The mother of a Clarendon woman who was murdered along with her four children in Cocoa Piece Clarendon last month, says she forgives their killer. However, she still wants him to die. Gwendolyn White McKnight, is the mother of Kemisha Wright and grandmother to her...
A group of home-schooling parents has called on the government to leave them out of the Jamaica Teaching Council legislation. The parents brought their case to the Joint Select Committee of Parliament currently reviewing the bill. The group believes the attempt to...
The US Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, is flirting with pushing the country into a recession in its continued fight against inflation. The Reserve yesterday hiked its interest rates by another 75 basis points as the country recorded a second quarter of economic...
Education Minister, Fayval Williams, says there shouldn't be a fight to implement the new nutrition policy in schools. She's responding to growing pushback among some stakeholders to the proposed policy which will regulate what can be fed to students. The National...
Auditor General, Pamela Munroe Ellis, has concluded that no meaningful progress has been made in achieving the country's vision 2030 solid waste management goals. That's according to a performance audit of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, NSWMA. The...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, is warning regional states to avoid monkeypox becoming endemic due to the low supply and expensive nature of its vaccine. CARPHA Regional Director, Dr Joy St. John, says it's important that the virus not be established in...
Jamaica's Population and Housing Census for 2022 is to begin in September. Finance minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke, yesterday briefed the House of Representatives on one of the most critical data collection undertakings. The country is to conduct a census every decade with...
Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding has called for National Hero Paul Bogle and others who lost their lives in the Morant Bay Rebellion to have a national commemoration service held in their honour annually. Golding called for it to be held on the Sunday closest to...
The attorney representing the female district constable in the case of missing social media influencer, Donna-lee Donaldson, is expressing concern for her safety. He has requested that she be afforded police protection. This as death threats against the police woman...
Approximately 3,600 Jamaicans have been recruited under the employment drive for the cruise ship industry. That's according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The tourism minister was speaking in the House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon. The ministry is...