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WESTERN BUREAU The mother of schoolboy Jahmiel Richardson has been taken into police custody after the eight-year-old perished in a fire at his Top Lincoln home in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, on the weekend. Sherone McDonald is expected to remain...

With the latest Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) highlighting that 76 per cent of Jamaican children between the ages of one and 14 years experience ‘violent discipline’, Nicole Patrick Shaw, newly minted chairperson of the National Child...

As some sections of the island experience drought conditions, Paul Brown, professor of molecular biology at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is warning that leptospirosis can still be caught from the storage of water. “Water is...

They enjoy protected status and pride of place atop Jamaica’s coat of arms – a symbol of unending resilience and the strength of the Jamaican people. Yet over decades, their habitats have been decimated to make room for development, and their...

Two months after a strong showing in the local government elections (LGE) in which the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) pulled out more votes than in the 2020 general election, its president, Opposition Leader Mark Golding, still trails...

Calabar High School’s acting Principal Sian Wilson is cautioning the school’s old boys’ and parent-teacher associations against making decisions that may not be in the best interest of students. The message follows a decision by the Calabar Old...

With little more than a month before the start of what is expected to be one of the most active hurricane seasons on record, the Jamaican Government has secured US$150-million insurance coverage through its World Bank catastrophe bond programme....

Dr Pauline Mullings has stepped down as the chairperson of the National Child Month Committee. Her announcement surprisingly came on Thursday at the launch of Child Month 2024 at the Lecture Hall of the Institute of Jamaica in downtown Kingston and...

WESTERN BUREAU: THE METEORIC rise of comedian Curley C. Roberts has come as no surprise to those who are familiar with the popular actor and businessman’s journey. He is a past student of St Catherine High School who had plans to become an attorney...

MINISTER OF Tourism Edmund Bartlett heads the list of people who will be honoured at the Northern Caribbean University International Development Foundation’s (NCUIDF) Impact Gala tomorrow. The other honourees are Pamela Appelt, retired judge of the...

WESTERN BUREAU: GANG VIOLENCE within the community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has left a grade 10 schoolboy, 16-year-old Carson Barrett, dead and his female schoolmate of Grange Hill High School hospitalised. The incident, which took place some...

King’s Counsel Douglas Leys, who has been retained by incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, says she has not stepped down from her post. “I can say affirmatively that she has not resigned, and it would not be advisable for her...