WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Marcia Graham, medical officer of health at the Westmoreland Public Health Services, believes that long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is a key factor contributing to the parish’s low birth rate, echoing the national...
Jamaican courier company SmartPost Limited is now offering direct shipping from China to Jamaica in a move aimed at helping customers sidestep the rising costs associated with US tariffs on Chinese goods. Launched in April, the new service targets...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday lauded the many strides made by women in Jamaica’s judiciary and reiterated the courts’ commitment to reducing case backlogs, noting that great strides have been taken at all levels in recent years. These were...
Birth deliveries at the country’s largest maternity facility, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), have tumbled from more than 500 last year to just over 300, a startling shift that confirms a national decline in childbirth. Sister Dawn Williams Gordon...
Oliver Nathaniel Williams, a Jamaican military veteran and former vice-president of the Jamaica Legion, led a life dedicated to service, discipline, and had an unwavering love for his country. He was a man who deeply valued the army and its...
The Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO) has extended the May 6 deadline for Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon to respond to an alleged breach of the Political Code of Conduct. In a letter dated May 5, 2025 to the OPO, the mayor’s legal...
A 12-year-old boy is alleged to have been jailed overnight by cops in Trelawny after he refused to comply with their demand for the password to his cell phone. That’s the claim from the attorney for the child’s family. The series of incidents began...
WESTERN BUREAU: The presiding judge in the Mario Deane trial yesterday rejected an application from the defence team of the three police personnel implicated in Deane’s death, for the trial’s seven-member jury to be allowed to visit and examine the...
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte yesterday suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Golding has backtracked on his original pronouncement of moving forward with the constitutional reform process with the things both...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaicans can expect a flood of surveillance cameras as the Government ramps up its technology-driven approach to crime fighting. Responding to repeated public questions about the JamaicaEye programme and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mollie Plummer, a former senior investigator with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), testified on Tuesday in the Westmoreland Circuit Court that the cell where Mario Deane was fatally beaten in August 2014...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness issued a call to action for parents, educators, and national leaders during Read Across Jamaica Day on Tuesday, stressing the critical role of literacy in navigating the information age. Holness began by recalling...
The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) has raised concerns over allegations that local workers hired by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) under the Government’s $45-billion SPARK road-improvement programme are being...
WESTERN BUREAU: Renowned educator Yvonne Miller-Wisdom was celebrated on Monday for her outstanding contributions to education, including 20 years as the founding principal of the John Rollins Success Primary and Infant School in St James. The...
St Andrew East Rural Member of Parliament (MP) Juliet Holness says the Andrew Holness administration has brought Jamaica to a point where citizens no longer have to “band their belly” to survive, urging the electorate to reject the opposition party...
Highlighting several provisions in the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill that he believes would harm the profession, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Dr Mark Smith has warned that the more than 25,000 members of the organisation are...
A chemical used during routine preventative maintenance at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) last Friday inadvertently entered the Accident and Emergency (A...
A Jamaica-born woman living in the United States has received Supreme Court approval to pursue her claim for a share in a St Catherine property she co-owns with her ex-husband, despite his attempt to block the case due to delay. Lorris Williams...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Chapman Longmore, the acting senior resident in the Department of General Surgery at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in August 2014, testified that there were no available intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Mario Deane, who was...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Dr Avia Williams dropped out of a Jamaican teachers’ college due to financial hardship, her future looked uncertain. But with perseverance and redirection, she later pursued medicine – ultimately securing a position in internal...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a spirited and confident address, Opposition Senator Janice Allen proclaimed that the People’s National Party (PNP) is poised to win the upcoming general election, while suggesting that the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is...
“Stop killing us!” “Stop the abuse of our children!” “Help me grow in love, not fear.” Armed with their placards bearing poignant and powerful messages, several youngsters from different uniformed groups stood in silent protest, hoping that their...
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Dr Mark Smith yesterday blasted the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill as a “betrayal” to educators while warning that the association is prepared to take all necessary steps to block...
WESTERN BUREAU: While fighting to keep his emotions in check, Jamaican athletics icon Usain Bolt yesterday credited his father, who operated a grocery shop in their home community of Sherwood Content, Trelawny, with teaching him the value of...
