WESTERN BUREAU: Amid concerns about uncollected garbage and the capacity of St James’ Retirement waste disposal site to handle increasing waste from across western Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa, some environmental stakeholders are declaring that....

Faced with excruciating pain brought on by avascular necrosis (AVN), Mishcah Hamilton has found herself in a race against permanent immobility, requiring emergency hip-replacement surgery after suffering a total joint collapse because of sickle...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining awarded almost $870 million in contracts without its procurement committee’s review, an action that “compromised transparency”, the Auditor General’s Department says. In its 2024-2025 Annual...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Christopher Phillips is challenging enforcement agencies operating in Area Five to intensify their efforts and lend stronger support to the police-led crime reduction strategy, as the division records...

The loss of government assets worth tens of millions of dollars at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has led to Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis making a referral to Financial Secretary Darlene Morrison for the value of the...

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...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has reported that the country's unemployment rate was 3.3 per cent in October 2025, relative to 3.5 per cent inOctober 2024. Director General, STATIN, Leesha Delatie-Budair, provided details on the......

A Westmoreland woman is accused of turning a heated argument into a blazing act of revenge after allegedly throwing a bottle that sparked a fire, destroying a Grange Hill home. Twenty-five-year-old Kimberly Wedderburn, otherwise called 'Kim', a.....

A 30-year-old vendor is behind bars after allegedly using a metal chair to hit a woman who confronted her for reportedly bullying her daughter to the point of crying on Tuesday in Lucea, Hanover. The accused has been identified as Mickeisha...

Burnout, overcrowding and what doctors describe as dangerous working conditions have pushed medical staff at Cornwall Regional Hospital to the brink, with doctors joining nurses in protest action at the Accident and Emergency Department....

Four months after being shot in an attempted robbery at a Western Union outlet in Hope Bay, Portland, 26-year-old Rasheed Lyons was on Thursday killed by the police during an alleged shoot-out in his Craig Town, St Andrew community. Lyons was one....