The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) says it has received formal communication from the Ministry of Education about the payment of increments.
President Mark Malabver made the disclosure during an interview with IRIE FM News.
The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) has called on the Ministry of Labour to intervene in an ongoing dispute with the JTA.
This is reportedly over long-outstanding payments owed to its workers.
A man accused of attempting to abduct a woman died after he was reportedly mobbed by angry residents of Treadways District in Linstead, St. Catherine yesterday.
The man's identity has not been released.
As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, economist, Keenan Falconer is warning that global oil prices could surge.
Iran has pushed what many are calling the panic button by closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Saturday’s attack on its territory by the United States and Israel.
Some Jamaicans in the Middle East are trying to be optimistic amidst unrest in the region.
Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it is monitoring military hostilities and hopes for an early resolution.