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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Clarendon native Chenee Morris-Thomas says she drew inspiration to launch her skincare line from her quest to find natural and effective products for her baby’s sensitive skin. She said that personal need sparked a passion to create a range of...
The level-3 travel advisory placed against Jamaica by the United States Department of State has affected participation in an educational conference opening today in Jamaica and running until April 26. Some 30 students from New York-area schools,...
An uneasy calm hung over sections of the Old Capital on Friday night after Clansman enforcer Sheldon Lennox Walters, more popularly known as Termite, was cut down in an alleged shootout with cops. At daybreak on Saturday, several streets in Spanish...
It is “dangerous” and “a great risk” for the country’s chief prosecutor to continue to exercise the powers of her office following a ruling by the Constitutional Court on Friday, a top legal expert has warned. The Jamaican Constitution gives the...
