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The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has issued a stop order on the construction of a car dealership at 11 WestLake Avenue, in the Richmond Park area of St Andrew, following recent protests by residents of the community about...

Thousands of residents in St Elizabeth are to remain in the dark for several more weeks after the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) announced a delay in restoring electricity to certain areas of the parish. The power company revealed a revised deadline...

PARIS, France: In a season plagued by injuries, Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell made a triumphant Olympic debut, securing his first major global championship medal on Thursday. Broadbell copped bronze in the men’s 110m hurdles final in a season’s best...

Western Bureau: With the 2024-2025 school year on the horizon, 330 high-school and tertiary students from Hanover should now be feeling a fair amount of comfort, having been the recipients of more than US$350,000 in scholarship support from the...

A strong performer on the world stage, two-time World Championship bronze medalist Rushell Clayton is just making her Olympic début. But having her fastest season yet, she hopes to join the likes of Deon Hemmings McCatty, Melaine Walker and Kaliese...

Western Bureau: Yesterday, track and field coach Rodrick Myles, who is the current coach at William Knibb High School, the alma mater of sprint legend Usain Bolt, was on ‘cloud nine’ as he watched Rojé Stona break the Olympic discus record, and, in...

WESTERN BUREAU: “She was the life of the party” said Ann Marie White as she described her daughter, entertainment coordinator Judy Levy, one of four persons who perished in a horrific motor vehicle crash along the Braco main road in Trelawny this...

A Medal of Honour for Gallantry awarded posthumously to Constable Ricardo Fairclough has come as a “pleasant surprise” to the slain policeman’s family members who say the last four months have been heavy with grief. Constable Fairclough was shot...

PARIS, France: Wayne Pinnock ended Jamaica’s near-three-decade wait for another Olympic medal in the men’s long jump on Tuesday, earning a silver to increase the island’s medal tally at the Paris Games to four. Pinnock’s leap of 8.36 metres in the...

It’s still surreal that Jamaica’s most successful women’s sprint hurdler is only now making it to the Olympics. But two-time world champion Danielle Williams will finally have a chance to perform on the biggest stage, chasing Jamaica’s first...

Local franchise holder of the United States (US)-based BirdShack Fried Chicken is hoping to forge relationships with the residents of the communities near the newly opened fast-food restaurant on Red Hills Road in St Andrew. Last Friday, Arya...

Ralford Mullings is the latest Jamaican to emerge in the men’s discus, making the event the most competitive it has been for the country. The Oklahoma University student has had a surreal season, highlighted by a personal best throw of 69.67...