OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON on Education Peter Bunting is warning that a failure by the Government to bail out cash-strapped preparatory and private high schools could result in their closure, creating a chaos in September with thousands of students...
DR PAUL Chen-Young, one of the most high-profile businessmen to become victim to the 1990s financial meltdown in Jamaica, has died. The former chairman of the Eagle Group of Companies passed away in Miami, Florida, yesterday at age 82. Chen-Young...
LIMITED PARENTAL supervision and an emerging role reversal have hobbled the seamless transition to online classes since the shuttering of schools nationwide, with Jamaican teachers reportedly the targets of nude images and other inappropriate...
A website has been launched to assist students preparing for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, offering resource materials for several subjects and an interactive forum for discussion. The creator, 15-year-old Campion...
Shared or congregate housing includes apartments, condominiums, student or faculty housing, transitional housing, and domestic violence and abuse shelters. Shared housing residents often gather closely for social, leisure, and recreational...
The Gleaner quizzed a number of citizens in downtown Kingston yesterday on whether they agreed with the Government deciding to use some grade four and grade five test results to determine secondary-school placement for grade six students....
Jamaica removed from US Trade Representative watch list Jamaica has been removed from the United States Trade Representative watch list, which the country has been on for decades. This follows the tabling of the Patents and Designs Bill by...
Western Bureau: THE HANOVER Municipal Corporation (HMC) has renewed its efforts to rid streets of illegal vendors in what it said will be a sustained effort moving across all major centres in the western parish. The operation, which began yesterday...
A DEDICATED 24-hour education cable channel and satellite Internet are the key elements in a plan to reach more than 31,000 students islandwide currently cut off from COVID-19-triggered online lessons due to lack of Internet access, says ReadyTV...
As you journey with our nation’s children in uncharted waters, through the new and sometimes difficult educational technology approach in teaching and learning, coupled with the stresses of a pandemic, take comfort that the greatest teacher taught...
The Jamaica Police Federation wants the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) boss Terrence Williams to immediately step aside to allow for "transparent actions" of the oversight body. INDECOM was established by an...
Taxpayers will fork out $64 million to pay for accommodation and food for 330 Jamaicans stranded overseas by the COVID-19 pandemic who will arrive back home this week.
But Gleaner analysis projects that taxpayers would have to cough up another $...
Grade six students displaced by coronavirus restrictions will not sit the remaining components of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams but will be placed in secondary schools on a mix of current and past results. At the same time, the Government...
The Government’s deal with Andrews Memorial Hospital to help in the COVID-19 fight will not be disturbed although the private facility does not have certification to operate under the law. “I would not be motivated to discontinue an arrangement...
Hotel accommodation for a large team of healthcare workers from Cuba has cost the Government approximately $54.3 million. On March 16, the Ministry of Health...
Port Maria Mayor Richard Creary has urged the Government to quarantine two St Mary communities that recorded a total of six new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Creary was particularly concerned that those who tested positive were reportedly asymptomatic...
As international markets continue to reel from the devastating economic fallout triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, media industry experts are pointing to efficiency gains being achieved in the work environment, which is being redefined – perhaps...
The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has denied losing the test sample of a COVID-19 patient who was one of the first Alorica call centre workers confirmed as having the coronavirus disease. Medical officer of health for Manchester, Dr...
The St Ann chapter of the Jamaica Association of Administrative Professionals (JAAP) has answered the call for assistance from the Household Helpers Association (HHA). As part of Administrative Professionals Week, the JAAP handed over several care...
Alorica cuts staff amid coronavirus fallout A number of Alorica employees who are not able to work from home have been laid off for a period of 30 days, starting yesterday. While the exact number of employees affected could not be ascertained,...
The Jamaica Police Federation will be heading back to court to test the impact of yesterday’s Privy Council ruling which reaffirmed a 2018 Court of Appeal ruling in its favour, that the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) does not...
Hard (non-porous) surfaces • Wear disposable gloves when cleaning and disinfecting surfaces. Gloves should be discarded after each cleaning. If reusable gloves are used, they should be dedicated for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces for COVID...
The Education Ministry has announced that online classes/distance learning will be continuing until July 3. In the meantime, Karl Samuda, the minister with responsibility for education says high school placements under the Primary Exit Profile (PEP...
The Health Ministry says 34 contacts of the infected Conduent call centre employee in Naggo Head, St Catherine, have tested negative for the coronavirus. However, according to the chief medical officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, further...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced two new confirmed COVID cases in the past 24 hours pushing Jamaica's tally to 471. It's the lowest increase in weeks since the first case was detected at the Alorica call centre in...
