PRIDE to be costly
The ruling People's National Party (PNP) has a lot to be worried about, even though it booted Dr. Karl Blythe from his Housing and Water Ministry two weeks ago over reports that he medled in the day-to-day affairs of the Ministry. One-third of Jamaicans.
'Permanent Secretaries dare not firm oppose ministers'
Permanent Secretaries, the accountable head of all ministries, are sometimes accused of failing to stand up to Ministers. However, one retired Permanent ...
Divorces rise, marriages fall
A 50 per cent increase in divorces last year has helped to establish a new record for the number of divorces registered in any one year in Jamaica, based on figures available to the Statistical Institute (STATIN).According to ...
Teenage boys and the sex trade-
A tragedy in waiting?
Within Kingston and St. Andrew's fancy houses and hotels, and outside along those daytime busy streets, twilight hides a sombre reality: scores of boys below the age of 19 years, frolicking with men two or three times their age in..
UWI increases tuition fees
Students attending the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) will be faced with a 7.6 per cent increase in tuition fees when the next academic year begins in September. This is in keeping with an understanding reached last year that any.
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