The Jamaica Education Transformation Commission, JETC, says it will cost the country an estimated $2.5 billion annually for one to two years to recover the education sector. According to the JETC Chairman, Professor Orlando Patterson, inaction would amount to a...
The Medical Association of Jamaica, MAJ, is welcoming the revised isolation protocols for healthcare workers published by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. In a tweet, the MAJ said the revised protocols stipulates that asymptomatic healthcare workers will isolated...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the longstanding issue of inequity in the education system is in need of urgent attention if Jamaican students are to have a fair chance of progressing. The prime minister was speaking at the launch and eventual implementation...
President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, PSOJ, Keith Duncan, says Jamaica's crime situation requires the use of emergency measures. He made the comments while reiterating the PSOJ's support for the States of Public Emergency. Mr. Duncan, who is...
Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding, says the newly-appointed Attorney General, AG, should be held accountable in the eyes of the Jamaican people by being allowed to speak in Parliament. Prime Minister Andrew Holness appointed former Contractor General of Jamaica,...
Executive Director of Stand Up for Jamaica, Carla Gullotta, is renewing calls for a specific category of prisoners to be released following an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in some correctional centres across the island. According to Ms Gullotta the penal institutions...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the new customs regulations are at an advanced stage of implementation. He was speaking during the unveiling of a US $60 million development infrastructure initiative that is being undertaken by Kingston Wharves Limited, KWL. The...
The Medical Association of Jamaica, MAJ, is calling on the government to tighten curfew measures as the healthcare sector continues to bear the weight of the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. In parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that the...
Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, is urging the government to ramp up its Covid-19 prevention efforts. He says the government needs to do more to encourage Jamaicans to follow the protocols as the country grapples with the fourth-wave of infections. Meanwhile, Mr...
Opposition Leader, Mark Golding has described the Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, and the Ministry of Economic, Growth and Job Creation as the 'naughty corner' to house ministers who have disgraced the government. His comments come amid the Andrew Holness-led...