Category: International
This Day In History — November 4
Today is the 309th day of 2019. There are 56 days left in the year.TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT2013: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledges for the first time that he smoked crack probably “a year ago” but refuses to resign as leader…
Camperdown’s about-turn on student lockout
CAMPERDOWN High School administrators have made an about-turn in their policy of denying access to students who arrive late to the east Kingston school, following a Ministry of Education bulletin forbidding the action.Checks made b…
Technology training programme builds confidence in Rose Town women
Fourteen women from Rose Town, one of Kingston’s tough communities, are now better able to navigate today’s knowledge-based and digital society after they successfully completed the iRose in Tech programme administered by youth em…
Jamaica looking to strengthen ties with China, Holness tells Xi
SHANGHAI, China — Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday held bilateral talks with People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping in Shanghai.Both leaders spoke on a number of areas of cooperation between the two countries,…
Shortwood past students stage fund-raising reunion
Shortwood Past Students Association, in collaboration with Shortwood Practising Infant, Primary and Junior High School, held a four-day fund-raising reunion in Kingston, October 10-13 under the theme: ‘Giving Back Takes Commitment…
E-mail from witness allowed into evidence despite objections
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — THE admitting into evidence in the Manchester Parish Court here of e-mail correspondence between a senior police investigator and a Crown witness, who is now overseas, has raised strong objections fro…
Poverty report notes rural improvements in 2017
Despite a slight decline in real consumption and a 2.2 percentage point increase in poverty in 2017, long-term data point to incremental improvements in a number of areas.This was the conclusion drawn by the joint Planning Institu…
JCF, Security Ministry officials in PAC hot seat
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will today delve into the findings of the auditor general’s performance audit report on procurement management in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).Senior officials of the Ministry of National…