Illegal cabbies still at large
WHILE THERE have been crusades and campaigns to clamp down on illegal taxi operations across the country, a trip to Half-Way Tree yesterday afternoon showed the illicit operation still very much alive, even while lawmen patrolled...
... What about zero tolerance?
EVEN THOUGH the Offensive Weapons Act was passed in Parliament five years ago, the illegal sale of knives persists in public places. Under the act, public places includes highways, roadways, passageways, courts, wharves, school premises...
Education Ministry tackles secondary school illiteracy
SECONDARY SCHOOLS islandwide will receive a boost in their literacy programmes with a new initiative from the Ministry of Education and Youth. Maxine Henry-Wilson, Minister of Education and Youth, said yesterday that the ministry is currently developing.
Not a dollar more, says Digicel
MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Digicel Jamaica in tandem with Facey Commodity Company Limited is urging pre-paid customers to boycott retailers who are selling the flex cards above the recommended retail price.
Bankers assist Students' Loan Bureau
THE JAMAICA Bankers' Association (JBA), in an effort to aid students who have applied for loans through the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB), has agreed for its members to advance a portion of the excess deposit released to them by the Bank of Jamaica....
Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) president spearheads day of reading
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Ruel Reid yesterday spearheaded the national Read Across Jamaica Day, illustrating to students at the Dunoon Technical High School the importance of reading towards social and economic independence.
Read Across Jamaica Day a hit with students
THERE SURE won't be any monsters messing with four-year-old Nysa Bryan any time soon! The chirpy first-grade student at the Half-Way Tree Primary School in St. Andrew, was so caught up in the story her teacher read to her about how the princess defeated..
Ministers' fraternal seeks to soften Spanish Town's image
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE SPANISH Town Ministers' Fraternal, in a bid to soften the image of some of the inner-city communities in Spanish Town, has put forward plans to revitalise at least four.
Deported from Canada? Here's how to re-enter
IF YOU have been issued a departure order, exclusion order or a deportation order, it means that you are in 'non-compliance of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA)'.
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