Police and financial investigators have in their possession documentary evidence detailing alleged improprieties committed by sacked Education Minister and Senator Ruel Reid, law-enforcement sources have revealed. “We have collected several...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has assigned Karl Samuda to oversee the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. Samuda is a minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation whose remit included oversight of water,....

A marathon meeting of the Jamaica College board, which finished late last night, ended in a stalemate as executives were warned that they did not have the authority to fire Ruel Reid as principal even as some senior members want to set the...

• Ruel Reid was first appointed to the Senate in 2013 by then Opposition Leader Andrew Holness. • He lost his senatorial appointment when the Constitutional Court ruled that the pre-signed resignation letters submitted by Holness to the Governo...

Anti-corruption watchdog National Integrity Action (NIA) yesterday welcomed Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ decision to strip Ruel Reid of his education, information and youth portfolios but urged law enforcers to speedily complete their...

The Opposition People's National Party is demanding that Prime Minister Andrew Holness immediately tells the country the basis on which Ruel Reid was expelled from his Cabinet and the Senate yesterday.

THE Lupus Foundation of Jamaica has welcomed the Government's decision to subsidise medication for persons living with the disease, at a cost of $340 million annually.During his contribution to the 2019/2020 Budget Debate in the H...

ANOTHER ex-member of the Uchence Wilson Gang is expected to start giving evidence today in the Home Circuit Court.

THE Government has agreed to further reduce the $5,000 flat rate for property valuations below $500,000 announced last week by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke in the House of Representatives. ...

The head of the teachers' union yesterday expressed shock at the sacking of Education Minister Ruel Reid, but said the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) would not cast any judgement on the matter until all the facts are present...

In 2007, Lydiha met the man with whom she thought she would spent the rest of her life. But within a couple of months, the relationship ended, and she moved on with her life; her former lover has refused to do the same. She said that he has...

Scalpers who sold discounted tickets for the highly successful Long Walk To Freedom concert held at the National Stadium last Saturday are reporting great sales. The organisers of the highly anticipated event repeatedly said that no tickets would.....

The authorities in The Bahamas have arrested a Jamaican for allegedly posing as a dentist. Information reaching THE STAR is that Jahvonie ‘Pumpkin’ Montaque, 18, denied practising and advertising himself as a dentist between October 28, 2018 an...

It was a special occasion in the deep rural community of Lucky Hill in the western region of St Mary recently. Relatives and friends from across Jamaica and several from overseas joined others in the community to celebrate the 101st birthday of...

The animation industry in Jamaica is growing, and 26-year-old self-taught cartoonist and animator JoWayne 'JoWhimsy' McFarlane wants to propel it even further. But although her skills are unquestionable, she lacks funds needed to make the kind of.....