Executive director of National Council on Education, Merris Murray, believes the proposed guideline revisions for school boards will strengthen the education system. Speaking on Nationwide at Five on Thursday, Murray listed skills board members should possess as per...
Repairs will soon be completed on nearly 150 Priority One schools, that were severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa last October That's according to Chairman of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee, ETOC, Dr. Adrian Stokes. He was speaking at ETOC's...
Economist Keenan Falconer says the passage of Hurricane Melissa last year spotlighted gaps in the provision of insurance for Jamaicans, specifically in housing. He was speaking during a virtual meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew on Tuesday. In the aftermath of...
Roads are now clear outside Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary following a motor vehicle crash on the opposite side of the airport. Nationwide News understands that two vehicles collided at 11:30AM. Two men were trapped inside one of the vehicles....
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness says a project is being developed, under which, people living on the banks of gullies in the Corporate Area will be relocated. Speaking at the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Kingston Two apartments in Bournemouth...
The Financial Investigations Division, FID, has secured a $62 million Pecuniary Penalty Order against a businessman after he was convicted on charges related to the sale and possession of counterfeit items. Those charges stem from a police operation at the man's house...
Member of Parliament for East Kingston and Port Royal, Phillip Paulwell says residents have agreed to relocate from the hazard-prone Burger Gully. He was speaking Wednesday at the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Kingston Two apartments in...
Economist Keenan Falconer says the Caribbean is at risk of suffering from stagflation. More in this report from Mahiri Stewart. Stagflation, a combination of the words stagnation and inflation, is an economic phenomenon caused by slow economic growth combined with...
Acting-president of the National Water Commission, NWC, Kevin Kerr says plans are in place to expand the Hermitage Dam in Stony Hill, St. Andrew as it nears its 100th year of operation. Kerr was responding to queries by chair of the Public Accounts Committee, PAC,...
Land Titling Minister, Robert Montague says over 2,000 Jamaicans have benefitted from the government's housing debt amnesty programme. Minister Montague was speaking on Thursday night at the Jamaica Labour Party's Truth Matters public discussion at The Queen’s School...