Global technology firm the Amber Group, says its subsidiary has received two certifications from the International Standards Organisation, ISO. The subsidiary, its software development arm Kuya Technologies, has received the ISO standard for quality management systems...
Registrar and CEO of the Caribbean Examinations Council, CXC, Dr Wayne Wesley says the health and welfare of the thousands of students is of paramount importance as they sit their CSEC and CAPE exams. He was delivering an address ahead of the start of the regional...
The Westmoreland police have charged three men with the murder of 29-year- old Jarren Murphy, labourer of Sea Star Lane, West End, Negril in the parish. The three are 19 year-old James Crooks otherwise called ‘Nine-nine’, 22-year-old Kimarley Williams, and 19-year-old...
Four people are dead and nearly 900-thousand homes are without power after severe storms pummeled the eastern Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Ontario police said three people died and several more were injured because of the strong thunderstorm. Images...
The National Workers’ Week and Labour Day thanksgiving service will be held this morning at ten at the Emmanuel Apostolic Church, 12A Slipe Road, Kingston. Pastor of the First Missionary Church representing the Jamaica Evangelical Alliance, Rev. Omar Morrison, will...
Government Senator Kavan Gayle says he believes the Jamaica Teachers Association, JTA, represented their concerns effectively during the Joint Select Committee meeting in Parliament recently on the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill. He spoke at Nationwide at Five on...
The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, JMEA, says it strongly disagrees with the move by the Bank of Jamaica to increase interest rates. The JMEA is warning that move by the BoJ puts the economy at risk for a recession. It says since last year, it has...
There is support in medical circles for the return of the mask mandate announced yesterday by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The President of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association Dr Mindi Fitz-Henley is welcoming the move. She has once again reminded people that...
The opposition spokesperson on education, Angela Brown-Burke, is giving support to the Jamaica Teachers Association, JTA, over concerns raised during the Joint Select Committee of Parliament meeting this week on the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill. She says there is...
The nation's positivity rate for COVID-19 has dipped slightly when compared to yesterday and is now at 28.2 %. 298 people are now confirmed with COVID 19 bringing the total number with the disease since the start of the pandemic to 132,614 . There were 168 females and...