With the Sixth Form Pathways Programme becoming mandatory in a matter of days for thousands of former 11th-graders, schools are scrambling to retrofit spaces to accommodate larger populations. That is already running administrations millions of...

While a migration crisis has been causing anxiety over attrition numbers ahead of the new school year, schools like Marcus Garvey Technical have been struggling to find educators, especially in the industrial arts, in recent years. Kirk Smith, head....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is lamenting the state of the Washington Boulevard corridor, noting that the area is in need of attention, not only to address traffic concerns, but to improve the look of the entrance to the metropolis. “ ... As you....

For 62-year-old Rachael Smith, living along the gully bank in the Majesty Gardens neighbourhood of St Andrew was particularly challenging. Smith, who grew up in the gritty community, lamented that her worst memories occurred during the hurricane...

Three years after a brand-new elevator was installed at the Princess Margaret Hospital in St Thomas, orderlies are now strenuously carrying patients up flights of stairs again as the lift is out of service. The workers had been breathing a sigh of.....

Teacher migration is not expected to severely impact the new academic year at Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann as Principal Anniona Jones says only three teachers have resigned their posts in recent times. “Although we do dread the.....

The St Catherine North police are probing if the discovery of charred remains of a man found Tuesday in an unfinished building was linked to a family squabble over land in Above Rocks. The police theorise the dead man, Richard ‘Dragon’ Hoyes, 5...

Writing on the wall for bursar-paid salaries Teachers now operating in bursar-paid schools will soon receive direct disbursement from the Ministry of Education under a centralised system that will be phased in. That announcement was made by...

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has become the 24th government entity to become ISO 9001:2015 certified. The International Standards Organisation (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental organisation with a membership of 167 national...

WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Fayval Williams says the proposed licensing regime for teachers under the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) bill is not different from what obtains in many other countries to which Jamaican educators are migrating in....

Jamaican migrants rank among the top three groups of foreigners who use the United States military to gain citizenship, data from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) indicate. Between 2017 and 2021, some 2,360 Jamaicans.....

An eight-year-old child who ran frantically from his home and alerted relatives that his mother was killed on Monday reportedly recounted how the suspect lifted him up after the attack and glared at him before leaving. The child, the youngest of......

Jamaicans with disabilities have lamented the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) removal of interest-rate reductions, a move they deem unreasonable. But Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the Trust is not trying to take away money from the poor but i...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed satisfaction with the strategies announced by the education ministry to address teacher migration, casting the phenomenon as both a threat to public education and an economic opportunity. Some 167...

WESTERN BUREAU: Tragedy struck in the Vanzie Land community of Falmouth, Trelawny, early Tuesday morning when a 73-year-old woman was killed, reportedly by a pack of dogs that jumped the wall of their owner’s property. The woman, who was physicall...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday moved to defend the integrity of the New Social Housing Programme, declaring that the selection process is void of nepotism and corruption. Some 89 units, inclusive of just over 200 rooms, have so far been.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Two men who were held in a foiled contract murder at Hew’s Enterprise Supermarket in Hopewell, Hanover, last Monday have been charged with double murder and illegal possession of two illegal firearms arising from an incident on......

Kaymar Jordan has resigned as editor-in-chief of The Gleaner, nearly three years after steering the newsroom through restructuring and modernisation during the coronavirus pandemic. Jordan handed in her resignation letter on Tuesday and will be...

Shantelle McKoy, student: Well, I’m not really prepared, but with COVID and everything, it’s a new environment for everyone. We have to wear masks and sanitise. We still have to protect ourselves from COVID same way. About teachers migrating a...

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....