Berlin, Germany: Jamaican tourism executive Mureen James stood among some of the most influential figures in global tourism in Berlin on Tuesday as she accepted two honours at the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) International Travel...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the Government’s Restoration of Owner and Occupant Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme is poorly conceived, logistically, as some hurricane victims are forced...
As members of parliament (MPs) gear up to pose questions to portfolio ministers today about the Government’s $1.4-trillion Budget during a two-day meeting of Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee, two sector groups have highlighted issues they...
A prosecution witness yesterday insisted that although she and her partner witnessed parts of the fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in St Andrew in 2013, and later composed a letter about the incident, some details in the document were...
Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams has raised questions about the credibility of aspects of the Government’s 2026-2027 Budget in his Economic and Fiscal Assessment Report (EFAR). In his assessment of the Government’s macroeconomic and fiscal...
A homeless man on the run, and another — elderly and recovering from injuries sustained in an attack on East Queen Street in downtown Kingston — have re-ignited outcry against the wanton violence meted out to the country’s most vulnerable. Members...
Nearly a decade after entering into a now-collapsed agreement with used-car importer O’Brien’s International Car Rentals and Sales, the Government of Jamaica is yet to receive 41 vehicles, valued at more than $74 million, for the police force. “...
The recovery phase triggered by the devastation wrought when Hurricane Melissa ripped through western Jamaica last October is officially coming to an end, with focus now set to be shifted to reconstruction. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness made...
The majority of municipal corporations across the country are still struggling to rid themselves of a backlog of outstanding financial statements, which, in some instances, extends to more than a decade ago. However, the Manchester Municipal...
Western Bureau: Students, teachers, and community members aligned to the Beaufort Primary School and Maud McLeod High School gathered at the Darliston bus park in Westmoreland yesterday in a spirit of togetherness to observe Peace Day 2026. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, says commerce, enterprise, and infrastructure expansion will be at the centre of Black River’s redevelopment and part of a broader strategy to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover’s two members of parliament (MPs) Heatha Miller-Bennett and Andrea Purkiss, want to see the relevant documentation to verify a claim by Local Government Minister Pearnel Charles Jr that more than J$330 million has been...
WESTERN BUREAU: In an age when news breaks first on social media and credibility is often the casualty, Jamaican hotelier Christopher Issa delivered an unexpected but forceful defence of traditional journalism on Sunday while speaking at a media...
The RJRGLEANER Communications Group is streamlining several of its subsidiaries in a move to improve corporate efficiencies. In a statement, the group noted that the Supreme Court on February 19 sanctioned a scheme of arrangement, involving several...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Petersfield Division in Westmoreland Central will remain without elected representation for now, as Hurricane Melissa’s Category 5 winds have forced a delay in naming a date for the by-election. Danree Delancy, chairman of the...
With the price of oil and gas now surging on the global market amid the United States’ (US) and Israel’s military offensive against Iran – and Tehran in turn bombarding the oil- and gas-producing Gulf states – one local economist is of the view...
A Jamaican man who awoke to the sound of “thunder-like” explosions in Dubai on Sunday, following a United States (US)-Israeli attack on Iran and its retaliation, says much of what is happening in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is not being...
A key prosecution witness in the trial of six policemen charged in the 2013 Acadia Drive triple killing testified yesterday that she saw police personnel firing at a man who ran from a vehicle and jumped over a wall during the incident. The woman,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Cornwall Bar Association (CBA) is in mourning after it lost one of its stalwarts yesterday with the death of Judge Sasha-Marie Ashley, the senior parish judge for Hanover. Ashley passed away after a period of illness. Attorney-...
Western Bureau: A 10,000-foot medical dome, which was slated to be installed on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, last month, creating space for approximately 100 additional beds, has still not been...
Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Heroy Clarke received a sharp rebuke from his colleagues last Wednesday for disrupting the proceedings of an oversight committee with “intemperate” remarks...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): At least three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have expressed concern at the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East after the United States (US) and Israel launched military attacks on Iran that resulted...
AP: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sold itself to foreigners for years as a sunny, safe, tax-free oasis. That peaceful image was shattered Saturday as Iranian weaponry rained down on Dubai, setting fire to a five-star resort, threatening the...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The Port Antonio Hospital on Friday received well-needed assistance in the form of medical supplies to assist with providing medication to users of that facility. The donation came from Leaders of The New Millennium, an...
Residents of Denham Town in west Kingston received a massive upgrade of street lights in the community last week, a move some residents welcomed but believed came a little too late following the murder of three-year-old Jace Pinnock and his father...
