Stories by Paul Clarke

The Ministry of Finance has moved to ease the pressure on the beleaguered court system by confirming, through a letter, that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) will now be able to employ some additional staff.The information...

Asif Ahmad, British high commissioner to Jamaica, says that methods he employed in helping to fashion a healthy trade and investment relationship between the United Kingdom and the Philippines, and which helped to provide a sturdy economic platform...

There was to be no fairy-tale ending in the story of yet another person being swept away in a gully by raging floodwaters as the tale of 79-year-old labourer William Marshall would prove.Marshall's tattered body was discovered yesterday morning in...

NCB Financial Group's Managing Director Patrick Hylton urged Gleaner employees not to be daunted by changes in a fast-pace world. They should, instead, embrace the opportunities that these changes carry.Hylton was the keynote speaker at The Gleaner'...

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is warning National Security Minister Robert Montague of overreaching after he took the Police Services Commission (PSC) to task over itsfailure to promptly promote scores of police personnel.In a...

Asif Ahmad, the new British high commissioner to Jamaica, said he would use his tour of duty in the country to pursue hot-button topics, such as crime and security, drawing on the strong historic ties between both countries to drive the dialogue....

Jamaica continues to have the powerful backing of Britain in the fight against international terrorism, said newly appointed High Commissioner Asif Ahmad, while talking up the United Kingdom's (UK) support for local law enforcement.Ahmad said that...

Some schools are still having to make do without the much-needed furniture that was promised by the Ministry of Education, even as they welcomed students for the start of a new academic year yesterday.In one such case, it is believed that at least...

Long-held ambitions to transform downtown Kingston appear to be finally taking off, with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation leading the effort through plans to pedestrianise King Street."The extensive work on the St William Grant Park...

For just shy of 40 years, St Joseph's High School was the envy of many. From its obscure start in 1978, it rose to become the number one privately operated high school in the Corporate Area.Those heady days are now gone. The school's board of...

Nineteen Cuban teachers will begin practising in Jamaican schools when the new term begins next week, as the Government steps up its drive to expand Spanish literacy among the population.The group is now completing two days of orientation at the...

The 24 brand new Suzuki Vitara sports utility vehicles (SUVs), valued at $33 million and which were presented to police divisional commanders yesterday, have been outfitted with tracking devices, National Security Minister Robert Montague has said....