“Lines of enquiry have opened up” around several persons of interest beyond the police boyfriend of missing social-media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson who has been arrested by law enforcers in a dramatic twist in the high-profile case that has....

Days before the nation marks its 60th anniversary of Independence, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has acknowledged the failure of successive administrations to fully advance Jamaica’s interests. “Politicians have their fair share of blame....

Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, has denied a claim by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis that two senior employees were transferred to the company’s head office after internal auditors.....

A defence lawyer in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial argued Wednesday that the prosecution’s expert witnesses, including the ballistic expert, did not strengthen the Crown’s case. “The expert witnesses who should have been deemed or found to b...

WESTERN BUREAU: A SAINT he ain’t. That’s the police’s view on Tommy Thompson, a prime suspect in the murder of two Chinese business operators last December who was fatally shot in an alleged confrontation with cops at his home in Newmarket, St...

Jamaicans will have to wait longer to get answers on the money spent by the Government to fund Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith’s campaign for the post of Commonwealth secretary general. The contest ended in defeat for Johnson Smith i...

It’s been a long, rough journey for Shakira Bryan Davis, the mother of two sons who have been diagnosed with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). That sacrifice includes the 36-year-old mother quitting her job as an early.....

The last thing Juanita Allison said to her son, 16-year-old Demaro Gibson, before he died is that he would be receiving a beating for “tiefing out the meat”. She clung to that memory as she tried to come to grips with the fact that he was among ...

More than a decade since gangsters challenged the security forces in defence of strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called the hiring of United States lobbyists to circumvent the extradition process his �...

The contract of a regional operations manager of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) was not renewed and an accountant and procurement officer were transferred to the agency’s head offices in a shake-up following glaring anomalie...

The lawsuit filed by Fitz Jackson against Scotiabank over cheque-cashing fees could result in a drop in campaign contributions from financial institutions to prospective candidates of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), former General......

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) often clamours for more resources to run its operations, but Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has found that what the agency needs to operate effectively has not been quantified. According to....

While labelling the prosecution’s two main witnesses as “bad” and “unreliable” attestors, the lead attorney for reputed Clansman-One Don Gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan asked the judge on Tuesday to reject the self-confessed ex-gang...

The St Andrew South police say they are following strong leads in Tuesday’s daring daylight murder and mass shooting in Waterhouse, St Andrew. Undeterred by a downpour about 8:50 a.m., assailants travelling in two motor cars opened fire on a group...

Defence lawyers on Monday ripped into the credibility of one of the prosecution’s main witnesses in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial for placing their clients at various locations, including murder scenes, while they were behind bars. Drawing on th...

WESTERN BUREAU: Retired veteran parliamentarian Pearnel Charles Sr has rallied farmers to form a brigade to stave off the attacks and plunder of produce and livestock. Charles, the father of Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charies Jr,...

As the clock wound down for the women’s 100-metre hurdles finals at Hayward Field in Oregon, Elizabeth Smith started to suffer a throbbing headache hundreds of miles away in Jamaica as her granddaughter Britany Anderson settled down for the bigges...

The private-sector-driven social transformation and community renewal project launched on Monday will shortly tap the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange to raise $650 million over the next five years. The $2-billion Project STAR initiative targeting 10-....

WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Pearnel Charles Sr is urging political representatives to intensify efforts to have students displaced from the education system by the pandemic back into the classroom to finish their....

Cultural music blaring from speakers within the Kingston Craft Market near the waterfront has done little to pique the interest of residents, tourists or passers-by to drop by and make purchases. With the nation celebrating its 60th year of...