Don’t ‘water down’ the IC With billions of dollars flowing into the country to carry out rehabilitation works post Hurricane Melissa, Craig Beresford, the recently installed executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC) said the legislative framework for the anti-...
Beresford: Premature court intervention undermines anti-corruption probes The executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), Craig Beresford, says the anti-corruption agency is “very concerned” about the growing practice of state entities taking the commission to court to halt its investigations. In an interview...
Quietly preparing for greatness Jonathan Grant High School’s stunning upset of Campion College in the opening round of Television Jamaica’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz last week played out like a modern-day David versus Goliath – an unheralded contender toppling one of the...
Severely damaged, sparsely enrolled At least nine primary schools are now under review for possible consolidation, with decisions pending on the future placement of their students, after extensive hurricane-related damage further weakened already struggling rural institutions with...
Estuary on edge Western Bureau: With the 2026 hurricane season just months away, some residents of Phase Two of the Estuary Housing Scheme, in St James, are worried about the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on a section of their community, which caved in...
‘Quite frankly, I was afraid’ Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green testified on Thursday that fear had prevented him from giving an immediate statement to investigators following a fatal 2013 police shooting along Acadia Road in St Andrew. “Quite frankly, I was afraid,” Green...
Former JTA head loses lawsuit against teachers’ body The wage agreement for a 20 per cent minimum increase in basic salary after tax, between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has been upheld after the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by former JTA President La Sonja...
Ports under pressure Jamaica’s ports and cargo warehouses continue to face significant congestion, weeks after the traditional holiday rush. The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and key stakeholders yesterday urged importers and cargo owners to take immediate...
Sav hospital reckons with disturbing pickup in patient load post-Melissa In the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, doctors at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital began noticing a troubling pattern among patients seeking care. Dr Suman Vemu, orthopaedic surgeon at the hospital, described the surge in injuries...
UPDATED: 44 candidates nominated for Global Diaspora elections Forty-four persons have been nominated across Canada and the United States to compete for seats on the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) and the Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council (GDYC). Of those individuals, 17 were nominated to represent...