Month: June 2018

WORLD CUP: Uruguay knock out Portugal 2-1, to meet France next

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British Broadcasting Corporation – Edinson Cavani scored two superb goals as Uruguay beat Portugal to set up a World Cup quarter-final meeting with France. Defeat for the European champions finished Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of success in Russia just hours after Lionel Messi…

High schools told: No more than $5,200 for student registration

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Jamaica Information Service – The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has directed that the cost of registration packages for secondary-level students should be kept between $1,000 and $5,200. School administrators are advised to adhere to the directive, which is in keeping…

Cops urge returning residents: Be careful who you employ, do business with

Cops urge returning residents: Be careful who you employ, do business with

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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has issued a public appeal for returning residents to be more cautious about the people they are employing or doing other transactions with on the island, adding that some are only seeking to get close to them…

Police force announces improved security for returning residents

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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has announced that, among measures being implemented to improve security for returning residents, is the appointment of a liaison officer in each police division to provide assistance regarding policing matters. The police force said the measures are…

PM to review closing hours to facilitate business, Sumfest

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Amid complaints that the states of public emergency in St James and St Catherine North Police Division are significantly affecting commerce, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has promised to review the current restrictions, thereby allowing some businesses more time to remain open. He…

MP running out of patience with Holness

MP running out of patience with Holness

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Member of Parliament Denise Daley has threatened that, if Prime Minister Andrew Holness does not implement social intervention programmes in her tough St Catherine East constituency, she will not support another extension of the state of public emergency in the St Catherine…

PM wants state of emergency extended until November in St James

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has delayed a motion he was seeking to have approved in parliament on Tuesday for the state of public emergency in St James to be further extended until November 1 this year. The state of emergency in St…

MP stands alone, declines to vote for extended state of emergency

MP stands alone, declines to vote for extended state of emergency

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Member of Parliament for St Catherine North Central Natalie Neita has abstained in a vote surrounding an extension of the state of public emergency in St Catherine North Police Division, claiming that a continuation may force businesses out of operation in her…

Failure to create space for machine at hospital costing over $500K daily

Failure to create space for machine at hospital costing over $500K daily

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Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Dayton Campbell has chided the government for not creating enough space to hold a CT scan machine at Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James, adding that more than $500,000 is being paid daily to have patients undergo…

Bell scores big at Bellas Gate

Bell scores big at Bellas Gate

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Head Girl at Bellas Gate Primary School near Old Harbour in St Catherine, Jinelle Bell, is among 1000 students who received national awards this month for their accomplishment in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). “I feel proud and happy knowing that…

I am grateful | Greg Christie gets big job overseas

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Former Contractor General of Jamaica Greg Christie said he is grateful to be appointed Director of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Integrity Commission, adding that he will be fearless in the execution of his duties. The Commission announced the appointment yesterday,…

State of emergency extended for 3 months in St Catherine North

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Jamaica Information Service – The House of Representatives has approved a further three-month extension of the State of Public Emergency in the St. Catherine North Police Division. At the sitting on June 26, House members voted in favour of the Emergency Powers…

Not abnormal | Petrojam board met twice in a year under PNP

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he has received information suggesting that there was nothing abnormal about the fact that a board his government partly appointed at Petrojam only had one physical meeting within a nine-month period. Since that information was disclosed recently,…

PM casts doubt on claims about residence, appointment of Bahado-Singh

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he had no clue Perceval Bahado-Singh was not living in Jamaica at the time he was appointed to the Board of the state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam. He in fact told the House of Representatives yesterday that, based…

Speid wins presidential election in JTA

Speid wins presidential election in JTA

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Principal of Rousseau Primary in St Andrew Owen Speid, who recently blasted the government for its “indecent haste” in implementing the National Standards Curriculum and its accompanying Primary Exit Profile, will eventually become President of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA). He triumphed…

Minimum wage to increase by $800 to reach $7,000 weekly

Minimum wage to increase by $800 to reach $7,000 weekly

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Jamaica Information Service – Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, has announced a 12.9 per cent increase in the national minimum wage from $6,200 to $7,000 per week. In addition, security guards will receive $9,700 up from $8,854 per week,…

Bring the evidence | school denies MP’s claim it is blocking for fees

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The Darien Henry-led Cumberland High School in Portmore, St Catherine, has denied a parliamentarian’s claim that students are being prevented from participating in sports and other extra-curricular activities because they are unable to pay fees requested. Member of Parliament for St Catherine…

208 young men complete service corps programme | 6 in Canada

208 young men complete service corps programme | 6 in Canada

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Jamaica Information Service – Two hundred and eight young men from communities across the island received their certification on Tuesday (June 26), having successfully completed one year of service in the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) programme. The privates, representing the first…

7 charged for bullets, lottery scamming material in Westmoreland

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Police said two women are among seven people who will face the court following the seizure of ammunition and lottery scamming material at Stewie district in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, on Sunday, June 24. They are all Westmoreland residents charged with illegal possession…

Fight for the mindset | Looking behind numbers at Lluidas Vale Primary

Fight for the mindset | Looking behind numbers at Lluidas Vale Primary

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Unlike some of its neighbours that have been concealing their dismal performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Lluidas Vale Primary School in St Catherine North West has much to celebrate –  not only in academics. Principal Uvelyn Barrett-Rose, however, is…

Cops make arrest in relation to murder of returning residents

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Police have taken a man into custody in relation to the murder of an elderly couple in the parish of Portland on June 22. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said: “One man has been taken into custody as detectives form the Criminal…