Taxi operators between Santa Cruz and several hurricane-ravaged communities in northern St Elizabeth have hiked their fares by more than 400 per cent, angry residents have complained. Instead of the $350 fare that existed before the passage of...
An open cellar beneath the ruins of her house is where Juliet Clarke now lives with her three-year-old granddaughter and a mentally-disabled man she cares for, but that has not shaken her faith. The cellar is all that is left of her house, perched...
A member of the national committee tasked with coordinating the post-Hurricane Melissa response is appealing for more patience, from desperate residents in some of the hardest-hit areas, as their grumbling about the distribution of relief supplies...
Three separate vehicles carrying food, water and other basic supplies drew long lines of residents desperate to get anything as night fell over the hurricane-ravaged town of Black River, St Elizabeth, on Friday. The town remains without electricity...
The convictions of two foreign nationals who travelled to Jamaica to collect thousands of dollars in United States (US) currency for a business transaction with a local company, in breach of Jamaican law, should serve as a warning to others, law-...
A senior executive at the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Dane Nicholson, is facing serious criminal charges in connection with alleged sex-related offences involving a female employee, court records and law-enforcement sources have revealed....
The country’s prosecutorial authority is contemplating whether to lodge an appeal against what environmental watchers call a “tap on the back” sentence imposed on three men – two of them Honduran nationals – for smuggling over a dozen endangered...
The process to formally introduce job descriptions for Jamaica’s lawmakers will be “advanced” during this new five-year term of the Parliament, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has said. All 84 lawmakers – 63 members of parliament and 21 senators...
Government Senator Keith Duncan has declared that he is a “free thinker” who is “not bound by any one political organisation”. Further, Duncan said the policies of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are aligned with his “dreams and...
The People’s National Party (PNP) has begun laying the groundwork for a legal challenge to overturn the electoral victory of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Dr Andrew Holness in St Andrew West Central, insiders have disclosed. Already, the PNP...
The Government-run entity that represents the interests of persons with disabilities is “trusting” that their experiences casting ballots in next week’s general election will be better than past polls, a top executive has indicated. This caution...
The proposal by the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) to raise the tax-free ceiling for personal income tax to $3.5 million annually would be implemented in the next fiscal year, though it would forego approximately $55 billion in...
Representatives of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) failed to give sufficient assurance, during the first of three national debates, that they will move away from a zero per cent wage offer made to agitated...
There was no motorcade or throngs of supporters behind Garth Barnett as he arrived at Covenant of Mercy Academy (Alpha) to hand in his nomination papers to contest the Kingston Central constituency in the upcoming elections for the United...
The 54-page manifesto published by the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) “clearly seems to be a very rushed and hurriedly prepared” document with policies that have already been put in train by the Government, senior figures in the...
The Jamaican Government has commenced talks with its counterparts in the Southern African nation of Eswatini for the return of a Jamaican man who was among five “barbaric criminals” deported there by United States (US) authorities, the foreign...
The outdoor pit latrine and wooden houses with zinc roofs are testament to the squalid living conditions for nearly two dozen families in the small tenement yard in the heart of Jamaica’s capital city. The tenement, located at 41-43 Hanover Street...
The headquarters of the Jamaican army was placed on lockdown yesterday as military personnel conducted a sweeping search for a missing firearm, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has disclosed. Army officials revealed, too, that two JDF members have...
Five men who pleaded guilty to driving with more than the legally permitted amount of alcohol on their breath appeared in a St James courtroom to be sentenced last Tuesday. The legal limit in Jamaica is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres...
A former employee at Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) is in police custody facing criminal charges for allegedly defrauding more than $9 million from the financial institution. Christopher Russell, 36, former accounting support officer at...
The country’s main road safety advocate group has sounded a “red alert” as the gains made over the first five months of this year in containing the number of fatalities on the roadways have now been wiped out. Up to the end of the first half of...
An executive at the Sagicor Group has denied a suggestion that she was aware of numerous attempts by internal security operatives to coerce one of the four ex-employees in the multimillion-dollar fraud case to alter a witness statement. Kaydian...
A government-appointed committee that conducted a “comprehensive” review of Jamaica’s disaster risk management mechanisms has delivered some “sobering” findings, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has disclosed. Holness did not divulge details of the...
Nearly four out of every 10 work permits approved by the Jamaican Government last year were for Chinese nationals, a new report has revealed. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) received a total of 5,651 work permit applications in...
The contract killer who is going to prison for the execution-style murder of a Manchester sales representative was released from a juvenile prison just over a year after he was convicted for illegal gun possession as a minor, law enforcement...
