Former Minister of Education Ruel Reid is to be congratulated for having Jamaica evaluated under PISA – The Programme for International Student Assessment – conducted by the OECD (the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). Another.
THE EDITOR, Madam: It was reported recently that the PM of Belize sent one of his ministers on leave from Cabinet duties pending the outcome of an investigation related to impropriety involving a female attorney. The report suggests that the.
A local business lobby and the island’s main civil service union say the principle of regular government workers being sent on leave or suspended to facilitate probes should be applied to six yet-unnamed lawmakers being investigated for illicit.
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Despite repeated assurances from the government, students at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Jamaica have said that they are still unable to register for classes and receive their degrees a week on.
Last Monday, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Lionel “Max” Hurst explained that the government had agreed to pay tuition for the students at a specific rate, which was paid during the students’ first two years at the learning institution.
However, he said the school sought to change the agreement in the third year of the students’ study.
Hurst said the issue was further complicated after multiple high-ranking officials at the school were slapped with charges in connection with a multimillion-Jamaican-dollar fraud and corruption scandal.