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An internal disciplinary charge now hangs over the head of the enforcement inspector who first flagged breaches at a controversial housing development undertaken by a senior public officer and his wife. Rhyan Henry, the inspector employed to the...

In a nostalgic farewell at The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Kingston on Friday, hundreds of Jamaicans came together to bid farewell to media icon Alan Magnus, whose four-decade career touched the hearts of countless listeners across the...

Despite a severe islandwide garbage collection crisis between 2022 and 2023 causing a black eye, the outgoing board members of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) were on Friday lauded for bringing a culture of accountability to...

For the staff at the St Aloysius Primary School in Kingston, the Jamaica Day activities are more than just a commemoration, but provide a significant opportunity to foster patriotism and cultural retention for students. “We find out that our...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Freeman’s Hall, Trelawny, are accusing their political representatives of abandoning them for 50 years, citing the degradation of their community’s roadways and the lack of an adequate water supply, street lights, and...

Scores of diehards from both major political parties were in high spirits yesterday as they converged on the headquarters of the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) in downtown Kingston to monitor the arrival of ballot boxes containing the votes of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Thursday’s fire at the Negril Great Morass has reignited major concerns surrounding climate change and its negative implications by stakeholders in the resort town. The fire has reportedly been on and off since last week; however,...

Janet Morrison shook with grief as she reflected on the life of her late husband, Justice Cecil Dennis Harrington Morrison, in a moving thanksgiving service at The University Chapel in St Andrew on Thursday. “A listening ear, a shoulder, a hand to...

Just days before the majority of the island’s electors get a chance to cast ballots in the long-overdue local government elections, Jamaica’s two main political parties remain in a dogfight. The battle for the 228 divisions and a single mayorship...

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland burn victim Adrianna Laing and her father, Adrian, now have a new place to call home thanks to the Government’s new social- housing programme, which has provided them with a two-bedroom dwelling valued approximately $9...

WESTERN BUREAU: SHARING THAT he took a leave of absence from his studies to focus on next week’s local government election, People’s National Party (PNP) councillor candidate Ronaldo Jackson is confident that he will be the change needed in the...

WESTERN BUREAU: When Samuel Copeland rushed his common-law wife, Felician Guthrie, to the Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester last Saturday night, he did not imagine that he would soon watch her take her last breath. Guthrie’s death has marked the...