A 16-year-old girl who was slain in bizarre circumstances at her home was among 12 persons killed over 24 hours on the weekend in a psychological blow to the states of emergency (SOEs) imposed nine days ago to rein in runaway murders. Five of the.....

Jamaica’s garbage watchdog and chief collection agency has pledged to probe the transformation of a Paddington Terrace open lot into a massive dump and has vowed to crack down on the widening scourge of construction-industry rogues who scatter...

At least two prominent alumni of Jamaica College (JC) are not anticipating a financial fallout from the saga surrounding Saturday’s resignation of scandal-plagued principal Ruel Reid.. Reid, who is facing fraud charges relating to his secondment a...

A mother who says she was unable to identify her dead son because his face had decomposed beyond recognition, is calling for an investigation of the Government-contracted Archer’s Funeral Home in Spanish Town, where the body was being stored....

Clement Lewis has been living in Salt River for more than 60 years and never thought the day would come when he could enjoy a shower in his bathroom. On Saturday, he rejoiced at the experience as water gushed from his pipe. Lewis generally spends......

What was shaping up to be a precedent-setting court battle between four employees of AIC Jamaica Limited and their bosses over COVID-19 vaccine-or-test policy fizzled last Friday when the workers withdrew their application for the court to grant an....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago have been freed in Haiti and are safe, “in good spirits, and being cared for,” their Ohio-based church organisation announced Sunday.......

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has announced that with some 300 Jamaicans seeking a place in the country’s infirmaries, those facilities may soon open their doors to welcome new arrivals of homeless residents, if the......

Disgraced Jamaica College Principal Ruel Reid yesterday inked a multimillion-dollar deal at the eleventh hour with the St Andrew-based boys’ school he led for 14 years. The last-minute settlement was reached to avert his return to the Old Hope Ro...

At least two hundred and seventy-two of the persons charged for serious crimes in the last decade have committed the same offence while out on bail. To make matters worse, sexual intercourse with a minor, rape, and grievous sexual assault top the.....

Jamaica must employ more evidence-based anti-crime strategies to permanently eliminate the scourge of crime, instead of hastily arranged states of emergency (SOE) that only offer a temporary fix to the problem, Jamaican criminologist Sanjay...

Tax authorities will not be able to collect four years of property tax arrears owed by Constant Spring Golf Club (CSGC) amounting to millions of dollars, following a ruling by Jamaica’s second-highest court this week. It marks the latest...

WESTERN BUREAU : A man fingered in the death of trainee police constable Duvaughn Brown of Williamsfield in Naggo Town, Westmoreland, had threatened the student policeman’s brother hours before the shooting, stating that he had not yet made any.....

The Jamaican Government is weighing “legal consideration” regarding the fate of an ex-Colombian army officer described as a key suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed. This disclosure....

With hours on the clock before the special leave of scandal-scarred former Education Minister Ruel Reid was set to expire, negotiations between the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Jamaica College (JC) board to determine the way forward were still......

Members of the security forces operating in the Corporate Area are peeved at the recent declaration of states of emergency (SOE), lamenting the distress among officers who are being asked to make do with insufficient resources. Kingston Western was....

Leader of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith has given the assurance that the proposed national identification card will not bear the addresses of Jamaicans who sign up for it. She made the disclosure after Opposition Senator...

Despite inking a wage agreement on behalf of the senior uniformed officers within the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Leslie Campbell made it clear that their acceptance of the four per cent wage increase offer should not be interpreted.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday said that no elections will be held until the Government is able to stimulate the economy and bring stability to the nation’s crime problem. He was speaking during a tour of sections of the...

Twenty-three-year-old Tonia Williams, Jamaica’s 2022 Rhodes Scholar, said it was a moment of shock and emotional highs when she learnt that she was being awarded this year’s scholarship on Thursday afternoon. “I’ve had a couple of hours to p...