JFJ: Bring private firms under ATI Human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is calling for the Access to Information (ATI) Act to be extended to the private sector, arguing that private entities performing public functions must be subjected to the provisions of the legislation...
Bosses of backlog The spotlight has again been shone on the “responsible officers” at several municipal corporations as the state bodies remain delinquent, failing to submit a total of 95 outstanding financial statements to Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis. At...
Defence lawyers still concerned over laptop barriers Defence attorneys have renewed complaints about access to correctional facilities after notices posted by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) appeared to limit the use of electronic devices to weekdays, a move lawyers say undermines their...
Hague Agricultural Show cancelled, disappointed farmers express understanding Western Bureau: With farmers in western Jamaica still reeling from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall three months ago, a decision has been taken to cancel this year’s staging of the annual Hague Agricultural Show. The...
UWI students charged up by launch of E-Mobility Lab Against the background of a rapid expansion in the sale of electric vehicles globally and interest growing in the region, and Jamaica in particular, The University of the West Indies on Tuesday officially opened its E-Mobility Lab in the Faculty of...
Jamaica seeks to expand overseas employment programmes in US The Government of Jamaica is pressing ahead with efforts to expand the H-2A and H-2B United States work visa programmes. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, held discussions with Permanent Secretary in...
Jumping for joy Very few people from the rural community of Epping Forest, Old England, in Manchester matriculate to university, and even fewer complete their journey, says Denvor Green. So when he walked across the stage at The University of the West Indies last...
‘SHOTS RANG OUT’ A senior politician took the stand in the murder trial of six policemen yesterday testifying that he saw a police officer shoot at one of the now-deceased men after the man exited a vehicle with his hands raised and attempted to flee during a 2013...
Westmoreland women get a day of HERS empowerment WESTERN BUREAU: More than 300 women from across western Jamaica were given a rare opportunity to pause, breathe, and be nurtured during A Day of HERS, a women’s empowerment event hosted in Westmoreland last Saturday by the I AM … Foundation...
‘The years just pass on and I just take it easy’ If Henrietta Adina Williams, popularly known as ‘Miss Heady’, divulges her age to those who do not know her personally, the disclosure could be met with gasps of denial as her physical appearance belies the century she has scored so far. Perhaps...