The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is conducting a probe into the alleged beating of two inmates at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in the Corporate Area on Monday. The alleged assault is believed to be linked to the death of 38....

Dismissing the notion that the money fleeced from Americans by Jamaican scammers represents some form of reparation, a senior member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) warned that proceeds from this illicit practice are used, among other...

Sitting in a dirt-base, partially collapsed one-room shack as she studied each night using a flashlight from her cellphone, Anita Stephenson was determined to excel and power her way through high school and teacher’s college to improve hers and he...

WESTERN BUREAU: High school principals believe there has been little or no improvement in human resources and financial support to effectively combat a raft of problems in schools over the years, including violence. That’s according to Linvern...

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is hoping that Jamaicans will increase their knowledge of the devastating effects of improper waste disposal as the island joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day 2022......

“To God be the glory. Great things He hath done”, rang out several times on Friday as six needy residents in St Ann got the keys to their own homes from Prime Minister Andrew Holness under the New Social Housing Programme. The beneficiaries are ...

Zachary Skeine, one of the four boys from Tivoli Gardens High who assisted in parting a fight between a student and teacher at his school on June 6, has been awarded a $25,000 bursary by Burger King. Skeine was honoured for his brave, positive and....

It was not surprising that of the 80 students who participated in a weeklong robotics camp organised by the Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) Foundation and Halls of Learning, Robeano Davis came out on top with a quadruple victory. Given his...

Despite strong public sentiment that dancehall music fuels criminal behaviour in Jamaica, an Anglican priest and human-rights advocate is insistent that proponents of that view are scapegoating the popular genre. Father Sean Major-Campbell has...

Doctors at two of the island’s premier hospitals told Bilal Abayomi to forget about completing medical school because he was dying. The 22-year-old had been rushed by his mother to Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrew in August last year after....

WESTERN BUREAU: Clinical psychologist Georgia Rose believes that incidents of violence will continue to plague schools when students return to the classroom for the new academic year as a result of the emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will review the Vision 2030 targets that have been projected as milestones on the journey to developed-country status. Currently, about two-thirds of the targets are on track or met, while one-third are...

WESTERN BUREAU: A school administrator is lamenting that the Ministry of Education lacks the gall to confront a system likened to “a kind of apartheid” which has taken root in Jamaican secondary schools. Jamaica Association of Principals of...

St Elizabeth farmer Robert Myrie is ruing yet another devastating fire, which has resulted in him suffering hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. The Flagaman-based farmer, who was doing business in the nearby town of Black River on Tuesday......

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announced Thursday its eighth straight increase in the policy rate it pays on deposits parked by deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) at the central bank, effectively sending loan rates higher for borrowers at financial...

President of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Steven Golding, is lobbying the Holness administration to pursue reparation by imposing a special tax on foreigners from countries with a history of trading in chattel slavery. The...

WESTERN BUREAU: School administrators are bracing for impact after an anticipated mass exodus of teachers over the summer holidays as hundreds of educators are reportedly headed overseas to seek out better employment opportunities ahead of the new.....

For the first time in three years, Evan Reader Clarke was looking forward to a vacation in Jamaica that had nothing to do with death. Arriving in the island on Monday, the only glitch for her was the funeral of a cousin who had died in England. She....

Distributors and whole-salers of liquor and non-alcoholic beverages are being forced to put added pressure on customers to return empties in order to purchase drinks as the global glass bottle crisis persists. Clement Stevens, director of Papine...

Jamaicans have been urged to temper optimism that the price cut on chicken meat announced by Jamaica Broilers Wednesday signalled a definitive pullback from skyrocketing inflation. Chicken is the most popular source of affordable meat protein, and.....