e-Learning glitch - Multibillion US-dollar project stuck in pilot phase - High schools still to receive computer equipment
Major glitches in the Government's e-Learning programme have delayed the implementation of the multibillion-dollar education initiative by almost a year. As a result, thousands of secondary school students, who should have benefited from the proposed improved instructions promised under the programme ...
'Equipment contract delayed project'
Avril Crawford, CEO of e-Learning Jamaica Company Ltd (e-ljam), the company responsible for rolling out the Government's multibillion-dollar e-Learning programme in the island's secondary schools, has revealed that there was a major protest on the...
Kern back in court tomorrow
NORTH EAST St Elizabeth Member of Parliament, Kern Spencer, will return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court tomorrow to answer charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering. Spencer was released on a $10-million bail on February 29 after spending three nights...
Affordable homes in draft for young professionals, says housing minister
GOVERNMENT COULD soon unveil plans for the building of housing for middle-income young professionals. Housing Minister Dr Horace Chang said at a recent post-Cabinet press briefing that the Government considered it important to create affordable housing solutions for this group....
Pastor Colliston Coburn - Called
to save
10,000
men
SEVEN YEARS ago, the Reverend Colliston Coburn was living in New York City when he was moved by God to return home to Jamaica and save the lives of 10,000 men. He did, but when friends were told that the first stop on this mission would be Mountain View Avenue, the response was not flattering....
Senior education director under probe - Accused of planning to upset work of ministry
A senior director in the Ministry of Education has been sent on leave pending an investigation into allegations of "plans to disrupt the work of the ministry".In a stern letter dated March 20, 2008, to Cheryl Davis Ivey, director of executive services...
Utility bodies to be charged for use of rights-of-way
Government will soon be charging private utility companies for use of the rights-of-way on public thoroughfares, including sidewalks. According to Transport Minister Mike Henry, "No private entity is to be allowed to profit from the use of the public rights-of-way without compensating...
La Roose shooting victim under police guard
A man who was shot and injured at the La Roose nightclub in Portmore, St Catherine, on Sunday morning is now under police guard in hospital, recovering from his injuries. The man, whose identity is being withheld, is also a licensed firearm holder.
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