The death of Queen Elizabeth II will break the sentimentality with which Jamaicans hold the British crown and likely make it easier for the Caribbean nation to sever ties with the monarchy, a cultural studies scholar has said. The Queen, who is...

WESTERN BUREAU: The last Jamaican equerry, or aide, to Queen Elizabeth II while she visited Jamaica, describes her as an excellent conversationalist who was very knowledgeable about military protocols and parades. “She would know what to do at th...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) ex-servicemen who had the honour of meeting Queen Elizabeth II were saddened by news of the passing of the monarch on Thursday as the news spread around the globe. The Queen, who made six trips to Jamaica during her.....

The People’s National Party’s (PNP) 84th annual conference slated for September 16 to18 will still take place despite the period of mourning from September 8 to 19 declared by the Government to observe the death of Queen Elizabeth II. PNP Gener...

Clarendon centenarian Julia Rose-Campbell burst into tears on Thursday upon learning that the Queen had passed away, emphasised her undying love for the monarch. Now 105 years old, Rose-Campbell recalls receiving a special card from Queen Elizabeth....

There are hopes for the full recovery of a one-year-old infant who was yesterday found in bushes in St Catherine with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the abdomen, close to the body of her deceased father, who is believed to have committed...

Thursday’s death of Her Majesty The Queen, who was Jamaica’s head of state, has resulted in immediate changes to Jamaica’s court system. No longer will the phrase ‘God save The Queen’ be used in the courts islandwide. Instead, it will be â...

A former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth, Jamaica-born Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin, paid tribute to Her Majesty following the announcement of her passing. Rose described the longest-serving monarch in British history as “the mother of our...

When Michael Fennell heard of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch and Jamaica’s head of State, on Thursday, it weighed heavily on his heart. Fennell is one of very few Jamaicans who got the opportunity t...

Many Jamaicans are not impressed with the job being done by Peter Bunting in his role as opposition spokesman on national security and have voted him the worst-performing shadow minister. Opposition Leader Mark Golding also struggled...

Manchester High has revised its rules to allow for schoolgirls to wear hair extensions to classes, a rare concession in Jamaica’s long-running culture clash over grooming. The compromise, which Manchester’s Dean of Discipline Sigrid Miller said...

Academics are lobbying Jamaican policymakers to seize on perceived growing comfort with the use of Creole in formal settings to have the native tongue accepted as the first language in schools. Coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The...

In her hour of greatest need, a gravely ill cop with 12 years of service to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said she has been shunned by her colleagues and is in desperate need of assistance. Grace-Ann Williams, 39, was diagnosed with...

Michael Millwood’s construction company Millard Development has been forced to abandon a sewer main project along Constant Spring Road after staunch resistance from residents. In a September 5 letter to Garth Jackson, the National Water Commissio...

Between bouts of tears, Adrian Laing, flanked by Sanmerna Foundation executives, made an impassioned plea for speedy assistance as his daughter, who is suffering from third-degree burns, is pressed for time to get treatment overseas. The 12-year-.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Five people were killed as gunmen went on a bloody 12-hour rampage spanning four separate locations in Westmoreland and St James on Wednesday. Those killed have been identified as 25-year-old Crissanti Wilson, a shop operator of...

Days after Mico University College President Dr Asburn Pinnock called for the Government to capitalise on the global teacher shortage by training a surplus of educators for overseas institutions, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has noted the need to.....

Curfews were imposed in Olympic Gardens and Waterhouse late Tuesday as law enforcers scrambled to rein in escalating violence as five persons were murdered in the St Andrew South Police Division in 24 hours. That intervention was activated after....

Persons who are implicated in gun crimes will not be allowed to enter into plea-bargain arrangements unless they provide information in relation to other illegal firearms under proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice (Plea Negotiation and...

Jamaican healthcare workers involved in direct care of monkeypox patients without the appropriate personal protective equipment and household contacts of confirmed patients will be prioritised for vaccination when the inoculants arrive this month......