As the new school year gets underway, lobby group Stand Up For Jamaica (SUFJ), has expressed its willingness to assist the Ministries of Education and Health, with managing mental health challenges, among students. Over the past few years, the Government has implemented several initiatives geared at addressing mental health problems.

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The police's Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) arrested seven individuals for breaches of the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) in St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland between Thursday and Saturday. NAITS is an identification and registration system for the country's livestock population.

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Speaking at the Annual Assize Church Service in Montego Bay St. James yesterday, the Chief Justice said Circuit Courts in Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland have not recorded over a 100 percent clearance rate in the past two years.

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"It is a disaster waiting to happen"

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Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. said persons should not be fooled by fake job offers, especially since the TikTok accounts are fraudulently using his image to promote the offers.Mr. Charles Jr. stressed that no prospective employer will ask persons to make payments up front.

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As the police's Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) increases efforts to curb the activities of praedial larcenists, an appeal is being made to farmers to report all incidents of theft.According to APB Commander, Assistant Commissioner Oral Pascoe, farmers are reluctant to make reports because they have little confidence in the police addressing the issue.

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Operations Officer Inspector Horace Hunt said since the start of the year, the division recorded 39 murders, down from the 63 recorded in the corresponding period last year.

He was giving the police report to the meeting of the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, on Thursday.

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The student of Hopewell High School in Hanover, tragically lost his life in a suspected suicide on Thursday, September 11.

According to the CPFSA on the evening of Twain’s death, he arrived home approximately 2 hours late, despite being repeatedly warned by his mother to get home by 5:00 pm.

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That is the warning to praedial larcenists as the Constabulary's newly established Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) presses forward with efforts to safeguard the livelihoods of the nation's farmers.The branch was officially launched in June.Its commander, Acting Assistant Commissioner Oral Pascoe, said it is already reaping successes in combatting crimes plaguing farming communities.

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A taxi operator was shot and killed by one of two men posing as passengers in Greater Portmore, St. Catherine, last night.

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