Jamaica’s chief liaison service officer in Canada, Kenneth Phillips, has rebuffed claims of mistreatment by farmworkers in the North American country, calling their reports “misguided” and “unfounded”. That staunch defence corroborates La...

Lodrick Williams has been travelling to the same United States farm for the past 38 years and has credited the overseas work programme for the acquisition of property and the generation of a nest egg. Five of his six children are fully schooled and....

More Jamaican teenagers are dabbling in dangerous drugs such as Molly and edibles and engaging in vaping but are unaware of the grave risks. A risk assessment study carried out by the National Council on Drug Abuse in May in 13 parishes and high...

WESTERN BUREAU: As the new academic year approaches, some western institutions rocked by violence in the last school term are taking steps to prevent any recurrence this year. Among these schools are the Trelawny-based William Knibb Memorial High......

Two bus drivers were among three persons killed Thursday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Trelawny that left at least 26 others nursing injuries at Falmouth Hospital. The incident occurred along the Braco main road. Those killed have been...

Several high-school principals are reporting that they are ready for the start of the new academic year come next Monday, replacing nearly all the teachers who have resigned from their respective institutions. Some administrators have, over summer.....

Residents from several communities in Portmore will benefit from a $743-million planned dualisation of 1.1 kilometres of Grange Lane. In outlining the scope of the project on Thursday, the National Works Agency (NWA) said that each of the four...

Starting December 15, budget carrier Spirit Airlines will be operating direct flights between Bradley International Airport in Connecticut and the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James. The airline will operate non-stop flights...

The Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee (CMOC) is pushing for the Government to provide a timeline on when the draft for the Enhanced Security Measures Act will be completed or be tabled. The proposed law is being touted as a major tool to...

The Government has intensified its plan to put 15,000 hectares of land under Irish potato cultivation and to increase onion production in the next planting season. Approximately $200 million has been seeded to the programme to provide incentives to....

The community of Cheswick in eastern St Thomas has been contending with erratic water supply for decades. When Diane Wilson was 16 years old, she recalled having to make numerous trips, with a bucket of water atop her head, to and from her home...

Cops at the Mandeville Police Station are breathing a sigh of relief after a leaky roof that had sapped morale was finally repaired on Monday after yearlong complaints. Personnel had cited severe demotivation as they have had to scurry to secure...

Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott says the time has come for the Government to revisit the no-user-fee policy in Jamaica’s public hospitals. “People go to hospital and they spend days on a bench before actually getting a bed. In some cases, befor...

The police have closed Little Dunn’s River following Saturday night’s murder of 25-year-old Roshane Housen near the beach and are warning that more murders could occur unless the owners of the property take charge of it. Housen, otherwise calle...

WESTERN BUREAU: In an apparent barb aimed at the Opposition, de facto Works Minister Everald Warmington says Westmoreland is no longer a forgotten parish since the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) took the reins of government in 2020. Warmington, who...

The St Catherine Municipal Corporation has been reviewing the building plans for the redevelopment of the Spanish Town Hospital in an effort to reduce delays in the implementation of the Jamaica 60 project. “What we are doing is to make sure that...

The Government is moving to expand its ban on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene foam amid large corporations’ engagement in unethical but legal practices to sidestep restrictions while maintaining profits. The expansion is expected to come....

The St Catherine South police are probing if the daring murder of a pump attendant at the Petcom service station on Passage Fort Drive on Tuesday is linked to a feud in Central Village. Chevelle Lewis, 31, of a Compound, Central Village, address,.....

Hilroy Anderson and Berris Thomas, two homeless men living on the streets of Kingston, wished they had other alternatives than the cold concrete sidewalks or benches at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) to sleep at night. Safety is a major...

Residents and business persons in Spanish Town have clamoured for increased investment in safety and security as well as greater infrastructural development before an Emancipation Park-style recreational space is established in the Old Capital....