Heather Dillon, 67, a Jamaican missionary on a tour of duty in Ghana, was among three people killed in a bus accident in rural Ghana last week. Dillon, who is from Ocho Rios in St Ann, had been doing missionary work in Ghana as a training...
After 20 years, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is being touted as essential in guarding democracy and shaping a unique identity for the region – even though some, despite many monumental CCJ rulings and the academic probity of the institution...
Steve Lawrence, 45, never imagined that a spontaneous decision during a holiday in Montego Bay, St James would change the course of his life. What began as a relaxing family getaway turned into a pivotal moment when he opted, on a whim, to take a...
The revocation of hundreds of student visas in the United States has left many Jamaican students currently studying or planning to study there feeling anxious and uncertain, as universities scramble to support those ordered to leave the country...
WESTERN BUREAU: A dispute over compensation has left a St James family scrambling for a new residence after receiving an eviction notice from the National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC). Eurel Francis said that when he...
A high-stakes legal clash has erupted in the private security sector, as industry giant KingAlarm Services Limited takes legal action to stop a Montego Bay-based rival, KingGuard Security Services Limited, from using the word ‘King’ in its branding...
An activity included in a widely used primary school textbook that requires seven- and eight-year-olds to discuss polygamy-type relationships is facing the heat from at least one parent, who charges that it goes against Jamaican laws and is “highly...
Easter is one of the most significant and celebrated holidays in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, as described in the New Testament. Easter follows the Season of Lent – a 40-day period in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: On a quiet Good Friday afternoon, the streets of Montego Bay, St James, were transformed into a sacred journey of reflection, as the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral led a citywide observance of the Stations of the Cross. In a powerful...
The Easter season in Jamaica may pass without the release of a single non-violent inmate through Food For The Poor’s (FFTP) long-running prison ministry – a stark departure from a tradition that has reunited hundreds of families and offered hope to...
Under the blazing midday sun, a crowd of devout Christians gathered on the streets of Kingston to take part in a moving re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus Christ – a cherished tradition held each year on Good Friday. This solemn procession,...
When Orthia Watson heard gunshots echo through her Olympic Gardens community in Kingston on Thursday, she rushed towards the chaos – never imagining she would find her 14-year-old daughter lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. She...
The normalisation of violence and glorification of guns in the Jamaican culture are sending a dangerous message to children, warns Richard Troupe, director of Safety and Security at the Ministry of Education and Youth. Speaking on Thursday at the...
From chronic absenteeism to teacher migration, and the tough challenges that rural children face, Opposition Senator Damion Crawford’s speech at Wednesday’s Educators Forum was not just a critique of the education sector but a call to action....
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is warning dons and gangsters who think they are entitled to ‘protection’ and control of developmental lands owned by the State, to “try it and see”. Holness was speaking yesterday afternoon during the contract...
Hundreds of people turned out at the Mount Pleasant Primary School in west Portland on Wednesday for a health fair put on by Juliet Nelson, a returning resident who is also a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in the United States (US)....
The country’s public defender has raised an alarm over a mounting human rights crisis, emphasising that widespread ignorance among Jamaicans about their human rights is enabling the State to trespass on their fundamental rights. Carolyn Reid-...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness yesterday dubbed himself the deliverer-in-chief during the contract signing and groundbreaking of the Raintree Commercial Complex at Ferry Park in St Catherine, while lauding the Urban Development Corporation (UDC)...
Director of Elections Glasspole Brown has disclosed that no definitive timeline can be provided for the completion of the realignment of constituency, electoral, and polling division boundaries in Portmore and the redefined parish of St Catherine....
WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Martyn Thomas, who is representing two of the three police personnel on trial for Mario Deane’s death in 2014, yesterday challenged the prosecution’s eighth witness about apparent discrepancies between his current...
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has announced that the Government will begin holding families of Poor Relief victims accountable for their relatives even as it continues to improve service delivery across the country’s infirmaries....
The Church of England is hoping that its establishment of a £100-million fund for the descendants of slavery will cause other institutions to examine their roles in the transatlantic slave trade and follow that example. The fund is being...
There is renewed tension in Park Lane and 100 Lane communities along Red Hills Road in St Andrew, following the shooting injury of two women – one pregnant – on Sunday after a reported abduction attempt and drive-by attack. A 48-hour curfew was...
WESTERN BUREAU: A former inmate at the Barnett Street Police Station lock-up has testified that the three cops now facing charges instructed him not to tell investigators what he saw on the day Mario Deane was beaten. The witness, currently in...
