WESTERN BUREAU: Two weeks after discussions with the United Kingdom (UK) government on the acceptance of AstraZeneca vaccine codes not recognised by that European country, Jamaica is yet to see a change in status. The island is among a group of...

Sidelined former People’s National Party (PNP) parliamentarian Kern Spencer has chastised dissident members for sowing discord in the beleaguered political movement. He has also urged rival factions to stop inflicting wounds and accept that they.....

A number of teachers have been finding it taxing to deliver online lessons while fulfilling other duties and manage their personal lives as they find themselves, like parents and students, wishing for a return to the classroom. It has been tough...

A soldier was reportedly among the alleged members of the One Don Gang who served as armed bodyguards for reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, a former crony revealed during his testimony in the Home Circuit Court on Thursday. The ex-member an...

Sixteen years after overcoming her battle with breast cancer, Carmeta Burrell does not count herself as lucky, but “blessed”. The 77-year-old St Catherine resident, who spent a decade fighting the disease between 1995 and 2005, believes prayers,...

MILL BANK, Portland: The body of 65-year-old hunter Renold Franklin was removed from a ravine in the hilly interior of the Rio Grande Valley, Portland, shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday by a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) helicopter, which was called....

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has renewed its call for a full roll-out of body-worn cameras among the security forces even as it acknowledged the increased use of their own devices by some cops to record incidents and...

The Integrity Commission has flagged three critical state agencies for instances in which goods and services procured were misclassified under the emergency contracting methodology. Kevon Stephenson, director of investigations at the Integrity...

The police say they are aware of “deep issues” between an estranged couple that have been theorised to be the trigger for a rash of murders, shootings, and an abduction in Cassava Piece, Park Lane, and Red Hills Road. The domestic conflict has.....

The Jamaican Government has reintroduced the bauxite production levy in a new arrangement with Concord Resources Limited, a company headquartered in London that acquired the 49 per cent shares of New Day Aluminium (Jamaica) in July. Previously, the....

The Manchester Health Department is having a challenge carrying out routine inspections at some rural shops as operators alert each other to the presence of public health inspectors so they can evade efforts to check on their adherence to health...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday expressed concerns about the volume of information that is being given in trial by the first witness, instructing the prosecution to be more “pointed” and “focused” in leading the evidence, given that ther...

The occupants of the childhood home of Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer in Trench Town, St Andrew, are yet to receive assistance as they seek to recover from a recent fire that left them without a roof over their heads. The two-storey building on...

Over the past three months, skateboarding has become the new rave for children of Trench Town, St Andrew, with a few eyeing coaching and competitive sports. In street-style, they skated up and down Second Street, manoeuvring a board ramp to...

Accusing the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) of disconnecting the electricity of paying customers to combat thievery, Opposition Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Eastern Julian Robinson is calling for the Government’s intervention in....

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke tabled a supplementary Budget on Tuesday that will increase spending by roughly 4.0 per cent mainly to combat the spread and impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The increase in the Budget equates to about $36.5...

The suspension of face-to-face classes in the advent of the coronavirus pandemic has cost the Government a whopping $3.3 billion for the procurement of electronic devices for online classes, Technology Minister Daryl Vaz reported on Tuesday....

Attorneys providing legal aid for accused members of the Uchence Wilson Gang were paid a total of $55 million last year, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck disclosed in Parliament on Tuesday. “If we continue at that rate, the estimate is that the One.....

Prosecutors and security officials should place greater focus on securing convictions for illicit enrichment as a strategic means of tackling crime and corruption. That’s the view of opposition Senator Peter Bunting, the former national security.....

Residents of Woodford Park in southeast St Andrew are lamenting the daily disruption to their electricity supply, for several hours, since June. Some householders theorise that legitimate Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) customers are being...