Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has urged the country's courts to improve the efficiency with which cases are handled to avoid a repeat of the administrative blunder that resulted in the murder conviction of Vybz Kartel and three other men being overturned. 

Mr. Sykes pointed out that there were jury irregularities in the first trial, which led the privy council to rule last year that the matter be sent back to Jamaica’s Court of Appeal.

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He is 19-year-old Alunzo Espute of Cassava Piece, Kingston 8.

He was charged with murder.

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The Minister was speaking today at the Jamaica Teachers Association Annual Conference in Hanover. Dr. Morris Dixon noted that the current state of many staff rooms is unacceptable, especially as it relates to temperature.

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The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), which represents the workers, say it was informed that the drivers and mechanics will not be paid the new salaries, which took effect in July, in keeping with the completion of negotiations between the brigade and the union.

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The legal team of senior People’s National Party member KD Knight says a response has not yet been received from the Police Commissioner in relation to a probe it requested into the treatment and use of an audio that was played at a recent Jamaica Labour Party mass rally.

The lawyers say the manipulated audio recording was purported to be their client speaking disparagingly of Opposition Leader and PNP President Mark Golding.

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"You do not need to look at that zero. We are committed to giving you the best possible wage offer."That's the comment from Education Minister, Senator Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, as she addressed delegates of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) at their 61st Annual Conference in Hanover, this morning.The issue of wages has been a major sore point for public school teachers, especially in the wake of last Friday's meeting between the JTA's leadership and the Finance Ministry.

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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Densil Williams, says there is need for a reform on what success looks like among students at the tertiary level. 

Speaking at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association's annual conference, Professor Williams highlighted that the education system defines success by exam passes.

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The island's public school teachers are expected to get an update today about the vexed issue of wages when the Education Minister addresses the Jamaica Teachers' Association's Annual Conference.The promise was given by Dr Dana Morris Dixon at the Association's awards ceremony last evening.

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The debaters were named during a press conference hosted by the Jamaica Debates Commission this morning. The JDC has indicated that a team format will be used for the social issues and economy debates.

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In separate releases this afternoon, the unions said the alleged statements by the Minister which suggest that the majority of public servants have already received a salary increase for the 2025/2026 financial year, are false. According to the JCTU the 7.5 per cent increase referenced by the Minister in a news interview, resulted from the movement of eligible public sector workers by up to three increments on their salary scales.

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