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Western Bureau: Former member of parliament (MP) Marissa Dalrymple-Philibert was one of two candidates who were nominated in Albert Town, Trelawny, to contest the November 22 by-election for the Trelawny South constituency, which has been vacant...

Yesterday’s nomination of Duane Smith as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the St Andrew North Western by-election reignited expectations among Labourites that he may follow in his father Derrick’s footsteps as the parliamentary...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is again being urged to make use of body-worn cameras as part of its standard operating procedure. Leading expert on national security and economic development at The University of the West Indies (UWI),...

WASHINGTON (AP): Donald Trump won Pennsylvania early Wednesday, putting him just three electoral votes shy of defeating Kamala Harris to win the White House. A win in Alaska or any of the outstanding battleground states — Michigan, Wisconsin,...

Residents of McGlashen in St Andrew are calling for quick action by the government to fix the massive breakaway on the main road in their community, which lies along the route between Golden Spring and Mount Airy. Persistent heavy rainfall in...

A previous effort by good Samaritans to alleviate the frustrations of residents over the poor state of Oakland Crescent in Payne Land, St Andrew, was reduced to naught on Tuesday as it was washed away following rainfall linked to Tropical Storm...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding yesterday fired back at Prime Minister Andrew Holness, calling him “desperate and becoming unhinged” after the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader said the People’s National Party (PNP) embraces criminality. Holness was...

A 23-year-old Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) private was arrested Sunday after two guns, an imitation firearm, and more than 50 rounds of assorted ammunition were reportedly found in a motor vehicle driven by the accused at Up Park Camp. The accused,...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is raising concerns about a massive 168 per cent surge in forced outages reported by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), with numbers jumping from 49,243 in December 2019 to 132,226 in 2023. Of the 136,552...

WESTERN BUREAU: Roland Haye, the western regional coordinator for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), has asked disaster management entities in St James to be on standby today, should there be a need to evacuate...

The Police High Command is warning men from Crescent Road in Kingston believed to be behind Sunday’s deadly attack in which three persons were slaughtered and five injured to turn themselves in to the authorities. “Wherever you are, we are coming...

Upset that seven years of relative calm have been broken with Saturday night’s mass shooting incident, which left three people dead on Bowen Road, Kingston 11, residents say they no longer have an interest in maintaining efforts at keeping the...