There are indications that the country’s top prosecutor is close to delivering a legal opinion to investigators on whether additonal criminal charges should flow from one of the largest alleged fraudulent schemes in Jamaican history. Chief...
Despite repeated warnings of the catastrophic consequences to the marine ecosystem, public health and the environment from effluent flowing into the Negril River from a sewage plant, there has been little effort to resolve the decades-long issue....
A Portland aspiring nurse and poultry farmer who walked miles in almost pitch-black darkness to stab a female German national 35 times in an apparent love triangle has been sentenced to life in prison. Sherone Campbell, who celebrated her 41st...
The Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA) is urging the Jamaican Government to treat as an “urgent imperative” changes in the ongoing constitutional reform process to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the island’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: The island’s guidance counsellors are expressing frustration that they are unable to effectively help students navigate social issues and improve their general well-being because of a high counsellor-to-pupil ratio in the nation’s...
Government Senator Don Wehby has called for a comprehensive review of why capital budgets are not fully utilised within stipulated time frames. In his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday, Wehby said he was in...
Farmer Devon Fuller vividly remembers being stumped after three acres of his coconut plantation failed to yield quality coconuts after three years and, in some cases, no coconuts for a four-year period. He believes that he would have lost his...
The Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI) on Tuesday celebrated its 49th anniversary of helping to serve the agricultural research and development needs of CARICOM member states. Dionne Clarke-Harris, CARDI representative...
WESTERN BUREAU: A number of expatriates holding European, British and Australian citizenship had their visa waivers cancelled by the United States (US) this week after in-transiting via Cuba en route to Jamaica. The Electronic System for Travel...
WESTERN BUREAU: Developer Mark Kerr-Jarrett is calling for an expansion of the CCTV network in the Second City, hoping that successes in the identification of a murder suspect within 48 hours and his eventual conviction can be replicated to put a...
In a scathing critique of the National Water Commission (NWC), Robert Miller, member of parliament for St Catherine South Eastern, has lambasted the commission for the ongoing water crisis plaguing communities, such as Waterford, Cumberland,...
A clash of personalities and dysfunctionality are the reasons Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton said led to his decision to dissolve the current Board of Management at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The action comes...
Deandre Grant, who, along with his cronies, murdered a man and a woman and wounded two other people in separate incidents between December 2022 and July this year, claimed that he was led down the wrong path by persons he met in a juvenile centre....
The #5 sustainable development goal (SDG) articulated by the United Nations (UN), which aims to achieve gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls by 2030, is the most important of the 17 SDGs on the UN list, according to Olivia Grange...
The evangelistic mission of the Salem United Church and its role in uplifting the residents of Islington, St Mary, have contributed to its longevity with 150 years of ministry to the local populace. Head pastor Reverend Wendell McKoy, who has led...
“The pressure to excel academically may result in excessive workload, sleep deprivation, and neglect of self-care,” university student Jade Rowe noted during the media launch of an adolescent mental health conference on Monday. “Adolescents may...
WESTERN BUREAU: After more than 20 days in police custody, having been accused of causing death by dangerous driving, Delroy Rodney remains behind bars and his case has been transferred to the Westmoreland Circuit Court. The 47-year-old taxi...
The multibillion-dollar fraud and irregularities uncovered at Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) have ballooned past US$30 million with more than 200 accounts impacted. The Financial Investigations Division (FID) shared the update in a statement...
Executive Director for human rights group Stand Up for Jamaica Maria Carla Gullotta wants legislative changes to reverse the practice of detaining persons assessed with serious mental illnesses in correctional facilities. Speaking at the launch of...
As the year comes to a close, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is calling for Jamaican farmers to still take on one major international objective that has not been carried out on a wide scale in 2023. That is to...
Members of Parliament (MP) are advocating for a share of the parliamentary budget to go towards securing housing in the capital city for rural representatives who, they say, make great sacrifices to fulfil their duties to constituents and Jamaica....
A plan for the expansion of ward spaces to provide an additional 100 beds at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is expected to be ready by January, the hospital’s chairman, Kenny Benjamin, has disclosed.
Alicia Fowler, a blind and partially deaf mother of four, has a burning desire to be the kind of mother her children deserve. But unemployed, disabled, and ailing with other health issues, the 48-year-old finds it difficult to make ends meet on a...
While stakeholder collaboration has put a dent in gang violence and activities in schools, a senior educator says social workers are urgently needed to tackle the problem from the root. Leighton Johnson, president of the Jamaica Teachers’...
