Opposition Leader Mark Golding has signalled that a future People’s National Party (PNP) administration would seek to engender participation at the local level to give Jamaicans a greater say on issues impacting them in keeping with the roots and...
Developer Dexim Holdings Limited disputed claims of breach of a $2.5-billion contract with the National Housing Trust (NHT), arguing that it experienced problems in COVID-19 that impacted its work and efforts to deliver 200 houses. The parties...
The spotlight is now fixed on Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie as the country awaits his announcement of the date for the long-overdue local government elections. McKenzie, a deputy leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), will be...
Two burnt to death in four-vehicle accident Personnel at the St Michael’s Funeral Home in St Ann were tasked to remove the charred remains of two individuals who were burnt beyond recognition after their vehicles caught fire on impact in a four-...
The controversial St Andrew housing development undertaken by suspended National Water Commission (NWC) boss Mark Barnett and his wife is already the subject of an internal investigation by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC),...
One of the aspirants seeking to head the country’s football governing body has sought to publicly distance himself from a last-minute legal action that has placed its contentious presidential election on hold. The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)...
In a scathing rebuke of Jamaica’s leadership and education system, renowned businessman Howard Mitchell says for more than a century the nation’s leaders have maintained a structure that is failing to produce literate and numerate graduates to...
Prime Minister (PM) Andrew Holness has expressed optimism regarding the future employment prospects for Jamaican students, asserting that more than 90 per cent of them will have opportunities in the labour market. Alongside that projection, Holness...
Nine years ago, friends and family of Melissa Silvera gathered at the St Andrew Parish Church to witness her wedding to former Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera. Yesterday, Jolyan and her relatives and friends congregated at that same church but...
Jamaica’s foremost anti-corruption body, the Integrity Commission (IC), has rejected as “misleading” and “false” suggestions by two senior public officials of overreach and entrapment in its verification process of statutory declarations....
Eastern Portland: The chief medical officer for Portland’s health services is urging residents to discontinue harbouring illegal immigrants from Haiti, warning that these individuals, who have been frequently arriving by boat, could be infected...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) has served notice to move a resolution requesting a greater portion of the property taxes allocated to the island’s municipalities. Cebert McFarlane, People’s National Party’s (PNP)...
WESTERN BUREAU: Once considered the safest parish in the island, in 2023 Hanover had the highest percentage increase in murders, although not the highest number. Police statistics are showing that, with 72 murders occurring in that parish last...
The trading of insults and claims of who is a ‘tief’ marked Thursday’s resumption of the trial in which a company owned by developer Juliet Holness is suing for a title linked to its $800-million apartment complex. “You would agree with me that if...
The defence team for Oscar Barnes, Tonia McDonald’s alleged killer, yesterday suggested that the police ignored a confession from the original contract killer that his son was also involved in the murder. They further said the son was later freed...
It was the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) that botched the potential criminal prosecution of suspended National Water Commission (NWC) boss Mark Barnett and his wife for breaches of a permit for their St Andrew housing development...
An “acrimonious” relationship between councillor for the Mocho division, Romaine Morris, and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central Robert Nesta Morgan is what Morris said contributed to his decision to...
“Chop har in a har #@$!” was reportedly the directive from 52-year-old Pauline Hugh-Smith as a group of women descended on a 14-year-old-girl along Holland Street in Denbigh, Clarendon, on December 30. Yesterday, the Clarendon Parish Court was...
WESTERN BUREAU: The police in Hanover have stepped up their campaign against gangs and have taken steps to prevent a reprisal to Wednesday night’s double murder in Green Island. Those murdered were 35-year-old businessman Romaine Jones and 56-year-...
In a heated session during Thursday’s general meeting of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, People’s National Party (PNP) councillors demanded the immediate appointment of a political ombudsman. The call was led by Fenley Douglas, councillor...
With numerous high-rise buildings going up in Kingston and causing more pressure to be applied to the city’s sewage infrastructure, Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams is batting for the authorities to expand the outdated wastewater management system...
The police are defending their response to a daring early morning robbery at the entrance to Jamaica House yesterday during which two men, including the son of a prominent businessman, were shot and injured. Jamaica House is the office of the...
It was a feeling of déjà vu for relatives of 14-year-old Rasheem Wilson, a student and resident of 100 Lane in St Andrew, after he was fatally shot during an alleged police operation mid-afternoon yesterday. His grandmother, Michelle Dawkins, told...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a recent confrontation with law enforcement, Kenroy ‘Tik-a-Weed’ Roach, one of St James’ ‘Most Wanted’ men, met a fatal end. Simultaneously, another notorious figure, Nigel ‘Mad Ras’ Bailey, allegedly responsible for 10 deaths...
There are concerns that a gap in legislation may have resulted in parliamentarians and public officials unknowingly and unofficially being investigated for possible illicit enrichment through the verification process of their statutory declarations...
