Education Minister Fayval Williams is being urged by the Association of Science Teachers of Jamaica (ASTJ) to commission an audit of public schools to fully understand the challenges facing administrators as scores of teachers walk off the job. In....

Four out of every five Jamaicans want buggery to remain a criminal offence while 12 per cent believe it should be decriminalised, an RJRGLEANER Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll has found. The remaining eight per cent of respondents were unsure....

Prosecutors came under fire on Monday as six witness statements in the Noel Maitland murder case were withheld from being served on the defence because of an alleged attempt to pervert the course of justice in at least one instance. Maitland, a...

A decade and a half ago, Dwight Duncan and Neisha Williams could stay in their Seaview Gardens community and look across the Sandy Gully to Riverton City in St Andrew. However, their view is now blocked as poor maintenance has resulted in the gully....

WESTERN BUREAU: Former Caribbean Union of Teachers President Dr Colin Greene has called for a change in how schools are viewed, noting that the current system of judging institutions based on academic performances of students could result in some......

BOUNDBROOK, Portland: With the new school year fast approaching, Boundbrook Primary School in Portland is struggling to pick up the pieces, literally, as heavy termite infestation has resulted in sections of the roof and portions of furniture...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has welcomed the move by the Ministry of Education to give school boards the green light to recruit retired educators to fill vacancies in schools that are short-staffed. But the outgoing...

As the clock winds down to September 5, school administrators are fine-tuning pandemic-shelved programmes to be reintroduced and carrying out repairs to run-down facilities to start the 2022-2023 academic year with a bang. At Calabar Infant,...

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...