Category: News

CHRISTIANA, Manchester — Within the next three months work is to begin on the expansion of a taxi park here to accommodate 500 public passenger vehicles in a multi-level facility, following months of…

The Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) says it has completed a probe into the circumstances under which a powerful rifle, brought into the island with a Canadian sport shooting team earlier this year, was…

I somehow missed the word ‘estimated’ when Dr Michael Abrahams informed Stephen and me that we had an ‘estimated due date’ of March 11, 2011. Yes, that is what the E stands for…

Ideally, they wanted to experience undiluted joy on Mother’s Day. Instead, they are blanketed by the disquieting and heart-shattering reality of a Beryllium security guard they know and love. One is his mother,…

It was a shocking admission made with earnestness. A group of 11 teenagers in Arnett Gardens, when asked to say how they felt about children being raped, said they would rather commit suicide…

It is not often that the Caribbean can claim to be first while also facing the possibility of coming last. On the track, Jamaicans are used to coming first, while often claiming second…

‘Jamaica Yes, Federation NO’ was the political slogan I remembered in 1961 in the elections to decide whether we should pursue federation with other Caribbean countries or go, on our own, headlong into…

Jamaica’s tourism industry is critical to the country’s economic development, and it is essential that every dollar invested in the sector is spent effectively and transparently and can be accounted for. Unfortunately, the…

The People’s National Party (PNP) seems determined to turn opportunity into shambles and, like Mr Phelps’ Mission Impossible tape, self destruct. For too long politicians have felt free to publicly terrorise or abuse…

There are two points from Sunday, May 7, The Gleaner editorial ‘Overhauling University of Technology’, on which I would like to expound upon. The first is governance. The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech)…