Jamaican News
CHARGES LOOM
- Former Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament Dwayne Vaz is facing charges for breaching Section 43(1)(b) of the Integrity Commission Act (ICA). At the same time, a senior public servant is in trouble with the anti-corruption body for failing to...
WRONG WAY
- Nearly half of Jamaicans are of the view that things are going in the wrong direction, citing unemployment among youth as a major indicator. The findings are the results of a poll conducted by the Don Anderson-led Market Research Services Limited...
Gov't MPs, Speaker pay glowing tributes to Curtis
- GOVERNMENT LAWMAKERS paid tribute to former clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis in her absence on Tuesday, but the parliamentary Opposition reserved their accolades for a future event when they can commend the former administrator of...
Finally; Holness releases AG’s opinion
- HOUSE SPEAKER Juliet Holness on Tuesday bowed to public pressure after months of intense debate and released the opinion of the Auditor General’s Chambers, allowing the documents to be tabled in the House of Representatives. Holness did not act...
Police pan idea of bias in treatment of Clansman, One Order Gangs
- Senior Superintendent Christopher Phillips has dismissed criticisms that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is not applying the heat evenly to the two main gangs in Spanish Town, St Catherine, with the Clansman Gang getting significant police...
‘Violence doesn’t belong in schools’
- Messages of peace reverberated through the walls of Mona High School, St Andrew on Monday, as the institution teamed up with Calabar High School for a joint assembly in an effort to defuse tensions amid a recent flare-up of violence among several...
Attorneys to seek dismissal of murder charges in Collymore case today
- Defence lawyers in the Omar Collymore murder trial will today make their cases for the court to dismiss the murder and murder conspiracy charges against the four men implicated in businesswoman Simone Campbell Collymore’s murder, including her...
Williams: Pray our children won’t normalise violence
- Education Minister Fayval Williams is hoping Jamaican children will learn how to solve conflicts without resorting to violence. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, in the aftermath of the stabbing death of a 15-year-old student at Irwin High School...
NOT ENOUGH
- JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Derrick Smith says the changes coming out of Sunday’s Central Executive meeting are not enough, asserting that restructuring is also needed among the party’s deputy leaders. Smith...
Fellow counsel applaud Thompson’s appointment, but questions linger
- Several senior lawyers have endorsed the selection of prosecutor Claudette Thompson as acting director of public prosecutions (DPP) even as some are calling for clarity on her appointment and on the status of the incumbent, Paula Llewellyn. The...
JFJ says Holness should withdraw Curtis letter today, make public apology
- LEADER OF Government Business in the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett will today open the annual Sectoral Debate in Parliament. Lawmakers took a break after the end of the Budget Debate on March 26 but had to rush back to Parliament on...
Salary setback for UWI’s academic staff
- A 15 PER CENT salary increase accepted by academic staff of The University of the West Indies (UWI) will not be paid this week as initially agreed on after the tertiary institution indicated to union representatives that it will not be able to meet...
Residents terrified after 3 hit in morning drive-by shooting
- Bloodstains along the roadway, abandoned footwear, and spent casings strewn around were telltale signs of the terror that gripped Burnt Shop Square in Lawrence Tavern on Monday morning and left three men admitted in critical condition in hospital....
Principal champions environmental stewardship at Excelsior High
- WITH A student population of over 2,500, for Excelsior High School Principal Deanroy Bromfield, it is a priority that the large volume of waste produced by students and staff at the institution – particularly its plastic waste that can be recycled...
Mill Bank’s Simpson contented with crafting items
- OWEN SIMPSON, a local craftsman living in the rural Portland community of Mill Bank, prides himself on staying in touch with his roots. The elder uses natural wood and goat skin to craft the West African djembe drum, also known as the jembe,...
DPP ‘steps aside’
- Paula Llewellyn, the long-standing director of public prosecutions (DPP), has decided to “step aside” in wake of the controversy over the various interpretations of Friday’s Constitutional Court ruling on the validity of her extended tenure. With...
JLP looks to sharpen up with raft of changes announced at Central Exec meeting
- The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) first Central Executive meeting in the aftermath of the bruising February 26 local government elections has ushered in a raft of changes by way of resignations from some key stakeholders. Among the notables to step...
‘Sister Make Up and Lipstick’ celebrated for 40 years in ministry despite no church grounds
- Reverend Dr Clara Marshall, pastor for the Cornerstone Mission Open Bible Church, who was formally recognised on Sunday for 40 years of service to ministry, is happy that she continues to successfully spearhead a church that has no building of its...
21 receive PM’s National Youth Awards
- Fifty young people were nominated for the 2023 Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence (PMNYAE) \, and on Saturday evening, on the lawns of Jamaica House, 21 nominees became awardees. They are Kuti Kamau Ra, Nile Anderson, Aayush Jain...
Jamaican educators in diaspora condemn school violence on island
- Jamaican educators and community leaders in the diaspora have condemned the recent public brawls among students of at least four Corporate Area high schools and are calling for the principals of the institutions to take firm action to prevent a...
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