The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday ignored calls for clemency and deported 13 Jamaicans who it said had combined jail terms of more than 100 years, including three convicted of murder, another of manslaughter, while others had been sentenced for crimes including drug dealing, burglary and robbery. The British Government also indicated that […]
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WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House yesterday approved a Bill to decriminalise and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters call a failed policy of criminalising pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws. Opponents, mostly Republicans, called the Bill a hollow political […]
ONE hundred and twenty-five more schools will be allowed to resume face-to-face classes, Education Minister Fayval Williams announced in Parliament yesterday. She said the Government took the decision following favourable completion of the pilot reopening of 17 schools across nine parishes in November. Along with the pilot schools, 22 others out of the selected 125 […]
Growing up at Maxfield Park Children’s Home since age five was an experience that made all the difference for Treniel Lowe. Now, the 24-year-old, final-year University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) hospitality and food service management student is giving back to other children at the State-run facility. After a concerned neighbour found him and his two […]
SENATOR Dr Floyd Morris, the recently elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is calling on the Government to speed up implementation of the Disabilities Act (2014) to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) are protected. While acknowledging that work is ongoing to complete the […]
MINISTER of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Norman Dunn, says the Government has been evaluating the need for collaboration with microfinanciers to improve their technological accessibility. Dr Dunn said that this was in response to the cries of the microfinancing institutions (MFIs) for Government intervention to help bring about “a […]
LAURIE Peters returned to Canada last month, ending her just over three years tour of duty as that country’s top diplomat here, during which time relations between Ottawa and Kingston strengthened, especially after the novel coronavirus outbreak in March this year. “We were one of the first to respond to Jamaica’s list of needs — […]
THE health ministry is now assessing what went wrong at a quarantine facility in St Ann, after a mother walked away, leaving her COVID-19-positive child behind. The woman, part of a group that recently arrived from the UK, was later found and is now being detained at the facility, according to Minister of Health and […]