Opposition spokesman on Transport and Works Mikael Phillips is calling on the prime minister, in his capacity as minister of economic growth and job creation, to immediately appoint a chairman of the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of...
Despite a challenge by the prosecution, the defence was to admit a .38 revolver firearm into evidence as the trial for the three cops charged with the 2012 murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Vanessa Kirkland continued yesterday at the Home Circuit...
The vector-control teams from Manchester, Clarendon, and St Elizabeth have ramped up their vector-control activities and public education to assist with fighting the dengue outbreak. Public-health officials from the Manchester Health Services...
MOSCOW (AP): Russia, China, Iran, Syria, and Cuba have come down on one side. The United States, Canada, and countries in Western Europe are on the other. As the crisis in Venezuela reaches a new boiling point – with embattled Venezuelan...
Consultant Cardiologist at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Dr Handel Emery, has highlighted the need for more resources to address cardiovascular complications, which account for the majority of diabetes-related deaths. Emery was speaking at a JIS...
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has committed to providing technical assistance to Venezuela’s “constitutional authorities” to help in rebuilding its food production and trade system amid a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Gregory Roberts and Mario Morrison, the two men charged with the 2017 murder of 15-year-old schoolgirl Shineka Gray, will have to wait until January 29 to learn the outcome of discussions between their attorneys and the prosecution...
A deeply spiritual reggae singer, Jah9 is still enjoying the excitement from her debut UK tour, which ended in the final week of November 2018. She revealed that she has spent the latter part of last year in studio working on her upcoming 2019...
After providing eight years of excitement and fun for boxing fans throughout Jamaica and overseas, the popular Wray & Nephew Contender show has been knocked out of the sporting calendar for 2019. Wray & Nephew, the title sponsors for the...
Olympic sprint gold medallists Elaine Thompson and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce are expected to open their 2019 seasons at the 18th staging of the Queen’s/Grace Jackson meet at the National Stadium tomorrow. The women will run the invitational 60...
A culture of mismanagement and lavish excess was behind Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke’s decision to dissolve the board of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) last month. Barely a month after it was revealed that the stock of non-...
Anti-corruption campaigner Professor Trevor Munroe has reacted with surprise to a revelation that a number of annual statutory deduction reports, which were completed and “duly submitted” to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), have not been...
KINGSTON: Manchester Spurs have grown accustomed to making a lead whenever they are challenging Kingston Hummingbirds, only to get hauled in by Kingston Humming birds down the stretch. In Game Two of Netball Jamaica’s Berger Elite League (BEL...