Long Bay, Portland At age 100, Lena Myers of Rose Gardens in Long Bay, Portland, still remembers her earlier years of facing economic hardships before later graduating to a life of ease and financial stability. Born on January 22, 1925, in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has declared that the Church has a critical role to play in children’s development into functional members of society, including during their formative school years during which their...
Two days after he apologised for an embarrassing data-protection breach in which station diaries containing information related to cases investigated by the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) were exposed,...
Attorney Corey Dunkley says he is not too concerned that some powerful Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) forces in Clarendon North Western are not supporting him as tensions rise over who should represent the ruling party in the next general election due...
Western Bureau: Renowned political figure Geneive ‘Ms Tibsy’ McIntosh was hailed for her strong advocacy for the residents of Flanker, her love of God, her commitment to her church, and her fierce loyalty to the People’s National Party (PNP) during...
It’s almost impossible to define Dr Azizi Seixas by career as his path has been anything but conventional, spanning multiple disciplines and industries. For the moment, he is associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural health at the...
Homeowners of Ruthven Towers Phase 1 in New Kingston are demanding an immediate reduction in their mortgage payments from the National Housing Trust (NHT), citing the agency’s failure to deliver promised amenities in the development. The residents...
When Valerie Wilmott and her daughter Jacqueline Rogers were promised a house under Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), they were overjoyed. They readily agreed to demolish the bathroom of their severely...
With three break-ins at Ruthven Towers Phase 1 in New Kingston over a two-year period, residents have complained about the lack of proper maintenance and bushing of an adjoining property owned by the National Housing Trust (NHT). ]The residents...
The country’s chief prosecutor has dismissed criticism of her tenure from the parliamentary Opposition, declaring “I don’t give currency to the sayings of politicians.” Paula Llewellyn, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), resumed duties on...
Spanish Town experienced a day of relative calm on Friday as businesses reopened and regular activities resumed following the tense atmosphere that gripped the town on Thursday. The flare-up of violence on Thursday occurred after reputed One Order...
Investigators say they will leave no stone unturned as they probe the brazen early morning gun murder of a 12-year-old child and serious injury to his mother yesterday along Lindsay Crescent in St Andrew. The dead child is Kevaughn Fearon. His...
The bodies of the late principal of Jessie Ripoll Primary School, O’Neil Stevens, and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, have been returned to Jamaica in preparation for their funeral. Stevens and his wife were killed in a motor vehicle accident...
Karl Samuda, the long-serving member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew North Central, is likely to remain the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) representative in the upcoming general election despite previous indications that he would retire, the party...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is renewing his call for central government to create a special fund aimed at financing the western city’s development and management, particularly with the city’s continued status as a gateway for...
Thirty-five female victims of domestic abuse (VDAs) in St Thomas and Portland have received level-two certificates in cosmetology under a gender-based initiative spearheaded by Stand-Up for Jamaica (SUFJ). The newly empowered women – 19 from St...
Fifty-five bridges across Jamaica are set to be upgraded or replaced as part of the Accelerated Bridge Renewal Programme, a collaborative initiative between the Government of Jamaica and the United Kingdom (UK). During Thursday’s signing ceremony...
WESTERN BUREAU: Educators and students from several high schools in Westmoreland are clamouring for the Jamaican electorate to vote directly for a president who will become the head of state under a republic system of government. This movement...
WESTERN BUREAU: High Court Justice Judith Pusey has ordered that a DNA certificate in the case against murder accused Toussaint ‘Dada’ Lewis must be ready for his appearance before the St James Circuit Court on May 14. Lewis, who is represented by...
Mayor of St Ann’s Bay Michael Belnavis has reportedly been discharged from the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital and is said to be recuperating at home. Belnavis was admitted Tuesday after being injured in an attack at his premises along the Boscobel...
Senator Peter Bunting, the opposition spokesman on national security, has called for a thorough investigation into reports of a special police squad accused of intimidating residents in Portmore, St Catherine. Bunting, who toured police districts...
Chief prosecutor Paula Llewellyn says she had no prior knowledge that the Government was planning to use legislation to increase the retirement age for her post before the bill was tabled in the House of Representatives last April. Llewellyn...
Spanish Town remained tense on Thursday after reputed One Order gang leader Othniel Lobban died on Wednesday night as a police chase and gun battle ended in a crash in the vicinity of the overpass in Six Miles, St Andrew. Before daylight,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Thirteen staff members from the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, were honoured for their outstanding service at an awards ceremony on Wednesday. The awardees, representing various departments at the hospital, were recognised...
