» ‘A move in the right direction’
21/11/24 00:14 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
Metry Seaga, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), is dismissing assertions that the Holness administration’s policy shift towards economic growth is aimed at wooing uptown votes, asserting instead that it is th...

» Shattered lives
21/11/24 00:13 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
Principals at two Corporate Area institutions are seeking to navigate a period of mourning while safeguarding against a school-on-school clash in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy on Tuesday. The deceased, Amari C...

» US$18k stalemate
21/11/24 00:12 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
An unusual situation has surfaced in a civil case in the Supreme Court in which Justice Leighton Pusey has indicated that he plans to strike out the claimant’s and the defendant’s statements of case on the basis that they do not disclose...

» Media veteran Arthur Hall bats for mental health of young journalists
21/11/24 00:11 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
To prevent young journalists from being compelled to leave the profession in search of better mental health, media managers have been urged to start focussing on the psychological effects that reporting on crime and other dangerous situa...

» Hand, foot and mouth disease detected in Hanover
21/11/24 00:11 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
Western Bureau: While not providing any supporting data, the Hanover Health Department (HHD) says it has uncovered several cases of the common childhood illness hand, foot, and mouth (HFM) disease in the parish and is now taking steps to...

» Montego Bay’s Noella Brown shines as regional humanities star
21/11/24 00:08 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
WESTERN BUREAU: An extraordinary student from Montego Bay Community College has made history by earning the prestigious Caribbean Award for Humanities in the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC’s) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examina...

» POLICY PIVOT
20/11/24 00:12 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
Consideration for the removal of taxes on tips and an efficiency committee headline the Holness administration’s pivot towards boosting economic growth, setting the stage for a potential policy showdown with the Opposition ahead of a gen...

» Worker awarded $3.5m, reinstated after unfair dismissal ruling
20/11/24 00:11 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
A UC Rusal employee wrongfully fired two years ago, despite being cleared of intentionally taking scrap metal from his employer, has been awarded $3.5 million and will be reinstated after the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) ruled his ...

» Hotel workers return to work after salary top-up
20/11/24 00:11 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
WESTERN BUREAU: Workers at Excellence Oyster Bay in Trelawny returned to work yesterday after the hotel’s management agree to more favourable working conditions and better remuneration. The staff walked off the job on Monday morning, dem...

» 11-y-o Ajanae to undergo high-risk scoliosis surgery today
20/11/24 00:10 from Jamaica Gleaner Online
Ajanae Parchment, the 11-year-old whose scoliosis surgery was cancelled last month due to issues at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), will undergo the procedure today. The surgery, which doctors have indicated is high risk, is ...