President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, JTA, Winston Smith, is asserting that there's a lack of trust among teachers towards the Education Ministry in the payment of salaries. He says this has contributed to some teachers' unwillingness to participate in the...
Lawmen in Christiana, Manchester have charged two suspects with the death of a foreign national in Chudleigh in the parish. Arrested and charged for murder are 21-year-old Christopher Hutchinson, otherwise called ‘Indian’ and 21-year-old Tony McPherson, both of...
The Kingston West Police have charged a man with multiple offences following the killing of a 17 year old Denham Town High school student. The man is 20-year-old Shawn Stanbury otherwise called ‘Country’, of Henden in Norwood, St. James. Stanbury has been charged with...
Opposition Leader, Mark Golding does not expect a challenge to his leadership. Golding was yesterday nominated to retain the post of President of the 84-year-old People's National Party. Addressing the media at the Party's Old Hope Road Headquarters, Golding says its...
The Integrity Commission is concerned that PNP Vice President hopeful, Ian Hayles, has failed to pursue his claim against it with any urgency. Five years ago Hayles filed a suit, effectively stopping the Parliament from tabling a report from the then contractor...
The National Water Commission, NWC, says it's now focused on completing repairs along Spanish Town Road now that its major pipeline project is finished. The NWC's major pipeline replacement project involves changing aged transmission mains that are easily broken....
Education and youth minister, Fayval Williams, says there's no means of holding schools that charge parents of children participating in the summer school programme accountable. The programme began Monday July 4 and will run through to July 28. The education ministry...
Over 9-thousand primary and secondary students across the island registered for the start of the national summer school programme which got underway yesterday. That's according to data given by National Literacy Coordinator, Dr. Andre Hill. Dr. Hill says over 400...
A man caught operating a power saw without a licence was convicted and fined 10 thousand dollars or 10 days imprisonment in default of payment for unlawfully transporting and using a sawmill without a valid licence. The accused, Herbert Livingston of a Trelawny...
US police have arrested a suspect after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. The suspect, Robert E. Crimo the 3rd, was detained after a brief chase. The gunman climbed on to a roof, shooting randomly at...