Home Grown Produce to help reduce imports

August 22, 2016 in Regional

THE Central Jamaica Social Development Initiative (CJSDI) through its ‘Home Grown Produce’ brand is not only aiming to help reduce food imports but also to provide jobs to numerous young people in the parish of Clarendon. “Now this is the concept behind Home Grown Produce —...

RESIGN NOW

August 22, 2016 in Regional

Dwyer Astaphan, who was a national security minister in St Kitts & Nevis, said if a similar situation had occured in other parts of the world, the individual would have resigned forthwith. “In some countries, if something like this happens at the house of the prime minister,...

Major decline in 2016 CSEC Math

August 22, 2016 in Regional

Antigua & Barbuda has seen a 13 per cent drop in the pass rate for CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) mathematics in 2016 as compared to 2015. The pass rate in 2016 dropped to 42 per cent for school entries, or 39 per cent for all...

Deadly Sundays

August 19, 2016 in Regional

SUNDAYS — the day of worship for most Jamaicans — is proving to be deadliest on the island’s roadways, according the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport and Mining. Of the 248 road fatalities recorded since the beginning of the year, 47 were...