Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Dr. Dana Morris Dixon says she's on a mission to make the country's premier training institution, HEART/NSTA Trust, into a more nimble organisation. Minister Dixon, who was sworn in on Thursday, was...
Consultant psychiatrist and therapist, Professor Wendel Abel, says the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues among Jamaica's children. As we hear in this report from Shaloy Smikle, Professor Able says the problem isn't unique to Jamaica. Speaking on...
Domestic abuse and conflict continue to rank as the number one reason why children are running away from home and subsequently being reported missing. That's according to Acting Deputy Registrar at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, CPFSA, Lesia...
Executive Director of the Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal, JAMP, Jeanette Calder says the announced enhanced accountability measures for parliamentarians don't go far enough. Ms Calder was speaking earlier on this Wednesday on Nationwide This Morning. Shaloy...
The Jamaica Police Federation is urging its members to pay close attention to their May salaries and report all discrepancies between that and the payment they received in April. As we hear in this report from Mahiri Stewart, the Federation, in an advisory to members,...
President of the National Water Commission, NWC, Mark Barnett, says the onus is on citizens to be disciplined in the wake of the agency's latest prohibition order. Due to worsening drought conditions, the NWC has made it a prosecutable offence to waste water. It has...
Scores of disgruntled Jamaicans who led a protest in Emancipation Park in New Kingston this morning, are calling on the government to roll back the increase that has been granted to politicians. The protest, which had no recognized organiser, saw a wide cross section...
The National Democratic Movement, NDM, has branded the bumper pay rise for parliamentarians as a 'vulgar disgrace'. NDM President, Peter Townsend, says the move is a slap in the face of the many Jamaicans struggling daily to make ends meet. Mr. Townsend says it's hard...
Listen here: When I happen to be in the city of Kingston on a weekend, I rarely leave my apartment. So when I make the effort to venture out, it has to be for a really good cause. The JCF Transformation 2023 Expo was a good cause for me on the weekend. I attended the...
The meeting of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations, COFCOR, is expected to consider issues relating to financing for development and climate change. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith is the incoming chairperson...