Fifty-year-old Anthony Daniels and 60-year-old Hugh Fraser, who were among four men held in a major police operation this week, have been accused of being players in a drug-trafficking network operating out of Jamaica and the United States. Daniels....

One of the three Jamaicans implicated in an alleged “sophisticated” international scheme that laundered more than US$6 million in drug-trafficking yesterday abandoned his plans to contest his extradition to the United States. Seivwright Affleck,...

Elaine Foster-Allen, former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, has added her voice to warnings that the estimated 120,000 students who were missing from online classes in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic will cause grief for...

WESTERN BUREAU: A 22-year-old farmer who reportedly injured a police officer’s hand during a fight in downtown Montego Bay, St James, was offered bail on Friday. Brian Clarke, who is of a Sunderland address, is charged with assault occasioning...

Alicia Adamson was on Friday crowned the 2022-2023 Nurse of the Year during the annual Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) and LASCO Chin Foundation awards ceremony. Adamson, who has served as a midwife for nine years and also as a registered nurse....

Grateful political representatives and residents of Harbour View heaped praises on Carib Cement on Thursday after the company injected $3 million into the renovation of the basketball court at Rocky Park Sports Complex in their St Andrew community.....

The Reverend Joan Williamson recalls sitting on a wall near the Victoria Jubilee Hospital while growing up in downtown Kingston, daydreaming that someone passing by would notice her impoverished reality and need for help. “There were days which I....

WESTERN BUREAU: Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, says that efforts are being made to incorporate renewable energy systems into the supply systems to reduce electricity costs at the...

WESTERN BUREAU: The operators of the Chances Rehabilitation Centre in Hanover will know if they have to close the facility come September 23, when a judgment is to be handed down in the case brought against them by the health authority. The...

A St Andrew construction worker accused of shooting at his ex-girl and her boyfriend has been freed of gun charges. The charges of illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition against Sheldon Robinson were dropped in the Gun.....

The Joint Select Committee reviewing the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill has been forced to seek advice from the Attorney General’s Chambers after concerns were raised about how the term ‘child’ was defined. The bill defines a child as a perso...

WESTERN BUREAU: A rifle capable of firing multiple types of ammunition and 100 live rounds believed to belong to men who executed Andre Young along the Rose Hall main road in St James on Wednesday afternoon have been seized by the police. Young, 35....

Government lawyers have filed an application to strike out the lawsuit being pursued by Maroon Chief Richard Currie, who is seeking an order from the Supreme Court declaring that ownership of the lands in the Cockpit Country be given to the Maroons....

Bignall Law has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay a wasted cost award of $356,500 by July 29 to a woman who was sued twice in relation to a motor vehicle incident in which the firm’s client was injured. The law firm, which was acting on......

Yvonne Lee, whose son Matthew Lee was slain by the police almost a decade ago, is urging the Government to give urgent attention to reforming the country’s justice system. Lee said that since the tragic loss of her son in January 2013, she has bee...

Business operators at a section of Premier Plaza in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, are tallying losses that will collectively run them into millions of dollars after a large fire ravaged several shops on Thursday. The blaze reportedly began about 11 a.m....

Human rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is embarking on a three-year campaign to educate citizens on their rights and responsibilities and advocate for equal access to justice for everyone. Dubbed the ‘Justice For All’ campaign, the...

Financial investigators are beginning to untangle assets linked to the four men who were taken into custody during simultaneous anti-narcotics law enforcement operations in the Corporate Area and St James on Wednesday. The predawn raids carried...

News emerged yesterday during a protest outside the precincts of the Constant Spring Police Station that 24-year-old Donna-lee Donaldson’s mother’s health is deteriorating rapidly with each passing day since the mysterious disappearance of the....

WESTERN BUREAU: THE ECONOMIC Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) has projected that with the country’s wage-to-GDP ratio already breaching the-nine-per-cent limit for this fiscal year, the Ministry of Finance will have to make new regulations to....