Thursday’s release of three high-profile members of the notorious Coke family and four others on murder and gang-related charges served as a blow to law-enforcement and justice officials who have pitched the crushing of mafias as a key goal to...

Caribbean leaders used Thursday’s high-level climate summit hosted by United States President Joseph Biden to press for debt relief and investment swaps for island states that have been victim to major weather events. Antigua and Barbuda Prime...

Budgetary challenges have been cited as stumbling blocks to the police force achieving key targets to bolster its capacity to manage crime. That hurdle is cause for concern for Lloyd Distant Jr, chairman of the Crime Monitoring and Oversight...

Lawmakers yesterday sought to reshape the Sexual Harassment Prevention Bill to include new definitions for working relationships in light of the changing nature of workplaces in modern times. An idea to also extend protection beyond tenant-landlord....

WESTERN BUREAU: Raft captains at the Martha Brae River in Trelawny are now facing an uncertain future because unlike in the past when issues such as low water levels had temporarily slowed down operations, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has dried up....

WESTERN BUREAU: Two former Jewel properties are to be rebranded and repurposed as Sandals and Beaches resorts, with the Adam Stewart-led Jamaican group adding three new hotels to the country’s tourism roster. One other hotel is to be built on land...

A Jamaica Defence Force corporal who was accused of pointing a firearm at his wife after catching her at their home with a naked policeman is to be sentenced on May 17 after he was found guilty on Thursday of common assault and illegal possession......

The prisoner who escaped custody last month after disarming and shooting a policeman at the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew in March is to be sentenced in the Gun Court on June 18. Ricardo ‘Kaka’ Richards, who was facing six charges, pleade...

The Optimist Club of Trench Town is banking on a donation of 40 copies of Cedella Marley’s children’s book Get Up, Stand Up to kick-start a campaign to root out bullying among children in the community. The donation, which was brokered by well-....

WESTERN BUREAU: As Stephina Ralston returned to her home in Warsop, Trelawny, on Tuesday, she was paralysed with fear that the man who had butchered her within an inch of her life was still lurking around. The 23-year-old, who survived several...

Retired parliamentarian Pearnel Charles Sr and residents of a St Thomas community are embroiled in a feud that has exploded with claims that vengeful arsonists destroyed 500 acres of sugar cane on his property. The dispute centres on a small island....

Three members of the Coke clan are among seven persons who could hear today whether murder and gang-related charges hanging over their heads will be conditionally discontinued. Prosecutors announced in court on Wednesday that Director of Public...

Sighs of relief could be heard all around yesterday as 27 persons who entered the island on a repatriation flight from London in the United Kingdom disembarked buses to begin a period of quarantine at The Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston. With a...

Cayman Islands Chief Justice Anthony Smellie has reversed a recent decision barring Jamaican attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman from practising in the country. Wildman was admitted to the Caymanian Bar on Wednesday at a Zoom hearing. The attorney is to......

Convinced that women are natural problem solvers, engineer Natalie Sparkes is encouraging more women to pursue careers in the field and not shy away from information and communications technology (ICT). Sparkes, a past president of the Jamaica...

WESTERN BUREAU Members of the Jamaican Bar Association believe that legal provisions already exist for criminal matters to be placed before the courts without the cooperation of the complainant. “An assault is an offence against the State and.....

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has described as “irregular and “improper” questions raised by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck in a statement to Parliament about the Trafigura bribery case, which is to be heard in open court. The scandal over ...

Jamaica has been marshalling support for thousands of displaced residents in St Vincent and the Grenadines, where the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano has disrupted lives. Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Lawrence Major sets sail today for the......

Food for the Poor through its Florida-based office has shipped 10 container-loads of relief supplies to St Vincent and the Grenadines to help the people affected by the La Soufrière volcanic eruption. Some 16,000 people, majority of...

Flagging public outrage over a domestic violence scandal, House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert called out the Opposition on Tuesday, pushing for there to be a definitive statement on whether members of parliament who are involved in criminal...