN BUREAU: High school principals believe there has been little or no improvement in human resources and financial support to effectively combat a raft of problems in schools over the years, including violence. That’s according to Linvern...

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is hoping that Jamaicans will increase their knowledge of the devastating effects of improper waste disposal as the island joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day 2022......

“To God be the glory. Great things He hath done”, rang out several times on Friday as six needy residents in St Ann got the keys to their own homes from Prime Minister Andrew Holness under the New Social Housing Programme. The beneficiaries are ...

Zachary Skeine, one of the four boys from Tivoli Gardens High who assisted in parting a fight between a student and teacher at his school on June 6, has been awarded a $25,000 bursary by Burger King. Skeine was honoured for his brave, positive and....

It was not surprising that of the 80 students who participated in a weeklong robotics camp organised by the Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) Foundation and Halls of Learning, Robeano Davis came out on top with a quadruple victory. Given his...

Despite strong public sentiment that dancehall music fuels criminal behaviour in Jamaica, an Anglican priest and human-rights advocate is insistent that proponents of that view are scapegoating the popular genre. Father Sean Major-Campbell has...

Doctors at two of the island’s premier hospitals told Bilal Abayomi to forget about completing medical school because he was dying. The 22-year-old had been rushed by his mother to Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrew in August last year after....

WESTERN BUREAU: Clinical psychologist Georgia Rose believes that incidents of violence will continue to plague schools when students return to the classroom for the new academic year as a result of the emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will review the Vision 2030 targets that have been projected as milestones on the journey to developed-country status. Currently, about two-thirds of the targets are on track or met, while one-third are...