Lead Stories

Concerns are being raised today for the well-being of children who witnessed the bludgeoning of a family member and had to run for their lives from the killer- another of their relatives who had become enraged. The community of Frazersfield, Rocky...

Criminologist Dr Jason McKay is questioning Jamaicans for Justice’s (JFJ) close-in-age exemption defence, as it relates to decriminalising consensual sex among minors, a proposal outlined in the human-rights group’s latest report, ‘Civil Society...

Delano Seiveright, minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has indicated that the impact of Hurricane Melissa offers Jamaicans in the diaspora a unique opportunity to invest in the redevelopment of their homeland....

The grounds of St Theresa Preparatory School in Kingston were transformed into a scene of merriment Thursday evening as students, staff and parents gathered to celebrate their annual Christmas Jubilee. While Christmas was the central theme, the...

WESTERN BUREAU: The atmosphere at the Chester Castle Health Clinic in Hanover was sombre on Thursday as the Americares Field Clinic and its team of volunteers concluded their tour of duty, bringing to an end weeks of service to the community in the...

A senior police officer broke down in court last Friday after her son’s alleged killer raised a claim of self-defence, forcing sentencing to be aborted for the second time in five years. St Thomas farmer Cavell Thompson, who wears dreadlocks, was...

A prominent trade union leader has welcomed a recent move by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) to publish its awards and related industrial relations resources on its website, describing the development as long overdue and highly beneficial to...

Corporal Shantel Powell of Area Five has emerged the overall winner of the LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Saluting Our Heroes Awards, topping a field of more than 158 nominees across the police force. Powell placed first among six...

Eighty-four Jamaicans are among hundreds of “criminal aliens”, described by United States (US) authorities as the “worst of the worst”, who were arrested across several American states last weekend as part of the mass deportation policy of US...

Azan Supercentre in Cross Roads, St Andrew, is helping to bring back the magic of Christmas for hundreds of children impacted by Hurricane Melissa through its gifting tree programme. Through this initiative, customers select a tag identifying a...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that rather than investing in large, stand-alone storage facilities, which may sit idle between disasters, investing in storm-resilient public...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has restored service to 84 per cent of its customers seven weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa and with the Government’s sign-off on a US$150-million loan to the utility company that is intended to...