Julian Robinson, opposition spokesman on finance, has cast doubt on the Government’s claims that the imposition of a $10 billion tax on sugary drinks for the new fiscal year is a public health measure intended to reduce the consumption of sweet...
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson has criticised the Government’s new tax package as being economically unsound, saying low-income Jamaicans will bear most of the burden. Robinson, who was making his contribution to the 2026/2027...
The police in Point Hill, St Catherine have charged two men for the stabbing and beating of an 18-year-old man in the community last week. Charged are 20-year-old Raheem Mitchell, otherwise called ‘Brushie’, and Shamar Henry, otherwise called ‘...
The police in Berkeley Township, New Jersey in the United States are probing what investigators believe is a murder-suicide in which a man chased and fatally shot his Jamaican wife and gunned down her Jamaican parents inside their home, before...
The police have launched a high-level investigation into Tuesday’s abduction of a 17-year-old student in Cross Roads, St Andrew. The probe is being jointly conducted by detectives assigned to the St Andrew North and St Andrew Central police...
Persons and entities undertaking Hurricane Melissa relief activities in western Jamaica will no longer have free access to toll roads effective Wednesday, April 1. Under the relief initiative, which started last November following the passage of...
Opposition Spokesperson on Health and Wellness, Dr Alfred Dawes, has issued an apology to West Kingston Member of Parliament Desmond McKenzie for commenting on his age during last week’s sitting of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament....
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, has urged communities to play a greater role in addressing student absenteeism in schools. Speaking during the Standing Finance Committee meeting of the House of...
The police have charged two Westmoreland men who were held allegedly with cocaine and ganja during a traffic stop along the Mandela Highway. Donald Baugh, a farmer of New Works, and Lenroy Ferguson, a tiler of Water Works district, are charged...
ASK ANY woman living along a coastline battered by last hurricane season’s storms what recovery looks like and she will likely describe not just rebuilding a physical home but holding together a family, a fishing community, and a way of life. That...
JAMAICA’S TRANSPORT network is the backbone of the country’s economy and daily life. Roads connect farmers to markets, children to schools, and communities to healthcare and other essential services. Yet, these systems are under threat from...
Government ministries, led by their permanent secretaries, feature prominently among the top delinquent signage-fee defaulters, even as the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) prepares to impose tighter enforcement measures, once...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, says that despite the growing use of digital platforms as communication tools, post offices and postal agencies remain relevant – particularly for older residents who are not proficient with new...
OLDER WOMEN have been presented as part of the solution to the world’s ageing populations and the growing environmental risks that increase the vulnerability of older people to health problems. “ Many older women are at the forefront of community...
Caribbean businesses and public institutions are being urged to fundamentally rethink how they operate as economic volatility, climate threats, and shifting global markets make disruption a permanent feature of the region’s business environment....
WESTERN BUREAU: Hotelier Adam Stewart, chief executive officer of Sandals Resorts International, has committed $6 million to this year’s staging of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run (JSMCR), which will be held in Montego Bay on Sunday, May 3....
Western Bureau: Nurses at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland will benefit from a $200,000 donation from final-year finance students at the University of Technology (UTech). The funds will support repairs to the hospital’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: As a symbolic gesture, the 10th staging of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run (JSMRC), which coincides with the 45th anniversary of Montego Bay attaining city status, will start in Sam Sharpe Square and end at the nearby Harmony Beach...
A man who has been convicted of having sexual intercourse with two girls, aged 6 and 8 more than seven years ago in Manchester, is to be sentenced on May 19. The 54-year-old man was last week found guilty on three counts of sexual touching of a...
A 30-year-old bus conductor has been charged following the seizure of a firearm and ammunition in Georges Valley, Manchester, on Sunday, the police say. He is Chevon Johnson, otherwise called ‘Jessie’, of Sweden Street, Georges Valley, and...
