Despite Jamaica’s expectation of receiving more than 900,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine for the first phase of the roll-out set for April, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) cautioned on Wednesday that it could not commit to the...

Underfunding has crippled the outreach of one of Jamaica’s most prominent peacekeeping organisations, threatening to worsen the crime crisis in St James, where there has been a 350 per cent increase in murders in 2021. The grim assessment was......

A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) lieutenant and a female officer under his command have both been found guilty of contravening the army’s policy on personal relationship and fraternisation following a probe into allegations of inappropriate conduct.....

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has appealed to brokers to stop marketing complex public offerings to the general public without adequate risk disclosures. In his address at the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) Capital Markets Conference on...

Mandeville, Manchester: With roughly 50 per cent occupancy of the COVID-19 ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, the parish of Manchester could face even tighter restrictions if cases continue to increase, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton.....

Poachers have been warned to steer clear of Jamaica’s waters as the Government announced the imminent lifting of the ban against conch fishing. Conch harvesting had been prohibited for almost two years but will resume on April 1, Agriculture and.....

The reason for granting a 60-day extension to Bengal Development Limited to pay a $40-million environment performance bond remains a mystery to the public. Members of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) ran into a brick...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) said it is now addressing concerns about dysfunctional street lamps and the installation of energy-saving lamps in Hanover and for failing to appear at the monthly municipal meetings.....

Born out of Principal Wayne Robinson’s vision to change the method of teaching as some students were not being engaged in classes, Jamaica College yesterday launched its US$500,000 (J$72 million) STEAM Infusion Project. STEAM is an educational......

WESTERN BUREAU: A man the police say is the prime suspect in the murder of a popular Canadian female events promoter, whose partially decomposed body was found inside her room at an apartment complex in Runaway Bay, St Ann, last week, was...

Manufacturers slam plastic, styrofoam ban The Jamaican Government’s ban against local production and distribution of styrofoam has caused a near quadrupling in imports of non-biodegradable options, the island’s chief manufacturing lobby has.....

Days after tighter strictures were placed on Manchester to contain the worrying spike in COVID-19 numbers, some areas of national life are being given a reprieve following intense lobbying. Effective February 1, churches will have the green light.....

Travellers to the United States (US) had a generally smooth induction into the new regime of so-called coronavirus passports, with at least two prospective passengers being turned back at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) early Tuesday....

Citing an absence of compelling evidence in the diplomatic row between Washington and Beijing over espionage allegations in Jamaica, Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith said there was no need for her to summon the Chinese ambassador to...

WESTERN BUREAU: Outgoing airline passengers now have access to rapid antigen COVID-19 tests at the Sangster and Norman Manley international airports before boarding flights. The new feature, which falls under the aegis of...

There is an early breakthrough in the chilling case of the hacking to death of three homeless men in downtown Kingston. A fourth homeless man was killed in southern St Andrew. Two injured homeless men who were found at a Constant Spring Road...

Up to the period July 31, 2019 when the Audit Committee of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) presented its annual report to the ministry, the oversight body made adverse observations, including incorrect use of funds and lack of...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding and Prime Minister Andrew Holness traded barbs in Parliament on Tuesday over the country’s crime management and the mystery plane that crash-landed in Rocky Point, Clarendon, at the weekend. The occupants of the...

The grandmother of a Rocky Point businessman who has been detained in the wake of the crash-landing of a mystery plane in the coastal Clarendon community has appealed to political sentiment in calling for intervention from the ruling Jamaica Labour...

The Ministry of Health...