WESTERN BUREAU: As investigations continue into reports that St James High School Principal Joseph Williams expelled two female students in January this year without following due process, the school’s board of management says it has received...
The Patricia Sinclair McCalla-led Public Service Commission (PSC) has said that the commission acted on the recommendation of permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane, when it appointed Claudette Thompson to act...
WESTERN BUREAU: An animal pound based in St James could provide a welcome relief to Savanna-la-Mar mayor, Danree Delancy, in removing stray animals from the streets of Westmoreland and western Jamaica. Delancy said, following a brief discussion...
Sweating heavily from the heat Thursday afternoon, 61-year-old Sandra Shepherd, sitting in her makeshift dwelling in Rosemary Lane in central Kingston, gets teary eyed as she reflects on the situation that led to her current homelessness. Almost...
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) are calling for more active intervention strategies targeting young people in the parish, to prevent them from falling into criminality. One strategy currently being utilised...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), Jamaica’s apex court, is set to introduce a ‘review of merits appeal’ rule, a major development that will effectively reduce the number of cases brought by appellants from jurisdictions it serves...
The attorney-at-law who is representing the alleged contract killer in the murder of businesswoman Simone Campbell Collymore yesterday sought to discredit the evidence of one of the shooters, branding him a liar. Attorney-at-law Sanjay Smith, who...
There will be no roadblocks and ‘we want justice’ outrage for the death of four males, including a 17-year-old, whose lives fatally ended during an alleged gun battle with the police in Kingston yesterday morning. The usual demonstrations...
“This is madness!” That’s how Education and Youth Minister Fayval Williams has described the 55 critical incidents that occurred every 3.5 days across the education sector over the 190 schooldays spanning January 2022 to January 2023. In her...
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey wants the Interception of Communications Act to be amended to impose a time limit within which telecommunication companies should provide information requested by the police. The act, which was passed in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Oppley Ebanks, the St James man who reportedly used a stone to beat another man to death during a confrontation on January 14, has been remanded until May 29 following his latest appearance in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday...
The St Thomas police have indicated that an investigation is under way into the arrest of one of their own on the weekend, for his alleged involvement in an abduction and multimillion-dollar robbery that reportedly took place at Golden Grove in the...
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says it has established policies in place to minimise disruptions that may occur during the sitting of examinations. The statement follows a series of bomb threats directed to at least three high schools...
Plans by the Government to build out and expand hospital facilities across the country are to be accompanied by a $500 million per annum scholarship to train more health professionals for the jobs that will become available at the end of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Scores of Grange Hill Primary School students were briefed and exposed to practical ways of eradicating bullyism in schools by police officers and members of the civilian community during their Read Across Jamaica Day presentation...
Jamaica’s goal to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 has been bolstered by its recent certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT)....
At its Peninsula Farms facility in Banbury, Linstead, St Catherine, Caribbean Broilers (CB) Jamaica Limited Group officially launched its solar power project ‘Power Up’ yesterday. The initiative is a joint venture with Soleco Energy Jamaica Limited...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has set May 13 as the date for a committal hearing in relation to Ronaldo Ricketts, the man accused of killing several homeless people in Montego Bay between July and August 2023. Ricketts, who is charged...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday criticised the People’s National Party’s (PNP) response to the German charter flight carrying more than 200 Indians which landed in the island on Thursday. The governing party said the Opposition’s response...
Some of the more than 200 Indians who arrived in Jamaica on a charter flight from Dubai told immigration officials that they had travelled to the island for a five-day tour, but checks of their itineraries revealed coverage for only one day....
WESTERN BUREAU: Accommodation stakeholders in Negril, which spans Westmoreland and Hanover, have declared that having spent over $200 million on water storage since March they will not be able to withstand the potential financial fallout from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jody-Ann Barrett is in ‘”shock” and now left to pick up the pieces and hold her family together after her common-law husband, Andre Nicholson, died of an alleged suicide over the weekend. The man reportedly took his own life inside...
HMH Farms Limited officially launched its goat meat burgers under the brand Jamgoat Burgers last Saturday with the intention of revolutionising the industry. Hjort Henry, managing director of HMH Farms, hopes that by introducing this Jamaica-made...
Jamaica holds a premier spot among birdwatchers globally, who often flock to the island to observe the 31 species that are only found here. But that enthusiasm for birds is not apparent locally, Damion Whyte, president of BirdLife Jamaica,...
Port Antonio, Portland The Portland Rehabilitation Centre, which is currently undergoing a transformation, is still grappling with the stigma around a view that its primary focus is to house persons of unsound mind even though the success rate in...
