OUR requests plan from JPS to address gaps resulting from customer service office closures

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to develop a plan to address the gap in access to their services caused by the closure of 10 of its 15 Customer Service Offices (CSOs) across the island between …

Preparatory Work Started on Labour Day Project in Clarendon (PHOTO)

Preparatory work has begun at the Mason River Environmental and Research Park in Clarendon, the designated site selected as the National Labour Day project. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange made the announcement …

Tourism Enhancement Fund’s 20th Anniversary Church Service (PHOTOS)

Cedric Stephens | A template for enhanced disaster preparedness

Hanover occupies four per cent, or 174.1 square miles, of Jamaica’s land mass, out of 4,240 square miles. It is 21.75 times the size of Kingston which covers an area of eight square miles. Hanover’s size is about the same as Kingston and St Andrew. …

Non-tariff barriers stalling CARICOM poultry trade

With less than one per cent of the poultry trade throughout CARICOM originating from companies in the region, players in the industry say non-tariff barriers are curtailing their efforts to do more business in the Caribbean. Members of the Caribbean …

Cop slain outside Old Harbour home

A pall of grief and disbelief hangs over the Claremont Drive community in Old Harbour, St Catherine, following the fatal shooting of a police officer early Saturday morning. Corporal Kamal Mayne, a 20-year veteran of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, was …

Jamaicans Encouraged to Use Appropriate Conflict Resolution Measures

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging citizens to end the cycle of violence in families and communities by employing proper conflict resolution practices. “Violence, abuses [and] threats, solve nothing. What these do is create a cycle of …

Minister of Labour and Social Security Visits Centenarians in Clarendon (PHOTOS)

Education Ministry Hosts Child Conversation at Llandilo School of Special Education

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information on Friday (May 16) hosted its Child Conversation – Special Edition, at the Llandilo School of Special Education in Westmoreland, as part of Child Month celebration. The goal of the activity was to …

Jayati Ghosh | Mutually assured development destruction

Toward the end of the ancient Indian epic the Mahabharata, Krishna’s Yadava clan self-destructs. Many dark omens presage their downfall: nature behaves erratically and pests multiply. Sin, deception, and violence proliferate, eroding trust and solidarity. …