The mother of a woman who was killed by her lover in 2017 and buried inside their St James home says she is disappointed that the confessed killer has shed no light on the whereabouts of her beloved granddaughter, who went missing around the same......

In a dry response to complaints from residents pleading for better access to water in Walkers Hill in her St Andrew West Rural constituency, MP Juliet Cuthbert Flynn says they should take their concerns to the National Water Commission.

Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) senior executive Blaine Jarrett has contradicted claims by councillors in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) that the company has failed to repair hundreds of broken street lights across...

The prosecution in the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) corruption case involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and ex-CMU President Professor Fritz Pinnock wants the matter to proceed to trial and will be seeking permission to appeal the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: On one hand, he was a very simple, humble, unassuming guy; on the other, former government minister Francis Tulloch was an exceedingly successful lawyer and parliamentarian – a man for all times. However, in his final years, the....

WESTERN BUREAU: Boasting a 95 per cent readiness in the event of a major disaster striking the western parish up to two weeks ago, the Hanover Disaster Preparedness Committee has been hard hit after a fire gutted its storage facility, which was...

A St Andrew woman who allegedly tried to swindle $1 million from her family by faking her kidnapping was yesterday offered $100,000 bail when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Twenty-seven-year-old Shameka Miller was offered....

Members of the Ecumenical Education Committee (EEC) are calling on the Government to revisit aspects of the no-fee policy at the secondary level ahead of the start of the new school year in September. The group is arguing that the policy has been......

As he toured the site for the new Morant Bay Urban Centre on Thursday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared that it was time for St Thomas to shed its status as the ‘forgotten parish’ and move from its history of rebellion to revolution. Notin...

Education and Youth Minister Fayval Williams says that with an increased focus on restorative justice in schools in recent times, she is hoping that the rash of violent incidents in the last term will be halted in the new academic year. Speaking...

Thursday’s discovery of Scot Bamburry’s body more than a day after the stevedore fell overboard at Berth 8 of the Port of Kingston has put the safety regime under scrutiny as parallel probes get under way into the shock death. The family of the ...

Months after a Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) contractor died after being electrocuted in Trench Town, the power company is reporting that protocols were breached in the execution of his duties. The revelation was made during Thursday’s...

St Catherine councillors have been left fuming after the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development decided to put the brakes on a tablet-distribution programme for students in the parish. Joy Brown, the Jamaica Labour Party-aligned...

St Ann’s Bay Mayor Sydney Stewart has been given five days to resign or face a no-confidence motion that appears to be gaining support even from discontented members of his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) majority in the St Ann Municipal Corporation......

The glorification of ‘chopping’ in popular dancehall songs is being blamed as a factor fuelling the rise in lottery scamming in western Jamaica. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, who made the pronouncement, said it is also....

It was a tearful affair yesterday as hundreds of friends and relatives of 27-year-old Shanice Dean said goodbye to a young woman whose life was cut short by gunmen weeks before she began training to become a police officer. Shanice, the eldest...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has pledged to pump millions of dollars of investment into a renovation project for St William Grant Park. It is in alignment with other upgrading projects taking place across the island in......

ROK Hotel Kingston – the awaited Tapestry Collection by Hilton – will officially be opened on July 19. That announcement was made during the monthly sitting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation’s (KSMAC) on Tuesday. ROK Hotel....

The Integrity Commission of Jamaica (ICJ) has sought to distance itself from a Radio Jamaica news report citing embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor Kim Brown-Lawrence’s claim of being cleared of fraud and corruption charges stemming......

Jamaicans have been cautioned to exercise extreme care in sending their children overseas to parents and guardians amid growing concerns over transnational custody battles. The trend of children being retained without parental consent is gravest.....