The imposition of stiffer penalties for the smuggling of contraband into Jamaica’s penal institutions is not likely to dent the inflow of illegal items as correctional officers are sometimes forced to comply with the demands of dons while others.....

The Greg Christie-led Integrity Commission is under increasing pressure to revisit the court matter involving former Hanover Western Member of Parliament Ian Hayles, almost five years after the Supreme Court granted an injunction blocking the...

The economic impact of the pandemic on consumers has become more pronounced with a decline in retail sales for the holiday period, but senior economists have said that there is very little the Government can do to loosen the screws of inflationary.....

Like most residents in Merrivale, St Andrew, Hylton Anderson had settled in overnight prepared to enjoy rest and relaxation at typical Sunday pace. But on December 12, around 4:30 a.m., the rumble of a convoy of concrete-mixing trucks at the...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has expressed outrage that criminals are turning illegal parties into battlegrounds to settle scores and unleash bloodshed. His concern comes days before Christmas amid fears of a proliferation of...

Camille Foster held back her tears as she walked to the platform to collect her award and that of her now-deceased husband, Garnet Foster. The couple, who hail from Bullet Tree in Petersfield, Westmoreland, had opened their home last September to......

DAYS AFTER thieves murdered two goat farmers in Westmoreland, gunmen struck again in the parish on Monday night, this time in the small community of Kingswood, where they shot and killed a common-law couple. The latest victims have been identified....

The deputy head of planning and a surveyor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) have been sent on leave with full pay as the authority faces more scrutiny over its approvals and enforcement of building permits. The Local...

There are more questions about negligence or possible corruption at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) following a court case that revealed that a developer built 32...

Seasoned trade unionist Granville Valentine says Monday’s Supreme Court ruling to deny Digicel Jamaica and Cari-Med Limited employees reprieve against the implementation of mandatory COVID vaccine policies pending trial will result in the wanton.....

Jovan Johnson/Senior Staff Reporter Edward Gabbidon has resigned as board chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust amid concerns about his position and the relationship his company, SynCon Technologies, has with the troubled skills training agency. It......

With 41 per 100,000 of the homicides committed in Jamaica being men, Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson says that young males have become endangered species in the country. Addressing a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of St Andrew at.....

Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) President Michael Leckie backs the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine pass to avoid the return of another round of bruising lockdowns that have decimated many businesses and sparked sporadic economic...

A retired High Court judge has said that he knows of no reason why jailbreak investigations should he conducted “behind closed doors”. Retired Justice Lennox Campbell believes, also, that these investigations should include senior police officer...

A grieving St Andrew family is appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the murder of four-year-old Quhaine James, who was shot in the head two Saturdays ago in a drive-by shooting in which a man was also killed, to share what they know to help......

Despite having only 17 per cent of its students vaccinated – a far cry from the education ministry’s intended goal of 65 per cent – Bellefield administrators are making headway to remedy a long-standing challenge with a $60-million push to...

Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited (SIJL) is threatening legal action against the Barbados-registered Cornerstone Financial Holdings Limited (CFHL) and the members of its board of directors in the Supreme Court of Barbados in connection with what.....

Former Island Lubes Distributors Limited director John Levy and his wife Donna were on Monday slapped with fraud charges in relation to the transfer of a motor car. The couple is to appear before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on January 6....

Therese Turner-Jones, the Caribbean economist and noted development advocate, says she has no ill will towards the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) or its president, Mauricio Claver-Carone, who this month pulled the plug on her nearly nine-...

An ongoing rift between rival factions in the Gulf area of Gregory Park, St Catherine, has triggered new tensions in the crime-plagued community as residents blame the St Catherine South police and political representatives for taking sides in the.....