Opposition Leader Mark Golding is backing his predecessor Dr Peter Phillips to remain as member of parliament for St Andrew East Central despite his continued treatment for colon cancer, insisting that he is “still able to provide solid...

Every year, on March 5, Britni Berry would gift her son toys from his long wish list. Berry still plans on buying her son toys this year, but she will place them atop his grave. Eight-year-old Xavier Phillips, nicknamed ‘Bojo’, was shot dead o...

Pandemic-related depression, the death of an infant son, job loss, and family feuds have rendered a couple homeless, forcing Anakay Thomas Peart and her husband, Parnel Peart, to pitch a tent along the shore of Bob Marley Beach in Nine Miles, Bull.....

Ahead of the global celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, gender and development practitioner Judith Wedderburn has expressed disappointment with Jamaica’s women legislators, who she accuses of not doing enough to tackle fundament...

WESTERN BUREAU: The full complement of immigration officers, plus 45 kiosks during peak hours, complemented by the online C5 immigration card accessible at www.enterjamaica.com, are among the measures Sangster International Airport will implement......

Kadie-Ann Witter Domville remembers well the eager anticipation that would seize her when her dad, Winston Witter, was coming to visit at her maternal grandparents’ home in Ocho Rios, St Ann. Invariably, she would fall asleep before he arrived,......

With the full resumption of face-to-face classes today, some schools are still being handicapped by furniture shortage. Violet Thomas-Thompson, president of the Primary and Infant School Principals Association disclosed that the challenge has...

WESTERN BUREAU: One of Jamaica’s first black women to capitalise on the tourism industry, catering to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Lady Mountbatten, and Princess Margaret, has died. Dorothy Vendryes, nee Gourzong, whose 1950s beauty salons...

During the return of full face-to-face classes today, Tracey Ann Holloway Richards will not be surprised if 100 fewer students than the number originally enrolled will turn up at Maxfield Park Primary School in Kingston. On Jamaica Day, which was.....

Jamaicans will never hear from Portia Simpson Miller what she knows about a controversial $31-million payment made by the Dutch firm Trafigura Beheer to the People’s National Party (PNP) while she was prime minister and leader of the political...

Former Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips has signalled that he is not ready to step down as member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew East Central, amid reports that he is facing a new round of cancer treatment. There are reports, too, that the...

Audrey Tugwell could have held down an evening or night job as a radio announcer among some of the finest female voices to have graced Jamaican radio in the early 1980s. The alluring voice was, still is, as captivating as it is convincing. Instead.....

Businesswoman Claudette Crooks-Collie has won her latest battle against attempts by her estranged husband, a medical doctor and former politician, Dr Charlton Collie, to have a share of her $85-million home in St Andrew. The Court of Appeal on...

Pamela Monroe-Ellis could not have imagined that her carefree days in St Mary sailing down the hill from her house on coconut boughs – the only girl among several cousins and brothers – was preparation for the job she now holds as Auditor Genera...

The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) yesterday made another dent in the shipment of illegal firearms after 21 guns including three rifles were seized at a warehouse inside the One Stop Customs Clearance Centre in......

A Westmoreland businessman who was slapped with 25 years to life sentence for strangling a pregnant 14-year-old schoolgirl, but was seeking a 50 per cent reduction, was left terribly disappointed yesterday after his sentence was only reduced by 21.....

Residents of Greenwich Town have lauded the Government for the physical infrastructure upgrades the community has benefited from, through the build phase of the zone of special operations (ZOSO). A ZOSO was imposed in July 2020, as the south west.....

The Vale Royal talks, according to People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding, have been quite successful in facilitating much-needed conversation between the Government and the Opposition on national issues. National security,...

Jamaicans have long been encouraged to till the soil and Rockfort brothers Davian and Kevan Watt, who turned their backs on a life of crime, are now making significant strides as farmers in their community. The men, who reside in Wareika Hill in...

The St Mary brothers accused of killing four people in separate incidents, including a Chinese couple, are to settle their legal representation. Nigel Walters, alias ‘Troy’, and Nicholas Walters were yesterday remanded until June 2 when they ma...