Stubborn resistance by mourners to the coronavirus law has forced some churches to refuse to officiate funerals, causing clergymen to even summon the police to defuse clashes that threaten to get physical. Religious leaders are being pressured,......

Narda McKoy covered her face with a picture of Jalisa McGowan to hide the tears streaming down after reading a note scribbled by Jalisa’s little sister, Karlisa McKoy, following her passing last Friday. Karlisa, a seven-year-old, wrote: “I love ...

Despite the apparent tragedy in which a fishing trip ended on Sunday night as residents ripped open the stomach of a shark captured in Old Harbour Bay in St Catherine, 27-year old Shenel Smith is hanging on to a thread of hope that she will see her....

WESTERN BUREAU:- A former medical doctor who was once employed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay is now dead, and his alleged gay lover, a former INDECOM investigator, in police custody in Toronto following a stabbing incident.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Two of the three men charged in connection with the contract killing of Tamara Geddes pleaded guilty in the Trelawny Circuit Court on Wednesday, joining the deceased’s sister and her two nieces as persons implicated in the...

As the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) ramp up their vaccination programmes, Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has said that the local tourism sector could benefit from those developments. The US and UK are key source markets.....

WESTERN BUREAU: With a noticeable indifference towards mask-wearing to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the Second City, the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) kicked....

Vaccine delay Jamaica's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines has been pushed back till Monday, March 8 - a few days later than the March 4 arrival date that was previously announced. The delay was reportedly linked to logistical and scheduling...

The mother of a three week and five days old baby, who has been hospitalised for just under two weeks, is lamenting the poor communication and lack of urgency in carrying out medical tests on her young child. Natasha Williams’ son was born on...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaican public hospitals are not to turn away any patient suffering from the life-threatening disorder asthma, even if they have concerns with heightened anxiety over coronavirus infection. The order comes in the wake of the death....

The pastor of a church in Windsor Heights, St Ann’s Bay, has been charged with breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act after the police were called to a worship service. Charged is Christine McLean of the City of Refuge Endtime Prophetic...

Reggae icon Bunny Wailer’s legacy extends beyond his music and was largely influenced by radicalisation having been born in the 1940s at a time when the pressures of colonial life weighed heavily on poor black people. Born Neville Livingston, the...

Like reggae king Bob Marley, Neville Livingston attended Stepney Primary School in St Ann as youngsters, having moved to the Garden Parish from his birthplace in Kingston. For years, he and his younger sisters, Vinette, Millicent, and Pearl, made.....

Approximately 65 per cent of Jamaicans are being targeted for vaccination by March 2022. However, health officials are wary that vaccine hesitancy might affect that ambitious goal. The country is expected to receive its first batch of 50,000...

A dispute over the dumping of garbage led to the murder of a 19-year-old woman and the wounding of another in the rural community of Carlton Mountain, near Claremont in St Ann, on Tuesday. The police are now seeking a security guard for...

The children of Allman Town have made an earnest plea to their fellow community members to bring violence to an end as they desire to experience more peace. Up to Monday, 17 murders and 13 shootings were recorded in the Kingston Central Police...

The two St Catherine men charged with manslaughter arising from the death of a two-year-old boy are to set to reappear in the St Catherine Parish Court next month. Dead is Tayshawn McDonald of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Those...

Forty-year-old Nadeen Geddes was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of her 36-year-old sister Tamara Geddes on Tuesday. Tamara was shot and killed inside her home at Reserve district in Trelawny on June 19, 2020. Her 10-year-old...

A two-week ban on funerals and burials has drawn the ire of stakeholders in the industry, with warnings of mayhem as bereaved families rush to bring forward the final rites to beat the deadline. The order was imposed by Prime Minister Andrew...

Education ministers across the region have given unanimous approval for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to conduct its 2021 sitting despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered some schools for months. It was a unanimous decision of....