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Opposition Spokesman on Transport Mikael Phillips is suggesting that an audit be done on lands held owned by the Railway Corporation of Jamaica, following revelations that several acres originally reserved for rail service expansion in Greater...

WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Glenford Miller, who recently took command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Area One, and his security team survived an attack by gunmen in Montego Bay, St James, late Wednesday night....

WESTERN BUREAU: “This is a painful loss,” said Karen Robertson as she described the shooting deaths of her two adult sons, Romaine and Enrique Harvey. The two men were reportedly shot and killed by lawmen in their Logwood community in Hanover on...

Twenty-two grade 10 agricultural science students from 11 high schools in St Elizabeth on Wednesday received a share of $660,000 in academic grants to pursue their studies. The grant was made possible by Jamaica workers who are employed to Gebber...

WESTERN BUREAU: At the age of 31, Michael Anthony Grizzle took a bold step in acquiring a prime piece of property in Montego Bay for his dream project, Ocean One. Despite the unforeseen delays brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Grizzle’s...

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has recommended an “immediate ban” on ridesharing services which he says has triggered serious safety concerns for members of the public. “I have the responsibility as the minister and an elected representative to...

The main suspect in the disappearance of primary school teacher Danielle Anglin was cut loose in 2018 with a suspended sentence after he was convicted in the High Court on multiple counts of assault, law enforcement sources have revealed. The...

WESTERN BUREAU: The criminality plaguing the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland, continued late Monday night when armed thugs shot and injured a man and his wife in their bedroom. The couple are now nursing gunshots wounds at a medical facility....

Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) CEO Professor Gordon Shirley says it could take another year before the damaged berth at the Ocho Rios Cruise Terminal in St Ann is repaired and the pier made functional again, but at the cost of some $20 million. In...

A Clarendon family is seeking answers after their relative died while in police custody at the Chapelton Police Station on the weekend. The family is alleging that 33-year-old Rekema Bravo, a farmer of Iron Gate in Chapelton who had a history of...

After five unsuccessful attempts to unseat Prime Minister Andrew Holness as member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew West Central, Patrick Roberts is leaving the uphill task to a more seasoned colleague, former St Andrew West Rural parliamentarian...

The booming white-tailed deer population in Portland is driving farmers to despair as their fields are ravaged, leaving them reeling from millions in losses annually as the invasive species roam unchecked. Kendrick Thompson, a farmer in Industry,...