Jamaicans have largely turned their backs on a $100-million fund that was created nearly five years ago to reward persons assisting law enforcement in efforts to recover illegal guns. Although a few have taken advantage of the initiative, some are.....

The Webster Memorial United Church on Half-Way Tree Road in St Andrew has defied the odds by maintaining capacity congregations when other established churches are struggling with membership in an increasingly secular society. It may be because the....

For the next 12 weeks, criminal networks in western Jamaica are expected to face more intense anti-crime measures that Police Commissioner Antony Anderson is confident will significantly reduce the number of murders in the region. Speaking to the.....

In their world, nothing is safe or certain, and it is always wise to have a suitcase packed and ready for relocation. To be otherwise could be deadly. This is life for some 326 Jamaicans in the island’s witness protection programme – the majori...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves remains hopeful of consensus on a candidate for the post of Commonwealth secretary general, after Andrew Holness, the Jamaican prime minister, threw a spanner in the works with his...

At least 1,500 of the nation’s children reported missing in the last five years have not been found, even as the number of reports continues to trend down. Data from the Child Protection...

NEW FOREST, Manchester: Sixteen-year-old Jace Witter’s dream to pursue a career in athletics has begun to materialise following his historic debut performance at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadi...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says his ministry is ready to embark on a programme to take alternative dispute resolution right across the Jamaica, especially in schools, which he claims have now become battlefields. Chuck was speaking yesterday at.....

There is increasing disquiet in the public sector with the powerful Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) yesterday giving the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service an April 11 ultimatum to furnish the findings of the compensation...

The 50th PriceSmart store globally, which will open its doors to customers in Portmore, St Catherine, next Tuesday, will be a ‘Green Club’ aimed at limiting its carbon footprint in Jamaica. In 2020, Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to.....

WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has cautioned that disorderly possession of properties is not the proper channel to land ownership as settlement issues from the days of slavery continue to plague the orderly development of...

When dark clouds begin to gather, Avis Morrison will not have to worry anymore that as soon as it begins to rain, she would have to scramble with several containers to catch the water from the roof that leaks profusely into her house. Described......

MANCHESTER: With nightly curfew restrictions introduced two years ago to limit movement and slow COVID-19 transmission lifted last month, the Manchester Police Division is warning that some communities which have seen an uptick in crimes will not......

An accounts coordinator, who admitted to stealing approximately $3.2 million over a three-month period from a credit union to which he was employed, claimed he is unable to start making restitution as he has spent the funds. Forty-seven-year-old...

MANCHESTER: Two brothers, who were charged with robbery and the murder of 76-year-old Mandeville businessman Trevor Meikle in 2016, were freed when they appeared in the Manchester Circuit Court on Thursday. Alwayne Edwards and Steve Edwards were...

The shooting death of an eight-year-old Clarendon boy has shocked his community, with peers and teachers at the Race Course Primary and Infant School jolted by news of a third tragic death in two weeks. Thomas James Jr was shot in the head on...

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association President John Mahfood believes that the Government should consider giving up its shares in the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the sole distributor of electricity in the island. Marubeni...

Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke is insisting that the elimination of the duty concession to travelling officers in the public sector would not place them at a disadvantage. Clarke was responding to news of unease among...

Although the Government recently announced a 20 per cent relief on electricity bills for almost half a million households for the months of April, May, June, and July, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) President and CEO Michel Gantois is calling....

The police have found the firearm of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) sergeant who had failed to hand over the weapon, claiming it was stolen, after a prostitute was found dead in his car. The weapon will now be subjected to ballistic testing. The......