Mico University College President Dr Asburn Pinnock is advising the Government to regularise teacher migration by training and exporting the services as an income-earner, amid the challenges facing the sector. Pinnock’s proposal comes on the heel...

WESTERN BUREAU: Everald Warmington is urging the country’s parliamentarians to adopt the approach being taken by independent Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright to the management of their constituencies. Wright, who was......

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Andrea Martin-Swaby has said that CARICOM is deeply concerned about the threat of cybercrimes, and called for the region to be included in the development of a multilateral convention to address the global...

WESTERN BUREAU: Onecia Williams, a 21-year-old mother from Flankers in St James, is crediting her one-year-old daughter, Emma Ewers, for giving her the motivation to complete the Institute for Workforce Education and Development’s (IWED) Youth...

There are sighs of relief in St Elizabeth after the Goshen Early Childhood Institution (ECI) was relocated from beside the community cemetery. Two Thursdays ago, Goshen Primary School Principal Natalee Roper-Allen and Goshen ECI Chairman Desmond...

After decades of living in squalor within the shantytowns of Kingston Western, some residents are now banking on a new housing development in the area to improve their living conditions. Ground for the Victoria Palms development was broken on...

Jamaica is exploring a partnership with the Canadian province of Manitoba on matters of health to tackle a nursing shortage and other human resource challenges as well as the digitising of the health system in the island. Jamaica’s health and...

Low levels of parental involvement in education and general inadequacy of resources and equipment are among issues identified by educators as contributing to low levels of motivation. But the majority – or 87 per cent – of educators said they.....

Jamaica’s chief liaison service officer in Canada, Kenneth Phillips, has rebuffed claims of mistreatment by farmworkers in the North American country, calling their reports “misguided” and “unfounded”. That staunch defence corroborates La...

Lodrick Williams has been travelling to the same United States farm for the past 38 years and has credited the overseas work programme for the acquisition of property and the generation of a nest egg. Five of his six children are fully schooled and....

More Jamaican teenagers are dabbling in dangerous drugs such as Molly and edibles and engaging in vaping but are unaware of the grave risks. A risk assessment study carried out by the National Council on Drug Abuse in May in 13 parishes and high...

WESTERN BUREAU: As the new academic year approaches, some western institutions rocked by violence in the last school term are taking steps to prevent any recurrence this year. Among these schools are the Trelawny-based William Knibb Memorial High......

Two bus drivers were among three persons killed Thursday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Trelawny that left at least 26 others nursing injuries at Falmouth Hospital. The incident occurred along the Braco main road. Those killed have been...

Several high-school principals are reporting that they are ready for the start of the new academic year come next Monday, replacing nearly all the teachers who have resigned from their respective institutions. Some administrators have, over summer.....

Residents from several communities in Portmore will benefit from a $743-million planned dualisation of 1.1 kilometres of Grange Lane. In outlining the scope of the project on Thursday, the National Works Agency (NWA) said that each of the four...

Starting December 15, budget carrier Spirit Airlines will be operating direct flights between Bradley International Airport in Connecticut and the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James. The airline will operate non-stop flights...

The Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee (CMOC) is pushing for the Government to provide a timeline on when the draft for the Enhanced Security Measures Act will be completed or be tabled. The proposed law is being touted as a major tool to...

The Government has intensified its plan to put 15,000 hectares of land under Irish potato cultivation and to increase onion production in the next planting season. Approximately $200 million has been seeded to the programme to provide incentives to...

The community of Cheswick in eastern St Thomas has been contending with erratic water supply for decades. When Diane Wilson was 16 years old, she recalled having to make numerous trips, with a bucket of water atop her head, to and from her home...

Cops at the Mandeville Police Station are breathing a sigh of relief after a leaky roof that had sapped morale was finally repaired on Monday after yearlong complaints. Personnel had cited severe demotivation as they have had to scurry to secure...