WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck has cautioned Jamaicans that it is far better to avoid criminal convictions than to rely on the recent passage of the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act to...
Jamaica’s ability to develop at a faster pace is being hampered by “excessive bureaucracy”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is arguing. Holness, who was speaking at the official handover ceremony of the Essex Valley Agro-Processing Facility and...
A startling incident outside the courtroom brought renewed tension to the ongoing anti-gang trial involving reputed Clansman gang leader Tesha Miller and 24 other accused yesterday, shortly after the matter was adjourned on day one at the Supreme...
The Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) has issued an ultimatum for the management of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to take steps to resolve a number of long-standing issues. Failing this, the JMDA said it could not...
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green yesterday maintained that he would have taken no further action after sending an anonymous letter to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) about a 2013 Acadia Drive, St Andrew shooting, saying he...
It has been a hellish week for two elderly siblings whose four-bedroom home in May Pen, Clarendon, was engulfed by fire, taking all their possessions and decades of hard work and accomplishments. Chef Byron Desport, 67, said he was at his cook...
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has raised concern that the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) purchased food items, tarpaulin and water costing $59.6 million for Hurricane Melissa victims but failed to document...
The National Disaster Fund Committee (NDFC), which has the critical responsibility of managing the National Disaster Fund (NDF) and signing off on sums to be allocated for relief and other purposes in the wake of a natural disaster, has been non-...
At 100 years old, Isaiah Freckleton still marvels at the passage of time. Lying in his bed one night, alone with his thoughts, the centenarian found himself pondering. “I began to count from one to a hundred,” he said. “And I lay down, and I...
What began as a simple attempt to pick ackees ended in catastrophe. Electrocuted by overhead power lines in Portmore, St Catherine, last January, Chace Singh lost both hands and feet and now needs $10 million to piece together a life altered in...
The prosecution has reportedly accepted a guilty plea from former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for St Mary Western, Jolyan Silvera, on charges of manslaughter on the grounds of provocation in connection with the death of his...
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis is reporting that of the 200 Starlink devices delivered to the Office of the Commissioner of Police, only 120 were distributed to 17 entities, while the remaining 80 were on site and not in use on January 6, 2026...
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has flagged as a breach of procurement rules actions taken by senior Cabinet minister Daryl Vaz in relation to the purchase of 200 Starlink devices valued at $12.12 million. In a compliance audit tabled in...
The Government has moved to reassure Parliament that amendments to the Cyber Crimes Act will strengthen protections against online abuse, even as the Opposition warned that vague language in the bill could weaken safeguards for victims of non-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Two unidentified men were shot and killed by unknown assailants in an abandoned building in Norwood, St James, on Tuesday, shattering a yearlong period of calm. The killings brought to an end a year without any murders in the once-...
Admitting that the Houses of Parliament breached the procurement guidelines in acquiring 16 air-conditioning (AC) units, Clerk to the Houses Colleen Lowe blamed a former operations manager for the violation, saying that he was on a “frolic of his...
WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa tore roofs from homes and shattered windows last October, centenarian Vera Brown – partially blind, deaf and almost entirely non-verbal – rode out the Category 5 monster in an outdoor bathroom, emerging not just...
The reported death of a prosecution witness last week was raised before the Supreme Court on Monday as a critical factor weighing against any lengthy adjournment in the long-awaited Clansman gang trial involving alleged leader Tesha Miller and 24...
Contractors who do business with the Government, as well as private-sector workers, are not necessarily expected to understand or comply with the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAAA), a senior finance ministry official told the Kingston...
Days before Haiti’s transitional government is set to expire, Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has warned that any move away from the February 7 deadline would risk further fragmentation, insisting that the agreed-upon date must be the...
Six-year-old Allahana Commock had never known what it felt like to run freely or play without fear of collapsing. Born with tetralogy of fallot – a rare and complex congenital heart defect – even short walks left her exhausted, dizzy, and prone to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is urging the relatives of criminals to persuade them to give up their illegal guns, saying that by doing so it could bring Jamaica’s annual murder count, which is now...
Former People’s National Party (PNP) member of parliament for St Mary Western, Jolyan Silvera, has reportedly pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter in relation to the death of his wife, Melissa Silvera. The reported plea was entered...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three months after Hurricane Melissa forced its closure, Princess Resorts Jamaica in Hanover has reopened, bringing 1,000 staff back to work and restoring confidence among local travel agents, who are already booking major...
A teacher’s failure to intervene in a verbal dispute between two Norman Manley High School (NMHS) students, before it turned physical and left one of them bloodied and missing a tooth, is a “clear breach of the duty and standard of care” the...
