Lead Stories

If you asked Alice Drysdale Stewart, who achieved the milestone of 100 years on February 19, how she is feeling, her first utterance would cheerfully be, “I feel good as a 15-year-old!” On February 21, during the weekend celebration of her birthday...

A man who says he was falsely arrested has claimed in a lawsuit that he contracted a sexually transmitted infection after being assaulted inside a police lockup. The assault, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, happened in 2014 after John Brown...

The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for a high-profile judicial review, after setting aside a ruling by the Supreme Court and allowing a licensed firearm holder to challenge the Firearm Licensing Authority’s (FLA) power to seize his weapon...

A retired detective sergeant testified yesterday that he had seized 11 firearms from six policemen involved in the 2013 fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in Kingston. The witness also testified that he submitted those weapons to the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Green, minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, has revealed plans to introduce a locally produced tomato-based juice into Jamaica’s school nutrition programme, positioning it as part of a broader strategy to improve...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Cambridge and neighbouring communities in St James, which were severely affected by Hurricane Melissa, are set to receive help to rebuild infrastructurally and emotionally, thanks to NorthGate Youth and Family...

Western Bureau: The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), in keeping with its mandate to assist local cattle farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, has donated J$32 million to assist impacted farmers in purchasing materials to rebuild...

Former United States Ambassador to Jamaica Luis G. Moreno has dismissed as “silly” suggestions that Jamaica could face penalties from the US over Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ remarks on Cuba’s humanitarian crisis earlier this week. “I think...

Two decades since he allegedly shot a woman in the face in front of her child, disfiguring her features and altering her speech for life, Collin ‘Tumpa Dragon’ Mowatt has been nabbed. On Wednesday, Mowatt, who was in his early 40s at the time, was...

WESTERN BUREAU: Amid public concern over local treatment options for severe burn victims, health officials have insisted that Jamaica’s health system has the capacity to stabilise critical cases during the most decisive phase of care. Survival in...

In a clear signal of renewed diplomatic focus, the United States has pledged to “reinvigorate” ties with CARICOM countries, framing the region’s economic stability and security as “intricately tied” to its own national interests. In an address to...

Even as Washington, DC in the United States (US) has reportedly eased conditions allowing individuals to apply for licences to supply Cuba with Venezuelan oil, one of the Caribbean’s leaders has been condemned to the “dustbin of history” for her...