Fire service personnel in St Elizabeth are urging residents of the parish to follow simple steps to prevent numerous bush fires during the dry spell."We are not encouraging any burning, whether to clear fields or garbage," said District Officer Omar...

The Jamaican police have directed local human-rights groups and well-thinking citizens to focus their voices of influence on the ruthless criminals who are "slaughtering" their fellow citizens...

Psychiatrist Dr Aggrey Irons has said the recent spate of suicide attempts by wards of the state being housed at two of the country's adult prisons is not due to the conditions under which they are being held....

Health officials were yesterday tight-lipped on reports that a second imported case of malaria has been detected. The Gleaner/Power 106 News Centre understands that the infected person, a male, had also travelled to a country in Africa similar...

Western Bureau: National Security Minister Peter Bunting is blaming lottery scamming for the death of British visitor eight-year-old Imani Green, who was shot dead by a gunman...

The drought conditions affecting the island are putting a strain on Jamaica's fire department as there is an increase in the number of fire incidents occurring with limited water supply to put out the blazes....

AFTER SPENDING three days huddled with his Cabinet colleagues in a retreat, Horace Dalley wants the nation to pray with him for divine intervention. Dalley, the minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance...

THE PROPOSED legislation to deal with campaign financing for political parties will not be tabled in the House of Representatives this legislative year.Phillip Paulwell, the Leader of Government Business...

Ambassador Burchell Whiteman, a long-time educator and advisor to the prime minister, has been honoured by the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) for pioneering work in the development of institutions across the island....

THE START of a new year often presents itself as an ideal opportunity for persons to make an assessment about the year just gone.