Following several bomb threats to government buildings in the Corporate Area and in rural areas, members of at least three private sector bodies have called for the security forces to put measures in place to strongly discourage and respond to...
WESTERN BUREAU: There were no major glitches yesterday as members of the security forces and election day workers in western Jamaica cast their ballots ahead of next Wednesday’s general election, which will see the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver says that, following the Government’s latest offer of a two per cent wage increase to teachers in the first year of a four-year period, he is looking forward to further...
At just 15 years old, Glenmuir High School student Solain Bowlah has stunned her peers and community after securing two grade ones in this year’s May-June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. While still in third form at...
Jamaica officially now has a guide on how to deal with longstanding gender disparities and barriers faced by vulnerable groups within the justice system. The Ministry of Justice on Wednesday formally received the island’s first Gender Strategy and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Unlike many 21-year-olds, Renaldo Messam is forging a path not often taken by Jamaican men. Thanks to the scholarship support he has received from the Howard Ward Benefit Foundation, he is now in his final year of study at the...
Kindness and simply being a good neighbour have been foundation principles of the Morgan family from May Pen, Clarendon, for generations. Instilled by their late parents, Elizabeth and Clarence Morgan, those values of generosity and community care...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has indicated to residents of Bedward Gardens in the St Andrew East Rural constituency that they will benefit from his party’s land title reform policy if it forms the government. Golding, who...
More than 45,000 election day workers (EDWs) and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are eligible to vote today, under special provisions ahead of next Wednesday’s general election. According to...
The St Thomas police and the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM) are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident involving a woman and her partner, a police corporal assigned to the Seaforth Police Station. Sources...
After five consecutive defeats at the polls, many politicians would have long thrown in the towel. However, Joan Gordon-Webley isn’t built that way. Despite her rivals’ taunts, the veteran politician insists she is no loser, and is now eyeing what...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leon Cunningham, the Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) candidate for St James Southern, says he’s undeterred by the challenge of facing the more established Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and People’s National Party (PNP) candidates in...
The race for the St Ann North Western constituency could be a tightly contested one between the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Krystal Lee and the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Gabriela Morris. Both candidates bring strong credentials to the table...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says its income tax plan will cost the country significantly less than the People’s National Party’s (PNP) plan, indicating a $28 billion to $44 billion price tag, compared to $75 billion to $90 billion. The party...
A 22-year-old man is expected to be charged for the gruesome murder of two young children, one his son, the other his common-law stepson, whose bodies were recovered on Wednesday in Swamp district in Moneague, St Ann, after they went missing the...
As Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding come face-to-face tonight in the leadership debate, issues around constitutional reform, the fight against corruption, and FINSAC are among several questions being posed by...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Campaign Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday chided the Opposition for embarking on what he dubbed ‘angry and desperate campaigning’, warning that the JLP is prepared to push back, inside and outside the...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the retrofitting, servicing, tyre changes and route reviews for the National Rural School Bus Programme have been completed for the roll-out of phase one of the initiative on September 8. Addressing a blessing...
If you ask diehard People’s National Party (PNP) supporters, St Andrew South Eastern is already marked as a sure win for the party. For them, the only question is the margin by which Julian Robinson will retain the seat. Robinson, the opposition...
Clarendon North Central has been firmly in Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) hands for more than two decades, but People’s National Party (PNP) newcomer Dr Aujae Dixon is hoping to break that streak when Jamaicans head to the polls on September 3. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Post has announced the suspension of sending all parcels and packets bound for the United States, effective Tuesday, following an executive order from Washington that ends duty-free treatment for low-value imports this week...
Cordel Hylton is counting his blessings after he was spared the worst of a late-evening fire that engulfed a building along East Street in downtown Kingston that houses his headstone business. At least one other occupant of the building, who was...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has referred a contentious matter involving the relocation of seven polling divisions in St Catherine South Central to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) for a ruling. The situation, which some voters...
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), the sole body with responsibility to conduct general elections in Jamaica, has dismissed information circulating in the media regarding the verification of voter identification cards at polling stations...
The Government-run entity that represents the interests of persons with disabilities is “trusting” that their experiences casting ballots in next week’s general election will be better than past polls, a top executive has indicated. This caution...
