With an average of five to 10 licensed firearms being stolen monthly in Jamaica in 2022, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the island’s gun regulator said he is “gravely concerned” about the number of weapons falling into the hands of criminals...
Kingston Technical High principal Maulton Campbell has launched a campaign to rekindle school pride and to undertake a deeper psychological profile of his student population to prevent a recurrence of the schoolyard fight that left one girl dead...
Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown says her office has launched an investigation into St Catherine South West Member of Parliament Everald Warmington’s controversial comments Sunday in which he suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s...
Over the last 25 years, Elizabeth ‘Jennifer’ Williams was shot once and robbed multiple times as she tried to eke out a living on the gritty Corporate Area streets and send her five daughters through school. Last week when two of her daughters...
That 21-year-old twins Shuala and Anakai Richards attained first-class honours in their respective undergraduate programmes at The University of the West Indies, Mona, comes as no surprise to parents Dainsworth and Deonne Richards. On Friday morning...
Canada is lending support to Jamaica in its push for gender equality with the launch of two new programmes at a cost of CDN$9.8 million (approximately J$1.12 billion). The five-year programmes are dubbed WE-Talk and SAIL (Strengthening Access...
While preparing for her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams seven years ago, 17-year-old Shaunteau Brown found out that she was pregnant. The Camperdown High School student was devastated as this news crashed the well-laid-out...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York auditor Clive Blackwood has urged sixth-formers at the Ardenne High School to strive to make the most of opportunities in Jamaica as they grow into adulthood and look to contribute to the country’s development...
The National Parenting Supporting Commission (NPSC) has expressed grave concern at the “deep level of apathy” among Jamaican parents. The disinterest in the lives of children was flagged in a recent survey conducted by the NPSC. The majority of...
There are fresh calls for the Holness administration’s welfare housing initiative to be wholly managed by state agencies to preserve the programme’s integrity. Political representatives do not ratify the beneficiaries but play a role in...
Education Minister Fayval Williams says her ministry will be advancing plans to establish protocols that will govern devotions in schools despite church leaders cautioning the Government that it should not micromanage such religious observances. “...
Junior National Security Minister Zavia Mayne wants the courts to mandate that convicts participate in rehabilitation programmes offered by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), rather than leave it to them to voluntarily enrol. “If a man...
The image of Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend’s partially nude, decomposing body floating in the sea at Reading, St James, still haunts her uncle, Rohan Lennard. It was the last one he saw of his fashionista niece who took so much pride in her...
Despite her high-flying, flamboyant image, late social-media personality Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend has been hailed as a down-to-earth friend and committed mother. The last photo Townsend posted on her Instagram page at a popular restaurant was...
As Corporal Oliver Mullings prepared to head to work last Thursday afternoon, he asked his wife, Josephine Parker-Mullings, if she had lunch money for the children for Friday. She recounts him pledging to return home in time to provide the funds...
A young woman who was infected with HIV after being raped more than two decades ago is seeking assistance to cover her medical bills after a recent bout of illness cast uncertainty over her life and depleted her savings. The woman, who told The...
Pamelleta Williams held her stomach and broke down in tears on Thursday upon seeing the team of police officers and officials entering her home in Maxfield Park, St Andrew, to show their support as she grieved the murder of her 22-year-old son,...
Even as news of a man being murdered on North Street spread through Denham Town on Wednesday, residents remained adamant that the crime situation would have been worse had a zone of special operations (ZOSO) not been declared in the troubled west...
Every October 15 for the past eight years, Donharley Harley would host a memorial fish fry on his late father’s birthday. But last Saturday, as the 36-year-old prepared to host the event near his family home on Willow Drive in Cockburn Gardens, he...
Ascot High Principal Shannell Talbert said he has been left disappointed after one of his students was physically assaulted by a parent in the vicinity of the Portmore, St Catherine-based school on Wednesday. According to Talbert, the incident took...
President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) O’Neil Grant says the union has placed the issue of duty concessions on motor vehicles on the “back burner” as they work to reach an agreement with the Government on the restructuring of...
Security consultant Mark Shields believes that security companies should provide more technology-based services instead of relying solely on manpower. His suggestion comes as a 50 per cent cost increase looms over the industry after a recent...
Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams is suggesting that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) consider housing high-risk criminals in its custody at Up Park Camp, the headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force. Adams said such a move...
The Government is to embark on what it says is the biggest build-out of tax offices across Jamaica over the next several years. Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke made the announcement on Wednesday while addressing graduates of the Tax Audit and...
WARDS AT the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre are now being offered courses in robotics and coding. Deputy commissioner of rehabilitation and probation aftercare services in the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Dr Marc...
