A policeman and his accused are set to appear in the Clarendon Parish Court this morning to face charges of murder and several breaches of the Firearms Act in relation to two incidents in his community on December 27. He is 32-year-old Constable...
Unless any “egregious” material is found to disqualify them during the due diligence process, five councillors who defected from the People’s National Party (PNP) after being elected in 2016 will be Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidates in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The year 2023 stands as a testament to the resilience and collaborative efforts that fuelled the remarkable recovery of tourism in Jamaica. The strength of this recovery can be attributed to the robust collaboration between industry...
TWO CRITICAL pieces of legislation – the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and a bill to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act to include unexplained wealth – are among a raft of proposed legislative measures that the Andrew Holness-led administration...
Attorney-at-law Kevin Powell, president of the Jamaican Bar Association, has applauded noteworthy strides in the judicial system over the past year, but noted that there is still some way to go to make it more efficient. He said that the...
Keith Clarke case A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in February to determine the validity of the “good-faith certificates” in the Keith Clarke case. The matter, which has been lagging in the system for over a decade, has seen several legal...
The past year bore witness to a myriad of courtroom dramas, legal intricacies, and precedent-setting decisions that collectively wove the tapestry of justice. From landmark trials that captured headlines to the subtle shifts in legal precedent, the...
From earthquakes to financial scandals and the hiccups of implementing a new law and restructuring public sector wages, the narratives that took centre stage in 2023 have influenced our trajectory as we step into the upcoming year. Here’s a...
14-y-o charged with attempted rape, burglary, wounding with intent A 14- year-old boy has been arrested and charged following an incident along Crawford Street, Mount Salem, St James, on Tuesday. The boy has been charged with attempted rape,...
Children and adults who endured childhood trauma and abuse have a reading space to learn how a Canadian-Jamaican chronicled her truth and are encouraged to pen their own stories to overcome. Kamelah Blair, an award-winning Canadian author,...
A recommendation, made over a decade ago for the creation of a new national honour called the Order of Jamaican Heritage, is now being “actively reviewed”, Culture Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has revealed. The disclosure comes amid a new...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mobile-service customers in western Jamaica were frustrated and inconvenienced up to late Thursday evening after finding themselves unable to make or receive calls on their devices, an issue which at least one service provider said...
More than 500 taxi operators had their public passenger vehicle licences suspended last year under the New Road Traffic Act, president of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) Egerton Newman has disclosed. It is an...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sudbury Primary and Infant School in Orange, St James has been publicly recognised for its efforts to ensure its students’ nutritional needs are adequately met, with representatives from Yummy Bakery awarding the school’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: The police station being built in Hopewell, Hanover is now looking like it will be ready to be served in soon as work has been taking place on the facility daily since the middle of December 2023. Following concerns by several...
Administrative Bishop of the New Testament Church of God, Dr Roy Notice, has charged the Church to see themselves as ‘agents of healing’ in the nation. He stressed that the Church should not only “have a voice that exposes and critiques the moral...
Despite significant increases in infrastructural development in the country over the last decade, less than half of the population is convinced that the infrastructure has got better. Approximately 45 per cent of the 1,015 respondents in the Don...
One of two men shot dead in Wednesday’s double murder on Wildman Street in Kingston has left the mother of his child saddened that the bond between father and son has been broken. Akiel ‘Bull’ Ainsworth, 26, and 30-year-old DeShane ‘Eddie’ Palmer,...
Eastern Portland: Prime Minister Andrew Holness is renewing Government’s commitment to placing emphasis on local infrastructure and ensuring that sustained maintenance becomes a priority. Holness was speaking as he toured sections of Eastern...
WESTERN BUREAU: An imminent solution is on the horizon for the exasperation faced by travellers grappling with the traffic quagmire at Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, assures Sharon Hislop, MBJ Airport Limited’s commercial...
WESTERN BUREAU: “You still nuh see what just happen, hmm? Just know one down and one of yours a go down as soon as mi lay hands on her.” That message, sent on January 29, 2017, at 11:22 p.m., was one of several spine-chilling text messages...
A pair of siblings who killed a mother and her two young children before setting fire to their Mavis Bank, St Andrew home will be eligible to leave prison eight years earlier after the Court of Appeal adjusted their sentence. Jamelia Leslie, 28,...
Jamaica’s first alleged case of suicide for 2024 took place on Tuesday when 19-year-old bartender Tameika “Nicky” Atherton reportedly hanged herself from a tree near her house in Islington, St Mary. But while media reports say the police have ruled...
WESTERN BUREAU: The sudden death of People’s National Party (PNP) Westmoreland representative Maxine Salabie, 50 years old, has left her family and colleagues in mourning. “It’s a setback, but for every setback there is a comeback, and the...
More than half of Jamaicans polled in a national survey believe that the circumstances of the nation’s most vulnerable are worsening even as the country tallies 10 consecutive quarters of economic growth. Fifty-eight per cent of the 1,015...
