Stories by Andre Poyser

Amid increasing competition in the tertiary-education sector, Shortwood Teachers' College has made a concerted effort to arrest the downward trend in enrolment that has plagued the institution.Principal of the teacher training institution, Dr...

"Uncharted waters" - that is how former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has described the potential one-seat majority an Andrew Holness-led Government could have when the new Parliament is constituted.Official recounts have accorded an additional seat...

Minister of Justice Mark Golding has described as unconstitutional, a proposal by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to subject appointments of the Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal and the Judicial Services Commission to parliamentary...

When the dust of the election clears on February 25, there will be many questions about the factors which would have influenced the outcome.Of great interest to political scientist, Dr Lloyd Waller is the impact that media and billboard advertising...

THE suggestion that a series of national broadcasts planned by the People's National Party (PNP) is a substitute for its participation in the national political debates was yesterday rebuffed by the party."This is a normal part of communicating the...

Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has expressed dissatisfaction with the level of viewership of content provided by the Education Broadcast Network (EBN).EBN is the education ministry's virtual education initiative that produces educational content...

The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) has raised alarm about what it says is the increased use of social media to entice children into situations where they are sexually abused.Inspector of Police Cecelia...

Principal at Jamaica College (JC), Ruel Reid, is strongly recommending that students at the all-boy institution who live outside the Corporate Area consider boarding.Come September, JC will open new boarding facilities that will be able to house up...