More than five years after former parliamentarian Ian Hayles filed a suit barring the Integrity Commission from tabling a report in Parliament from the then contractor general, the former lawmaker is being accused by the anti-corruption body of...

Buffeted by criticism about chronic machine breakdowns and overlong downtime for repairs, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is exploring the option of leasing medical equipment for the public sector instead of making purchases. That consideration....

Retired national swimmer Kanute Kelly still sports the green Jamaica athletic blazer he wore to the National Stadium on August 6, 1962. The nostalgia of that moment – of the dot on the atlas charting the unknown future – still fills him with pri...

Likening the economic climate to a Category Five hurricane, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has doubled down on the central bank’s position to continue hiking interest rates despite mounting criticisms from the business community....

Think tank leader and economist Dr Damien King, who has been appointed to conduct a review of healthcare financing in Jamaica, is expected to deliver his report in June 2023. King, who has received a draft of the terms of reference, said the right....

In an effort to refresh the fading walls of downtown Kingston in time for Jamaica’s 60th Independence anniversary celebrations, local creatives have partnered with paint manufacturers to offer all business owners in the commercial district a 25 pe...

The Government on Tuesday pledged $3.8 billion in assistance to struggling Jamaicans amid increasing inflation and rising food costs as it seeks to stabilise an economy rocked by the twin headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine....

Fresh on the heels of his nomination for presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP) on Tuesday, incumbent Mark Golding says he is expecting a solid performance from the party in the local government polls that are due no later than February 2...

Lawmakers in Jamaica’s bicameral legislature have created history by filing their statutory declarations for the period under review within the time frame set out by law. The 84 legislators in the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament received...

Sixteen-year-old deaf student Rolando Grant has missed out on in-person or virtual classes for two years – victim of a back-and-forth squabble over a birth certificate that has never been issued. That has clipped the wings of the aspiring pilot,.....

The brutal slaughter of bedridden senior citizen Pamela Gordon at her home in Clarendon, on Monday has left relatives and residents of her Lionel Town community bewildered. Adding to the shock is the fact that Gordon’s 69-year-old husband has been...

On the heels of allegations of stolen utility poles and illegal electricity connections at the Ocho Rios playing field, and $61 million in unaccounted-for funds from the special grants and repairs fund (SGR) at the St Ann Municipal Corporation,...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes accused the prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial on Monday of being immature after it refused to agree with the defence on information captured in the prisoners’ admission book at the Spanish Town Police Statio...

Thea-Nicole Davis was heartbroken when some parents told her that despite their children being in dire need of remedial attention, they would not be sending them to a summer education programme she initiated for needy youth. Davis had invested time....

A mystery shopping study commissioned by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has revealed a significant decline in the performance of utility service providers. The overall average performance score of service providers was 49 per cent. The......

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Dr David Stair is hoping that the leaked footage of a medical examination of murder accused Rushane Barnett will lead to a policy addressing how justices of the peace (JPs) treat with sensitive recordings so they do......

An investigation is to be launched following the unauthorised release of a video in which murder accused Rushane Barnett is being examined by four justices of the peace (JPs), including a medical doctor, the Ministry of Justice has said. Barnett.....

Members of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament, comprising all members of parliament, will today meet to review the monetary policy statement covering the second half of 2021, as well as the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) quarterly monetary...

A Manchester family is in grief after a 15-year-old boy was shot dead Saturday evening as he bravely came to the rescue of his mother during an attack by robbers. Vesteroy Sinclair instinctively reacted to screams from his mother, Paulette Ingram,.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland has been tagged by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton as one of the motorcycle crash epicentres of the Western Hemisphere, with the parish’s fragile public-health system grappling with three to five new...