The heroics of 30-year-old Kemar ‘Doggie’ Campbell Wednesday have led to him being hailed as a hero after he mounted a utility pole to rescue of a Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) contractor electrocuted by power lines in his Arnett Gardens...

President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, Winston Smith, is cautioning the Ministry of Education and Youth not to use fees for the licensing of teachers to help fund the operations of the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC). His comments...

PORT MARIA, St Mary: The return of sunshine Wednesday only served to reveal that dark times were not yet over for Port Maria after three days of torrential rainfall, which triggered widespread devastation and floods, left sections of the St Mary...

Twenty-two-year-old Malika Allen is determined to blaze a trail of her own, despite loss, financial challenges, and other hurdles. Come August, she will commence PhD studies in neuroscience in the United States. Allen grew up in Meadowbrook, St...

The Office of the Supervisor of Insolvency (OSI) has reported that since the COVID-19 pandemic, 44 individuals and companies have sought protection under its regime. The OSI is a department under the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce,.....

WESTERN BUREAU: HEALTH AND Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that the Government will soon launch an official calendar of events for which persons fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be eligible to attend. Tufton made the...

Gunmen firing indiscriminately inside a shop along Featherbed Lane in Spanish Town Tuesday night killed one man and injured two others, including a 15-year-old Ascot High schoolboy who is hospitalised in serious condition. The incident, which...

WESTERN BUREAU: THE TRELAWNY police have confirmed the arrest of one of the main suspects in the murder of an elderly farmer, whose charred remains were discovered in Clark’s Town about 1 p.m. on Monday. “We have managed to apprehend one of the....

WESTERN BUREAU: American Airlines has added Austin, Texas, to its United States-Montego Bay (MBJ) route and will commence flights between the cities as at June 11. The airline, the number-one carrier into the island, already operates a service to......

Three of Jamaica’s top investigative bodies have turned their searchlights on the real estate market where ill-gotten money is being channelled to fund construction projects. Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang told his parliamentary...

The unlicensed taxi operator nabbed after taking several passengers on a daredevil ride Monday in a bid to elude the police is reportedly a repeat traffic offender who had more than a dozen unpaid tickets. Jamoy ‘Massive’ Pusey, 26, was cornered...

Declaring that the police are thwarting “pain-for-pain” vendettas, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson is turning the screws on the legislature and judiciary to plug existing loopholes being exploited by criminals. Murders have...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that a man can rape another man in Barbados. The finding from the Caribbean appellate court, which was the view of six members of the seven-judge panel, arose out of an appeal by the Barbados...

PORT MARIA, St Mary: St Mary Central Member of Parliament Dr Moras Guy has appealed for state support after three days of torrential rainfall caused devastation across the northern parish. Neighbouring St Ann was also hit by flooding, especially in....

Current hikes in the price of basic foods, fuel and electricity costs are having a “devastating” impact on the poor and low-income earners, University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer and economist Peter-John Gordon has said. The escalations co...

A forensic expert testified on Tuesday that the couple targeted by the Clansman-One Don Gang in a murder-arson in New Nursey, Twickenham Park, in 2017, died from gunshot wounds before their house was set on fire. According to the pathologist, no......

The proposed construction of a bus shed at a cost of $2.6 million in the constituency of St Ann South Eastern, for which Lisa Hanna is member of parliament, brought the approvals process of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committee to a...

Noting the time of 6:35 p.m., RJRGLEANER Group CEO Gary Allen gave the nod to Minister without Portfolio Robert Morgan to punch the button on Monday representing the transition to a digital age for television broadcasting in Jamaica. The...

Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey says a file will be sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for guidance on how to proceed in the case involving the one-year-old girl who died after being left for hours in her father’s....

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has revealed that a claim has been made for the full policy limit of US$250 million on Jamalco’s insurance following a fire that ravaged the alumina plant last August. The fire broke out at Jamalco’s powerhouse,...