A government lawmaker has raised alarm that some investors in Jamaica’s cannabis industry are ready to pull out because of inertia on the export policy, with at least two stakeholders already abandoning the sector. Multimillion-dollar United...

The Government’s decision to pay out nearly $25 million to Jamaicans following a breach of their constitutional right to enjoy a healthy and productive environment is being celebrated by Public Defender Arlene Harrison-Henry, whose office assisted...

WESTERN BUREAU: A local urologist is urging insurance companies to expand coverage of illnesses to erectile dysfunction, an ailment that has a crippling impact on relationships and perceptions of male self-worth and which is a growing concern for......

Former president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), attorney-at-law Nathan Robb, has died. Robb, 68, died at the Hospiten hospital in Montego Bay on Wednesday afternoon after reportedly suffering a stroke last weekend....

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has expressed regret for the inconvenience caused to hundreds of Jamaicans who were turned away from vaccination centres on Wednesday, days after the weekend fiasco that saw the National Arena shutting its...

WESTERN BUREAU: Commissioner of Police Antony Anderson has approved the site for the erection of a police post in the Hopewell township, which has emerged as a criminal hotspot in Hanover. The building, which was initially identified by...

Hundreds of persons who turned up at the Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre at The University of the West Indies, Mona, for their second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab yesterday left disappointed and angry when they were denied. The Ministry of.....

After being subject to strict lockdowns since the onset of COVID-19 on Jamaica’s shores in March 2020, the entertainment and creative industries have been given breathing space to reopen, but not without a stern warning that adherence to the healt...

In his first public pronouncement on the controversial entry of Uber into the Jamaican market, Transport Minister Robert Montague has welcomed the ride-sharing company’s overtures locally but cautioned recruited drivers to have the requisite...

Trishauna Blair has been stuck in a hospital bed for four months, ever since she emerged with spinal injuries from a death car that slammed into a utility pole in Kingston on February 17. Blair’s mother, Lorraine Mendez, has taken on the...

“There is a stranger on this side of the House.” That pronouncement by a seemingly irritated Leader of Opposition Business Anthony Hylton was quickly shut down by Speaker of the House Marisa Dalrymple Philibert on Tuesday, triggering another rou...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the newly declared zone of special operations (ZOSO) in Norwood have disputed the assertion of Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson that six gangs operate in the violence-plagued northwestern Jamaica...

At least one mourner has expressed regret about burying his grandmother just a few days ago. His remorse follows Tuesday’s announcement of the adjustments to the COVID-19 restrictions on burials and funerals. Burials, which may be held Monday to....

United Nations World Tourism Organization Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili and Saudi Arabia Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al Khateeb are among the global tourism officials who will visit Jamaica this week to attend the blended staging of the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Rick’s Café Operations Manager Thomas Martin and Financial Controller Conroy Barrett pleaded not guilty when they appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court to answer to charges of breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) ...

The Jamaican Government is keenly studying the prospect of administering different vaccine brands to inoculate persons against COVID-19, signalling the reversal of a previous declaration as the science evolves. Jamaica is still awaiting an official....

A convicted Jamaican lottery scammer who had challenged her deportation from the United States, claiming that she would be tortured by the scheme’s ringleader, has lost her application for asylum. The petitioner, Kayann Darby, otherwise known as....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness will this afternoon declare in Parliament how his administration will chart a path for the reopening of Jamaica’s multibillion-dollar entertainment sector, which has been gutted by job losses because of a COVID-19 ban...

The mother of a 20-year-old man, who was rescued by cops from an angry mob accusing him of killing his 21-year-old pregnant girlfriend on Sunday, is accusing the police of killing her son while in lock-up less than 24 hours later. She is blaming...