Lead Stories

Occupants of a structurally defective four-storey apartment in Torrington Park in St Andrew are on edge and calling for urgent intervention from the Government after one of the building’s staircases collapsed yesterday, injuring a woman. Althea...

With 320 lives already lost since the start of the year as a result of road accidents and more than 10,000 persons injured annually, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is appealing to citizens to show greater regard for road safety and work together to...

Ambassador Madge Barrett, often referred to as ‘Miss Protocol’, has died. Barrett passed away peacefully on her 87th birthday last Friday. According to her stepdaughter, Betty Barrett-Thompson, Barrett was a stickler for perfection who was always...

More than a decade since he was dismissed from the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) after a criminal conviction that has now been overturned, Dwain Brown is fighting for reinstatement. He was convicted in the then St Thomas Resident Magistrate’s Court in...

Elletson Primary and Infant School in East Kingston has long been affected by gang violence, with the toll becoming increasingly evident in its declining enrolment numbers. The impact is so severe that administrators often find themselves waiting...

Nestled high in the Blue Mountains, Claverty Cottage Primary is home to Jamaica’s smallest student body in the public school system, with just five children on its roster. Four boys and one girl – one student each in grades one, two, and three, and...

WESTERN BUREAU: With a KFC outlet among 16 food establishments in Montego Bay shuttered by the authorities on Monday, Sherika Lewis, the acting chief public health inspector for St James, has warned operators who fail to renew their licences that...

During November, observed as World Diabetes Awareness Month, many young Jamaicans might say, “Me feel fi something nice” – a phrase that means “I’m in the mood for something tasty”. This simple sentiment is part of a larger narrative. In Jamaica,...

A Campion College teacher who paid a $1.6-million deposit to have copies of two history books she wrote produced by a printing company has elevated the matter to the Fraud Squad after the company failed to deliver a single copy, months after being...

WESTERN BUREAU: For the second time this week, disgruntled hotel workers in Montego Bay, the nation’s tourism capital, have staged a protest to voice their frustration over low wages and other grievances. The action has sparked fresh concerns...

The Keith Clarke murder trial crumbled Thursday over the issue of identity, with the presiding judge asserting that it was “remarkable” that senior Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) officials were unable to help identify the soldiers involved in the May...

Several parents are fuming after learning of a major robbery at the Stella Maris Preparatory School in St Andrew this week via a community social media group with no official communication from administrators via official channels up to yesterday....