Western Bureau: With the 2026 hurricane season just months away, some residents of Phase Two of the Estuary Housing Scheme, in St James, are worried about the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on a section of their community, which caved in...

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green testified on Thursday that fear had prevented him from giving an immediate statement to investigators following a fatal 2013 police shooting along Arcadia Road in St Andrew. “Quite frankly, I was afraid,” Gree...

The wage agreement for a 20 per cent minimum increase in basic salary after tax, between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has been upheld after the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by former JTA President La Sonja...

Jamaica’s ports and cargo warehouses continue to face significant congestion, weeks after the traditional holiday rush. The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and key stakeholders yesterday urged importers and cargo owners to take immediate...

In the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, doctors at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital began noticing a troubling pattern among patients seeking care. Dr Suman Vemu, orthopaedic surgeon at the hospital, described the surge in injuries...

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...

A traffic stop in May Pen, Clarendon, turned chaotic on Wednesday afternoon when a taxi operator allegedly ploughed into a policeman, sending him to hospital and landing the driver in police custody. Reports are that shortly after 2:00 p.m., the....

Leoda Bradshaw, charged with the murder of a parliamentarian's 10-month-old daughter and her mother, refused to take part in mediation in an assault case in which she was attacked by an inmate while in lock-up. The matter came up for mention......

Gunfire shattered the early morning calm in Patrick City, St Andrew, on Friday, leaving a young woman dead and her mother nursing gunshot wounds, just hours after they arrived home from the airport. Police have identified the deceased as 26-year....

A 22-year-old man has been slapped with several charges in connection with a daring housebreaking carried out with accomplices, which resulted in an estimated $8 million in losses from damaged property and stolen items and funds. The accused has....

Police in St Andrew North are probing an incident that ended with a woman being shot in the neck during an afternoon robbery along Grants Pen Road on Wednesday. Reports are that about 4:45 pm, a man entered an establishment posing as a customer.....