Remove it! - Ministry orders schools to stop using controversial textbook, orders full review of approved textbooks
After much public outcry surrounding the use of a textbook in the secondary school system, which states that homosexual unions may be considered a family type, the Ministry of Education has ordered that the controversial textbook be removed from the classroom....
'Nuh drop him, yu nuh' - Mother, newborn brave makeshift bridge
A broken bridge made accessible by a makeshift ladder in Mount Lebanus, St. Thomas, was the only way a mother and her young baby, just released from the hospital, were able to get home yesterday. Being careful not to slip and fall with her child into the rising waters, Marsha Allen..
National Water Commission (NWC) wants 40% rate hike
The National Water Commission (NWC) is seeking a 40 per cent increase in rates. The utility company, which supplies water to approximately 85 per cent of all households on the island, recently submitted its application to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) for a tariff review.
School fee payback starts next week
The Ministry of Education is to receive $800 million from the Finance and Public Service Ministry early next week to pay schools for reimbursement of tuition fees.Education Minister, Andrew Holness, said that parents should begin collecting sums paid at the start...
Scrap metal export officially scrapped
The Order to halt exports of scrap metal in the burgeoning multimillion-dollar business has been gazetted and signed by the Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda. This officially brings activities in the unregulated business to a standstill, effective October 31....
Child without a country
Shellesha Woodstock, the 19-year-old who recently gave birth to her daughter on a Cayman Airways flight en route to Jamaica, is now finding it difficult to register her child. Ms. Woodstock yesterday told The Gleaner she was told by local authorities that her baby....
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