WESTERN BUREAU: A 22-year-old police officer, who was on cell-guard duty at the Whithorn Police Station in Westmoreland on Saturday, was removed from duty and placed in custody at the same lockup after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle...
On one of the biggest travel weekends for flights to the United States (US), an emergency landing by Fort Lauderdale-bound Spirit Airlines Flight NK270 had passengers in a tailspin as it departed the runway of the Sangster International Airport (...
The Government’s move to ban corporal punishment in the home is being challenged by one Christian group which says the state is overreaching. The group, the Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM), said the Government’s focus should...
As part of its efforts to bolster the relationship between Jamaica and China, the Chinese Embassy in Kingston has adopted special needs institution Earnest Institute For the Gifted, Hyperactive...
The group of Jamaicans who identify as Tainos says the issue of the country’s final court should be determined by citizens, arguing that a referendum is the ideal way to settle the more than decade-long contentious matter. Robert Pairman, Kasike/...
Approximately 100 Kingston residents streamed in and out of the Holy Family Primary and Infant School in downtown Kingston on Sunday to access pro bono health care, compliments of the Indian High Commission. The health camp was one of two held...
Come June, applications will open for investors to access 795 hectares (19,000 acres of land for lease, across three agroparks in St Catherine and Clarendon, under the Southern Plains Agricultural Development of 5- to 24-acre plots, for diverse...
WESTERN BUREAU: St James’ custos Bishop Conrad Pitkin has vowed to do his part to encourage the parish’s citizenry to take better care of the historic Pye River Cemetery in Bogue, Montego Bay, in order to ensure the facility does not return to its...
WESTERN BUREAU: Highlighted as a pivotal moment in this year’s just-concluded Caribbean Travel Marketplace (CTM) was the unveiling of the Caribbean Meetings, Incentives and Exhibitions (MICE) Exchange, which drew the attention of 13 planners,...
The audience, which included tourism stakeholders and media practitioners from all over the world, listened in rapt attention as Jamaica’s tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett, talked about the state of tourism in Jamaica. This was during the Jamaica...
Fraudulent contracts, crooked invoicing and underhand cheque cashing were at the heart of a two-year multimillion-dollar raid of public funds by former National Energy Solutions Limited (NESoL) official Lawrence Pommels. Pommels used the...
Last week’s coroner’s inquest ruling that controversial religious leader Kevin Smith died by suicide has drawn a stinging rebuke from criminal defence attorney Valerie Neita-Robertson, King’s Counsel, who represents Smith’s estate and is...
Consistent advocacy, a new hospital and proxy votes determining the fate of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) were major concerns raised at that organisation’s annual general meeting on Wednesday night. Held at the...
Calling the removal of King Charles as Jamaica’s head of state without leaving the jurisdiction of the Privy Council “ethically unsound”, the National Integrity Action (NIA) is the latest civil society body to press for the complete severing of...
Transport Authority Managing Director Ralston Smith said news of the passing of Dr Daniel Dawes, the chief executive officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), has sent shock waves through not only the organisation he leads, but the entire...
WESTERN BUREAU: Duojon Griffiths, the 24-year-old man implicated in the 2021 murder of fellow Montego Bay resident 20-year-old Massania ‘Karla’ Malcolm and her one-year-old daughter Jordania, was indicted on murder and gun charges by a Florida...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says that discussions are underway to transform the Pye River Cemetery in the Second City into a potential tourist attraction, even amid plans to formally close the decades-old burial ground due to a...
A replica of the Windrush monument at the Waterloo Station in the United Kingdom (UK) is to be mounted in downtown Kingston next year, Culture Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has announced. She made the proclamation while speaking on Friday at the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tristants Simpson’s start was not the best. Having failed the mere three Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations he was recommended to sit, Simpson left Albert Town High in Trelawny with only a school leaving...
The Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) says it would be willing to review the citizenship qualification for the prime minister of Jamaica if Cabinet requires it. Its statement follows recommendations from some political commentators that the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Calls for an end to incest and sexual offences echoed from the gates of the Pisgah Primary and Infant School on Tuesday as state agencies joined hands to support the community’s children in taking a stand against paedophilia....
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says the Privy Council’s withdrawal on Thursday of the proposed ‘review of merits’ rule will result in more cases devoid of merit going to the London-based institution that serves as Jamaica’s final court. Chuck told...
The International Student Affairs and Travel Services (ISATS) is facing severe criticism and allegations of mismanagement after failing to deliver on the work and travel experience paid for by several university students over the last two years....
On Thursday, across Jamaica, citizens rallied together in a spirit of unity to commemorate National Labour Day through acts of voluntary service. From bustling urban centres to tranquil rural communities, they rolled up their sleeves and dedicated...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sergeant Arleen McBean, the newly elected chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, says she is ready to take on whatever challenges lie ahead. “I don’t like to say the road is hard. I will use the words ‘the road appears...
