Call for boot camps - School of hard knocks mooted as cure for delinquent students
Amid the growing level of indiscipline and violence in Jamaican learning institutions, a school activist yesterday called for boot camps to be installed nationally for delinquent students. Lawman Lynch, safe schools ambassador in the Ministry of National Security, argued...
Parties tight-lipped on dual-citizenship talks
General secretaries of the People's National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday declined to divulge details of a recent meeting held between the two parties to discuss the controversial dual citizenship issue. Those in attendance...
Simpson Miller tags JLP with failing grade
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has dubbed the eight-month-old Bruce Golding administration a failure."I am not going to rate them on any scale. I give them a failing grade," Simpson Miller said. Last September, Simpson Miller led the People's National Party...
How the National Housing Trust (NHT) rate rise affects you
Prime Minister Bruce Golding recently announced changes in the interest rates for some National Housing Trust (NHT) customers. Below are examples of how a mortgagor's monthly payments can be affected by the interest-rate changes as of June 1.According...
Government makes pitch for backyard gardening in Jamaica
In the face of soaring fuel prices and increased concern over food security, Jamaicans are being urged to plant vegetable crops as part of their Labour Day projects this Friday.Olivia Grange, minister of infor-mation, culture, youth and sports, said...
Exploring the 1865 Native Baptist War
The Reverend Devon Dick has just secured his doctor of philosophy degree in Caribbean Studies from the University of Warwick. His thesis related to the work and legacy of the Christian group who was known as Native Baptists. This group has among its most famous members...
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