Jamaica News

(Jamaica Observer) The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is looking to set up a 24-hour helpline that will provide support for children with mental health issues.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis is expressing gratitude to the Church and some members of the public for their support as he prepares for his legal face-off against gay rights group Montego Bay Pride, which is set to begin in the Supreme Court in Kingston tomorrow.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The measures mandated by the Financial Action Task Force, FATF, and its regional arm, while meant to constrain illicit financing of terrorists and other schemes, is now putting undue burden on non-profit operations that could drive then into the ground.

(Jamaica Observer) The Financial Times has given recognition to Jamaica’s stock market success story in a piece entitled ‘Jamaican stock exchange rallies to become world’s best performing’.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dis-carded Education Minister Ruel Reid is alleged to have sent WhatsApp messages to Caribbean Mari-time University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock instructing him, among other things, to hire his wife, Sharen Reid.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Neighbours in Hellshire, St Catherine, of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock yesterday said that since news broke of his connection to accusations of corruption involving the Ministry of Education and the CMU, his behaviour has changed drastically.

(Jamaica Observer) Two of three lawyers representing the five people accused of milking State coffers of over $50 million, among other illegal acts, yesterday came out swinging in defence of their clients, charging that the allegations were false and unsubstantiated while lambasting the investigators for using unnecessary tactics to detain the individuals.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government and the Opposition People’s National Party have reacted to yesterday’s arrests of former Education Minister Ruel Reid and others.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Investigators have charged that nearly $50 million of public funds was diverted to the personal use of discarded Education Minister Ruel Reid and Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President, Professor Fritz Pinnock, through a number of schemes, including one that mirrors the Career Advancement Programme-Youth Employment Solutions (CAP-YES).

(Jamaica Gleaner) The school community at Munro College in St Elizabeth is in mourning following the death of third form student 14-year-old Diego DeSouza who passed away in his sleep in the early hours of this morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Education Minister Ruel Reid and two members of his family are among five people arrested in the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU)-Education Ministry corruption probe.

(Jamaica Observer) Ninety-five year-old Nora Johnson, a resident of Mendez district in Point Hill, St Catherine, is the latest recipient of a new home under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme, which is expected to significantly improve her standard of living.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Government Senator Robert Morgan has “unequivocally” withdrawn a controversial tweet he posted on Monday with which the Opposition has taken issue.

(Jamaica Observer) Residents of Twickenham Park housing scheme in St Catherine are enraged.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has been given the go-ahead to list the first-ever Caribbean green bond on the stock market, which will be used to raise money to fund environment-friendly projects.

(Jamaica Observer) Opposition Senator Dr Andre Haughton this morning issued an apology for his “love breast” comment, which was made in Parliament on Friday, causing public uproar.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Divers from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are expected to join the search for an educator who went missing on the weekend after he allegedly jumped off a bridge into the Rio Grande at St Margaret’s Bay in Portland.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican journalist Carol Rose has been made editor for the Florida-based Palm Beach Daily News.

(Jamaica Observer) A police sergeant accused of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl in June was  offered $300,000 bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last Friday.

(Jamaica Observer) Marlene Lyons, the mother of slain taxi driver Oshane McLennon, believes he was senselessly gunned down by criminals who once lived in the Majesty Gardens community which he called home.