WESTERN BUREAU: Six months after the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, residents of the small coastal community of Parottee in St Elizabeth say their most urgent needs are the restoration of electricity and access to water, as recovery continues at ...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is expected today to respond to mounting concerns over the proposed National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that has drawn criticism from civil society groups, a...

WESTERN BUREAU: Seventy-year-old Parotte fisherman Basil Bennett said he stood in stunned disbelief and watched his home collapse under the brutal force of Hurricane Melissa’s Category 5 winds as it ripped through St Elizabeth last October. “It ...

The image of his house being submerged in floodwaters still plagues 79-year-old Leebert Campbell, even haunting him in his dreams. His home – located on Gibson Close, off Ward Avenue in Mandeville, Manchester – was one of three that were swamped...

After experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of primary school students will tomorrow sit the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations just six months after the catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brought another abrupt pause to their pr...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

What started as an Election Day showdown has now shifted from the polling station to mediation, as Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott's assault case takes a new turn. Scott, who is accused of hitting a Jamaica Labour Party election day supervisor......

A struggle between police and a gunman in Portmore ended with one man dead early yesterday morning after the man allegedly bit the cop in a desperate attempt to disarm him. The unidentified man was shot and killed during the violent...

A St Catherine man already on bail for a sexual offence is back behind bars after allegedly breaking into a primary school and begging for a chance when he was caught in the act. Reshaun Williams has been charged with simple larceny and...

A Westmoreland teenager is in hot water after allegedly lifting his shirt to flash a firearm during an argument then quickly running away from the scene. Nineteen-year-old Shaderoe White of Shrewsbury, Petersfield, has since been charged with...

A casual game of dominoes turned into a crime scene Sunday night when a gunman entered a Portmore bar in St Catherine and shot a construction worker dead before speeding off in a getaway car. Dead is 24-year-old Davian Smith, otherwise called '.....