Flood damage in at least six parishes swamped by rains unleashed by the diverting Tropical Storm Elsa has been preliminarily billed at $800 million, but that figure is set to mount as more comprehensive reports stream in, highly placed government......

Aaron Morgan said he often called the police to intervene in domestic violence at his home but he is not convinced that his cries for help were taken seriously because he is a man. He again raised an alarm on Monday morning, but that assistance...

Enforcement and sanctions against the sale of single-use plastic appear to have collapsed as trading of the contraband items is done openly in the capital Kingston, a few hundred metres from the Parliament building that crafted legislaton against......

WESTERN BUREAU: Another person might have died from fear, but Paulette Williams refused to yield to the treacherous flood rains caused by Tropical Storm Elsa that threatened to sweep her away on Sunday. Trapped in her car on the New Yarmouth-Kemps.....

New chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Gaston Browne, is pushing fellow members of the regional bloc to urgently advance the integration process or run the risk of being left behind. In his first address as chairman to the 42nd Regular.....

Defence lawyer for the St Ann senior citizen who was on Monday sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a man to death over money has blamed his descent into a life of crime on parental neglect. The decision was handed down while he awaits...

A man who brutally attacked two sisters aged 11 and 13 with a machete was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the St Catherine Circuit Court. He is Timothy Tulloch, a 25-year-old labourer of Marlie Acres in Old Harbour, St Catherine. In handing down....

St Lucians will go to the polls on July 26. July 16 is nomination day. Prime Minister Allen Chastanet made the announcement late Monday in an address to the nation in which he appealed for a second consecutive term in office. While describing the......

With political unrest and gang violence continuing to rock Haiti, incoming CARICOM Chairman Gaston Browne has called on member states to redouble their efforts in trying to restore normality to the troubled country. While acknowledging that CARICOM....

Jamaica was spared the full wrath of Tropical Storm Elsa on Sunday but state authorities are already forecasting significant damage to the island’s road infrastructure, with sections of Clarendon and St Catherine appearing to have suffered the...

“We are all in danger down here.” That was the pithy and profound analysis of Antonio Williams, a resident of Bamboo River who is fearful that the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season will bring another round of woe. Folk in the St Thomas community......

As 74-year-old Denzil Hill erected sticks at a breakaway across from the Gimme-Me-Bit Primary and Infant School in Clarendon on Sunday, he did so with resignation that it could have been avoided. The road gave way to the ravages of rain from...

An eight-year-old girl of a St Thomas address was allegedly abducted and raped by a lone man on Saturday. According to reports, the child was walking to church with her cousin along a dirt road in the parish when they were pounced on by the...

Frustrated stakeholders in the island’s solar energy sector lobbying for a tax break on the import of newer-type batteries say they are suffering from government inaction and are warning that the country will not meet its 32 per cent target for......

Sunday was the first time in more than two decades that floodwaters forced at least one Nine Miles, Bull Bay, family to find higher ground. Fearful that even her four dogs would be harmed, Hartence Sharpe screamed until help came. She was able to.....

As darkened skies hung over communities along the Gordon Town main road on Sunday, the pitter-patter of rainfall on zinc roofs was a haunting soundtrack that reminded residents of the catastrophe that unfolded eight months ago. Tropical Storm Elsa.....

WESTERN BUREAU: As Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe reopen their markets to Jamaica, year-end tourist arrivals to the island have been revised upwards by half a million visitors from the original forecast of 1.3 million. Jamaica’s tourism......

Just like the constant mutation of the coronavirus, the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association’s (JMDA) fight over demeaning work contracts seems a recurring issue, with ultimately one major casualty of the unending war – helpless citizens. One ...

Some Jamaicans left nothing to chance in their preparation for Tropical Storm Elsa yesterday, even as others questioned the severity of its impact on the island today. From battening down roofs to stocking up on grocery items, regardless of the...

CARICOM governments are moving to block nationals of countries who opt out of receiving skilled workers from benefiting from that right in other member states. The stance is being backed by Jamaican business interests, and former Prime Minister...