WESTERN BUREAU: As high-rise buildings become dominant features throughout the capital city, Kingston, a government technocrat has admitted to the need for a single-family and multifamily zoning category for the metropolis. Senior building...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) receives as many as 1,200 construction applications for approval annually, but with only six building officers employed, one senior official at the entity said these workers are experiencing....

A man who is believed to have impregnated a minor after a judge ordered him to stay away from her has been convicted on multiple child sex charges. The 15-year-old victim is reportedly pregnant with twins. The 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to six.....

The close-protection officer assigned to Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke lost his life in a three-vehicle collision along the Coopers Pen main road in Trelawny yesterday afternoon. He has been identified as Sergeant Marlon Smith, who was...

WESTERN BUREAU: As billions of unclaimed Jamaican dollars lie dormant in the country’s banks, Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson wants the funds accessible to small and micro-businesses that are suffering under COVID-19 conditions.....

A fraction of the children on Jamaica’s streets are involved in risky sexual practices as they seek to ‘hustle’ in response to poverty, parental neglect, perceptions of parental responsibility, and other factors. The Child Protection and Fami...

Business operators in the fashion industry are eagerly shopping for an expected boom in sales this summer as the Government announced a reopening of the Orange Economy after being in hibernation for more than a year as a result of COVID-19. Some...

Defence lawyer for well-known producer, businessman, and councillor Patrick Roberts is questioning the legitimacy of fraud charges that were brought against his client and plans to write to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) to review the...

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......

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...

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...

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...