Minister defends high school placement method
EDUCATION MINISTER, Senator Burchell Whiteman, on Sunday condemned the severe beating of a 12-year-old who failed to gain a place in a high school her father preferred. He also sought to defend the Ministry's method of high school...
Deplorable conditions at Remand Centre get attention
THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force's Services Branch says it will be taking steps immediately to improve the deplorable conditions at the Remand Centre, South Camp Road Rehabilitation Centre, in Kingston. "It is a situation that we have been working on,"...
Carlton Davis responds to issues affecting public sector
Cabinet Secretary Dr. Carlton Davis was recently the guest at The Gleaner's monthly Editors' Forum, held at the newspaper's North Street office, Kingston. Below are excepts of his comments on a number of issues affecting the public sector. THE RELEASE...
Changes to JTB first step in the right direction - Butch
REACTING TO criticisms that recent changes made to the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) were to facilitate the interest "of a special few," chairman of the Sandals group of hotels, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, has said that it was a step in the right...
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