WESTERN BUREAU: School administrators are urging the Government to introduce special insurance coverage for schools and their most valuable assets to better protect the education sector from future disasters, following the extensive damage caused......

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says the Government will move quickly to have Parliament decide whether consensual sexual activity between minors close in age should remain a criminal offence as such cases continue to dominate referrals under the...

A High Court judge has dismissed a medical negligence lawsuit brought on behalf of a now-teenage girl who was left with a permanently damaged right arm and other complications following a traumatic birth at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in......

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has said that Black River in St Elizabeth will not only recover from the devastation of Hurricane Melissa but will be rebuilt stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive. Addressing residents in the hurricane-...

WESTERN BUREAU: On Wednesday, when Jamaican-born educator Kamar Samuels was appointed chancellor of New York City public schools by Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, the decision placed him at the helm of the largest public school system in the United...

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...

At 12:01 a.m. on Thursday when most persons were welcoming the New Year with fireworks and celebration, Andrene Peart had only one wish and that was to be reunited with her missing son Jayden Smith. "I am down on my face and I cannot eat or......

Every morning, before the engine turns over and the first passenger steps into his taxi, Algon Johnson reaches for the same thing that he has reached for more than four decades, his copy of THE STAR. At 73 years old, the veteran taxi operator...

While many welcome the new year with celebration, for John* who was deported to Jamaica in 2024, and is now homeless in Kingston, it brings little hope. "I am not excited, it's really just the same," he said, shrugging his shoulders. On New Year....

As the curtains closed on 2025, a year that many were only too happy to bid farewell, entertainment industry members, who rang in the New Year at Angola Fest in St Thomas, shared with THE WEEKEND STAR their hopes and aspirations for Jamaica, the.....

As the final hours of 2025 ticked away, streams of people made their way down to the Kingston waterfront, turning the usually breezy stretch into a sea of blankets, folding chairs, laughter and flashing toy lights. Families claimed spots early,......