The financial standing of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is now under scrutiny following revelations yesterday that the teaching institution has a ballooning tax debt amounting to tens of billions of dollars. Acting chief executiv...

Economist Keenan Falconer says the more than $40 billion in tax, interest, penalties and surcharges for which the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is liable represents approximately 15 per cent of the total stock of arrears due to Tax A...

After several failed attempts to unearth who was at the centre of a myriad procurement breaches, missing contract documents and the misuse of the University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) tax-exempt status, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)...

Angella Allen was filled with excitement when she learnt during a ceremony in February that she was one of several persons selected for a $500,000 grant under a special Government-funded initiative, the Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelte...

Onion farmers in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine are facing millions of dollars in losses as a glut in local production collides with continued imports, leaving acres of mature crops at risk of spoilage. More than 15 farmers in the area are now under pr...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

Former Member of Parliament and Miss World 1993 Lisa Hanna is stepping into the beauty industry in a bold new way, launching her luxury skincare brand, Lisa Hanna Beauty, with a message that is already turning heads. The official announcement...

A deadly altercation in a Westmoreland community has left one man dead and another facing murder charges following a stabbing that turned fatal earlier this month. Charged is 31-year-old cabinet maker Shaun Paul Palmer, otherwise called 'Feather....

Veteran defence attorney Christopher Townsend is highlighting a key principle in Jamaican law, arguing that a person may still lawfully act in self-defence even if they are illegally in possession of a firearm. Townsend made the point amid...

Motorists are being urged to avoid the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine after a crash early Tuesday morning left the roadway at Flat Bridge completely impassable. Police report that about 6:25 a.m., a trailer truck overturned along the narrow...

A Clarendon construction site has landed at the centre of a potential human trafficking probe after police swooped in and found eight Chinese nationals working illegally, alongside a contractor now facing multiple charges. The arrest follows a......