The Auditor General’s Department is conducting a real-time audit to assess the transparency and accountability of resources received and utilised under the Hurricane Melissa relief initiative. The Pamela Monroe-Ellis-led department is seeking to....

FLORIDA (AP): A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and...

WESTERN BUREAU: There aren’t enough vendors to serve the crowds of foodies who still converge nightly on the Fort Street jerk chicken strip, as Montego Bay slowly claws its way back to normality after Hurricane Melissa’s destruction. Fort Street...

WESTERN BUREAU: Falmouth’s popular Bend-Down Market is on course to reopen on Wednesday, just under two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the historic town, leaving widespread destruction. Falmouth Mayor Collen Gager indicated on the...

Western Bureau: As the after effects of Hurricane Melissa continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of residents in western Jamaica, nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, are complaining of hellish conditions on....

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...

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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...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) -- On Monday morning, a small plane going for Jamaica on a hurricane aid mission crashed into a pond in a residential part of Fort Lauderdale's suburb of Coral Springs. Authorities told The Associated Press no victims...

A 30-year-old St Catherine man died after being stabbed several times by his stepfather during a dispute in Portmore yesterday. He has been identified as Trevor Irving, a forklift operator of Duncans Avenue, Waterford, St Catherine. Reports are....

Mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas is calling on the Government to temporarily exempt vehicles transporting relief supplies to western Jamaica from paying toll fees. His call comes after a convoy of 11 vehicles from the Portmore City Municipality,...

The Central Village police in St Catherine have launched an investigation into a suspected case of drowning in the Rio Cobre yesterday. The probe started after the body of a 25-year-old St Catherine farmer was retrieved from the river. He has......

Despite the announcement of two days of prayer to mourn the lives lost and damage suffered during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, one woman thinks the Government must do more. In a four-page proposal sent to the Office of the Prime Minister,...