Perseverance, character, and unwavering commitment to family were key themes of a lecture from businessman Donovan Lewis, the final guest speaker for this year’s inaugural three-part St George’s College Lecture Series. The third lecture place on...
As Hurricane Melissa pummelled Smithfield in Westmoreland, 50-year-old Vincent Fisher worked frantically to protect his concrete home. He tried to clear a fallen tree, secure shattered windows, and sweep water from the flooded front room. Outside,...
With hundreds of mental health cases already reported before Hurricane Melissa struck, professionals now fear a surge as communication lines reopen and more Jamaicans seek help. Already, several Jamaicans – especially those in the west – are...
Relatives of 65-year-old US Army veteran Godfrey Wade are fighting desperately to stop his deportation to Jamaica as he remains detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Georgia. More than 70 days have passed since a...
As of yesterday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, working with the Jamaica Defence Force and other partners, had made 138 air and ground drops with relief for communities that remain inaccessible. It also dispatched 59,320 food packages...
COVID-19 caused serious psychological strain for Jamaicans, but the mental health challenges emerging after Hurricane Melissa are, in many cases, more severe, long-term, and layered onto existing stressors, according to St James-based senior...
A man narrowly escaped death, a woman was injured, and more than a dozen residents were left homeless after two massive trees fell and damaged at least five homes on Walkers Avenue in Gregory Park, St Catherine, during Hurricane Melissa’s passage...
Had Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital and most populated city, the effects of the Category 5 disaster would have been far more cataclysmic, structural and environmental experts have noted. This as the island awaits a...
For many residents of flood-prone communities, weathering a hurricane at home is considered foolhardy. However, for residents of Port Royal in Kingston – one of several communities ordered to evacuate by the Government due to Hurricane Melissa –...
A 78-year-old man is among two people in police custody for illegal possession of ammunition and firearms, following seizures made during two separate police operations in St Thomas on the weekend. One multi-calibre AM-15 rifle was among the...
Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew Andrew Swaby is urging people with food, intended to be given to the homeless in the nation’s capital, to channel such donations through the Marie Atkins Night Shelter, citing reports of people donating meals unfit...
One driver has been taken off duty, and three others are facing internal disciplinary action as Daryl Vaz, minister of transportation, telecommunication and energy, promises a zero-tolerance approach against infractions carried out by operators of...
In one of every five planned police operations in which a civilian is killed at home, a female occupant of the premises is either removed or barred from the ill-fated area moments before the cops opened fire. According to the Independent Commission...
Some 453 children under the age of 12 suffered violence-related injuries in 2024, a mere snapshot of what paediatric surgeons believe is an epidemic of trauma cases plaguing Jamaica’s most vulnerable group, particularly those trapped in the path of...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Campaign Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday chided the Opposition for embarking on what he dubbed ‘angry and desperate campaigning’, warning that the JLP is prepared to push back, inside and outside the...
Informal language usage, lack of education and physical disabilities are among the challenges - and even biases - that prevent members of the public from accessing aspects of the justice system. It’s a dilemma that prompted yesterday’s launch of...
Assistant Superintendent of Police Romario Rankin, of the St Catherine South Division, is calling for business establishments, particularly those deemed high-value targets for organised criminals, to include detailed crisis drills as part of their...
A 14-member Sexual Harassment Tribunal, chaired by retired judge Ferdinand Algernon Smith, was officially sworn in yesterday by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. The swearing-in marks a major step forward in Jamaica’s...
Jamaica’s postal service has been forced to renovate and rebrand to keep up with technological advancements since the enactment of the Post Office Act of 1941, but that task is reportedly being made more challenging with a burgeoning unregulated...
Jamaica is losing its human resource to crime and may not be able to find the labour force necessary to carry the country’s projected growth over the next 10 years – “a real problem”, according to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. “You are going to...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating more meaningful jobs, bolstering productivity, and increasing wages worldwide, according to a 2025 Global AI jobs study by Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC), but there are fears Jamaica and the Caribbean region...
There has been increased interest in the computer sciences, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), both locally and internationally; and Caribbean and African states have much to do to catch up with AI’s cultural, economic and social revolution...
Abandoned and deteriorating motor vehicles, large pile-ups of garbage at premises near two public schools, and a series of planning meetings to buttress the capital city against the 2025 hurricane season were among the top priorities of the...
The National Education Trust (NET) is seeking an additional $400 million from Cabinet to complete repairs on seven schools that were severely damaged by Hurricane Beryl almost a year ago, and says it will need a further $2 billion to fortify other...
Police in Montego Bay, St James, are probing reports that another group of Cuban refugees landed in Rose Hall on Monday hours after six of their countrymen arrived illegally on the island via boat. At the same time, there are concerns from one...
