Dunoon, Wolmer's win Access to Info competition
DUNOON TECHNICAL High and Wolmer's Boys School yesterday walked away with the prize for best overall project in the Access to Information (ATI) Students' Challenge Competition. The Gleaner Company and the Access to Information Advisory Stakeholders...

Marks improve in CSEC exams
THE CARIBBEAN Examinations Council (CXC) is reporting an improvement in the performance of candidates who sat this year's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations. Cleveland Sam, public information officer for CXC, said yesterday...

UK Gov't to implement new migration system
THE UNITED Kingdom (U.K.) Government has outlined proposals for a new points-based approach to managing the flow of migrants. No dates have yet been set for the phased implementation of the proposals outlined in a paper entitled 'Making Migration Work...

Raising fifteen - The trials and triumphs of a rural woman
CECILE LEMONIOUS is a survivor. She has endured innumerable hardships and has lived to tell her tale. She is one of those women who believed that she should have have as many children as possible, regardless of life's pressures...

Danhai trial to start October 2
THE TRIAL of east Kingston businessman Danhai Williams and six others accused of defrauding the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) of $451 million is scheduled to begin on October 2. The seven accused appeared in the Corporate Area...

Montego Bay disrupted by gun violence
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MONTEGO Bay Police are maintaining a strong presence in the Rosemount, Glendevon and Salt Spring communities following a shoot-out between rival gangs between Tuesday night and yesterday morning.

Jamaican Government says info on human trafficking ranking was a mistake
INFORMATION MINISTER, Burchell Whiteman, has admitted that he made an error when he told journalists on Monday that the United States had upgraded Jamaica from a Tier-3 watchlist to a Tier-2 status in human trafficking.