Photo By: Inquirer Director of Enabling Environment and Human Rights at the National Family Planning Board, NFPB, Karlene Temple Anderson, is raising concern about that the number of newly diagnosed HIV infections among young people in Jamaica. Mrs. Anderson was...
Photo By: Jermaine Barnaby via Jamaica Gleaner Chairman and CEO of National Baking Company, Gary 'Butch' Hendrickson, says the country has little choice but to import skilled labour to address the shortage across key industries and sectors. He made the comment on...
Lobby group, Advocates Network, says contrary to the narrative being pushed in some quarters, the decision by the Director of Corruption Prosecutions at the Integrity Commission to not pursue charges against Prime Minister Andrew Holness, does not amount to an...
The Broadcasting Commission says it's far advanced in revamping the special code for child-related broadcasting and it's to be in effect by this year. Executive Director of the Commission, Cordel Green, says the code is being drafted to reflect the current realities...
The Opposition People's National Party, PNP, is fully endorsing the government's announcement that it will offer security assistance to Haiti as part of a larger multinational intervention. Haiti has been in a deep political, economic and social crisis for months....
Education Minister Fayval Williams says the Ministry has no immediate plans to take legal actions against negligent parents, whose children are constantly missing classes. According to a Gleaner article last month, the government was considering legal action against...
Criminals robbed a Remittance Agency in St Mary, making off with approximately eight million dollars in cash. The incident happened in Oracabessa yesterday morning. The Police say the hoodlums spray painted Closed Circuit Television Cameras, CCTVs at the facility....
The police have detained two men in connection with the recovery of five firearm and several rounds of ammunition in Salt Spring in the parish today. The police say the weapons were found during a series of joint police-military operations across the community....
President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica, Dr Winsome Christie, is recommending the establishment of a technical framework to manage the implementation of Electronic prescriptions. Electronic or E- prescribing is a computer-based electronic generation,...
Former President of the Incorporated Master Builders Association, IMAJ, Carvel Stewart is raising concerns over plans announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to pursue policy changes to ensure contractors deliver value for money. The Prime Minister made the...