Stories by Ryon Jones

Prescription fraud is becoming a serious problem in Jamaica, and doctors who flout the law by not ensuring their names and registration numbers are clearly visible on all prescriptions are a major part of the problem."The major problem is that the...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is not convinced that amendments to the Registration, Births and Deaths Act - making it compulsory for fathers' names to be added to birth certificates - will have the desired effect.It has long been advocated that...

Cuba's revolutionary leader and former President Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz has been hailed as a friend to Jamaica.The bond of friendship between Jamaica and Cuba was developed in the 1970s while the late Michael Manley and Castro were at the helm...

She is only 15 years old and still in school, but is already the mother of a six-month-old daughter.Brianna Johnson* is one of 20 girls who got pregnant and had to drop out of the Kellits High School in Clarendon over the last two years.She said her...

At least one security expert believes that the more than three million dollars being spent each year to tend to the 15 gelding horses in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Mounted Troop Division is a waste of resources.The annual expenses incurred...

Public health care in Jamaica has been made cheaper since the removal of user fees, but this has resulted in persons having to endure lengthy wait times in order to receive medical attention at public...

Bolstered by the success of the violence-interruption programme in St Catherine North, the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), in collaboration with the Ministry of National Security's Crime Prevention and Community Safety arm, is ready to roll out...

One senior inspector of police is among several members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) accusing the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) of arresting and charging police personnel before conducting a proper investigation....