Surging admissions of COVID-19 patients have sparked a bedspace crisis at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) — a snapshot in a montage of malady threatening healthcare services across Jamaica which is in the throes of a third wave o...

TOKYO, Japan: Jamaican sprinter Rasheed Dwyer says he is looking to deliver a strong performance in the men’s 200 metres final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after booking a somewhat surprising qualification, which he has dedicated to his coach,...

West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) is to be charged for breaches under the Wild Life Protection Act after an investigation by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) found that the bauxite company is responsible for Monday’s fish.....

Lower-level workers at the Nature Preservation Foundation (NPF) have complained bitterly that they are forced by the non-governmental organisation (NGO) to survive on reduced income since the onset of COVID-19 last year, while higher-paid...

WESTERN BUREAU: St James health officials have expressed concern that unregulated entertainment events may pose a greater risk of coronavirus transmission than large parties like the upcoming Dream Weekend series. Parties have been banned for the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Prominent Montego Bay-based religious elder Bongo Manny, the first Rastafarian to legally wear dreadlocks in the Jamaican prison system, is calling for the right to sport natural hair to be specifically inscribed in the Constitution....

TOKYO, Japan: In just over 21 seconds, Elaine Thompson Herah’s unmatchable strides propelled her into orbit on Tuesday to stake an emphatic claim as perhaps the greatest female sprinter in Olympic history. The 29-year-old will launch her bid for....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is facing mounting pressure over a prospective lawsuit in the wake of allegations that a woman cop cut the hair of a 19-year-old Rastafarian on the grounds that her locks presented a suicide risk. The charge...

TOKYO, Japan: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson Herah is on the brink of laying the crucial block of a historic legacy with victory in today’s 200m Olympic final as compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce launches an assault for her first gold medal at these...

TOKYO, Japan: Injury-plagued Tajay Gayle’s brave lunges for an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games have been praised and questioned in equal measure. But as far as the 2019 long jump World champion is concerned, taking the leap of faith despite a......

The years-long wait for transcripts and notes of evidence, a blot on Jamaica’s judicial system for decades, has been declared a constitutional breach in separate cases filed on behalf of two men who were convicted of serious crimes. A transcript i...

Fisherfolk and residents in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine are again appealing to environmental authorities to take decisive action to stop the pollution of the Rio Cobre after a fish kill on Monday. Findings of a test analysis of water and the....

The community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, and Manning’s School are in mourning following news of the passing of 17-year-old student, Kavian Richards, at the weekend. In a social media post, Kavian’s mom, Shaniel Wallace, said her son had broke...

Manchester, Jamaica With the third vaccination blitz under way across the island and the second to be accommodating persons as young as 18 years old, young vaxxers in Manchester are encouraging Jamaicans to be proactive and get the jab. Nineteen-......

TOKYO, Japan: Limping and heavily bandaged, Yohan Blake’s painful walk away from the track after his disappointing semi-final finish in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in many ways reflected the current condition of Jamaica’s ...

In a fervent display of will and determination, the Hermitage Women For Peace, in association with the Sizzla Youth Foundation and the August Town Peace Builders, staged a peace march on Sunday to register their opposition to the continued...

Nannyville Gardens in St Andrew is tense following the murder of a man who is said to have been the community leader for decades. Investigators are now piecing together possible evidence and information to land a clear motive behind the killing of.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Courtney Walters, the recently retired chaplain for the Police Area One Division, has taken a parting shot at the Police High Command, saying the organisation is guilty of not treating new recruits and junior police...

Freshly minted Assistant Commissioner of The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Julian Davis-Buckle is beaming with pride and joy. The senior firefighter was also promoted to area officer for Area Two, comprising St Mary, Portland, Trelawny, and St Ann....

In the aftermath of Jamaica’s clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100m final at the 2020 Tokyo Games, Legacy Athletics head coach Omar Hawes says that it may not be the last time that the Jamaican women achieve similar feats in the future.....