Stories by Jovan Johnson

Children's Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison is dismissing concerns that the number of children having unprotected sex would rise if the Parliament accepts her recommendation to increase the age of consent from 16 to 18 years old.The Jamaica Family...

A lack of documentation surrounding the purchase of approximately $124 million worth of equipment highlights the weak procurement-management system at the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), the auditor general has said in a scathing...

Jamaica's growth projection will take a significant hit, two financial analysts have said following disclosure that the preliminary estimate of damage associated with four events of flooding since March is approximately $4 billion, and agriculture,...

The shame of seeing foreign countries successfully prosecute cases linked to Jamaica without any similar success here over the years should have pushed local authorities to fix the justice system, the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)...

Members of Parliament who have 'attacked' Food For The Poor (FFP), claiming that poor-quality houses are being built for poor Jamaicans at unreasonable costs are ungrateful and should apologise to Jamaica's largest charity, argues Pearnel Charles,...

Two new measures called the Care Order and the Antisocial Behaviour Order are being proposed for the courts to use in treating with children. They would formally replace the 'uncontrollable' designation that some advocates argue results in the abuse...

The authorities should not be surprised at areas left devastated by floods earlier this week, argues geologist Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr, who insists that poor planning and behavioural practices, as well as the failure to use research data to inform...

Jamaicans in poor households who do not get assistance under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) "will be worse off" because of the Government's tax measures imposed to fund the increase in the income tax threshold.That'...

Using the North-South Highway is proving to be quite expensive for lawmakers, but that cannot be an excuse for not turning up for the people's business at Gordon House, Derrick Smith, the leader of government business in the House of Representatives...

Greg Christie, the contractor general in 2012 who battled the then People's National Party (PNP) administration to monitor the US$720 million North-South Highway contract, said that though politicians on both sides are insisting that it was a good...

Outlawing using children to sell on the streets or in markets is a good intention, the National Parent-Teacher Association and a violence expert noted. However, they are cautioning that such punitive measures must equally be matched by government...