The Office of Utilities Regulation, OUR, has issued a further directive to the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited JPS, to “Cease and Desist” the curtailment of service to communities, where it has implemented its Transformer Protection Programme pilot project....
Principal Director of ICT at the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology Kaydian Smith Newton, says the government has spent more than $5 billion on procuring devices for teachers and students from 2020 to 2021. Mrs. Newton-Smith explained that the ministry has...
Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang, says the government will revisit laws that allow citizens to assist the police in curbing crime. This further applies to members of the public who are licensed to carry a firearm. However, Dr Chang says civilians without...
The family of a slain Jamaican living in the United States, Peter Spencer, is suspecting a possible racist attack on their relative by his Caucasian friends. The parents of the deceased are urging the Pennsylvania authorities, to investigate the circumstances, under...
National Security, Minister Dr Horace Chang, says the government is more focused on the security of citizens, rather than detailing a crime plan. The government has faced widespread criticisms that it has no crime plan, amid rampant murders and criminality. Dr Chang...
President of the Jamaica Teacher's Association, JTA, Winston Smith, says the group has been at the forefront of advocating for an improvement in the country's early childhood programme. Smith's comments come as he reacts to the Education Transformation Commission's...
Consultant psychiatrist and therapist, Dr. Wendel Abel, is linking the death of a toddler who was left in a car for hours by her father, to the forgotten baby syndrome. Dr. Abel says the situation is more common among men, when they step outside of their regular...
The police are warning against excess speeding along the PJ Patterson Highway, following a multi-vehicular crash on the thoroughfare yesterday. The crash has left several people battling for life in hospital this morning. Head of the Constabulary's Public Safety...
Director of Family Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Melody Ennis says operations have returned to normal at vaccination sites across the island. This follows a disruption in services caused by the high incidence of sickness among health care...
Secondary school principals say they've resorted to modifying the curriculum, to better assist grade seven students who need more time to adjust to a more rigid syllabus. According to Principal of May Day High School, Stanford Davis, this strategy has helped teachers...