A simple share or a single click is all it takes for an online meeting to be turned into a digital crime scene. From classrooms to government webinars, uninvited intruders continue to crash poorly secured virtual gatherings, flooding screens with...
Amelia McKnight has achieved regional and national success in a subject she admits her family had neither the skills nor resources to fully practise: budgeting. Her ninth-place regional finish in family and resource management in the Caribbean...
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal has quashed a 2019 murder conviction, criticising Chief Justice Bryan Sykes for his conduct during the trial and warning judges about overstepping their role in court. The chief justice is the head of the judiciary. In a...
The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has gone to court to block an ongoing investigation by the Integrity Commission (IC), accusing the anti-corruption body of acting illegally and abusing its powers. The commission has rejected those claims and...
The Equality for All Foundation Jamaica, formerly the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), has challenged what it describes as performative opposition from sections of Jamaica’s faith-based community, arguing that relations...
Tonielia Rowe’s eighth-place regional finish in textiles, clothing and fashion in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations feels like a first-place victory for Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine. Principal Ricardo...
WESTERN BUREAU: She could not run when Hurricane Melissa tore apart the tiny house in Springfield, St Elizabeth. The disabled daughter survived, but her mother and two uncles, inseparable siblings who spent decades living together, did not. Their...
The man who was found guilty for the 2018 murder of businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone, after he went missing, is to know his fate on Monday. Twenty-six-year-old Shamar Clarke, a former employee of Rhone, was remanded by Justice Carolyn Tie-Powell for...
One of the Caribbean’s leading experts on climate change and its devastating effects is sounding a warning that, if Jamaica does not increase its resilience it will continue to suffer economic and social shocks from the impact of climate change....
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors and public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in St Elizabeth are experiencing growing frustration over the continued non-use of a newly built public sanitary convenience in Junction, which remains closed months after a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Following recent complaints from residents over the lengthy delays in garbage collection in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon, who is also chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC),...
A female vendor who, along with two men, robbed three persons including a police constable, while posing as a taxi driver and passenger, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison following a plea deal in the Home Circuit Court. Subrina...
The future, long-term viability and resilience of government-operated facilities situated near the shoreline in Jamaica are now under scrutiny following severe devastation inflicted on several as a result of the passage of Hurricane Melissa on...
The Independent Fiscal Commission (IFC) says it has validated the Government’s decision to temporarily suspend the country’s fiscal rules following the severe economic and social impact of Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 storm, the most powerful...
Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many ultimately die. Veterinarians say they are locked in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Michelle Senior, parish manager at the St Elizabeth branch of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is voicing new concerns about unsafe rebuilding efforts now under way in parts of the Parottee community, where homes were...
Sixty-two-year-old Ray Moore could only watch helplessly on Thursday as firefighters battled the blaze that consumed his home on Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew. Moore’s house of 25 years was one of three destroyed in the fire, which began around...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tension erupted inside the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) yesterday as Councillor Lidden Lewis launched a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to oust his People’s National Party colleague, Councillor Devon ‘Don...
The former facilities and operations manager (FOM) at Gordon House could face surcharge action after being cited for using a 2022 Toyota Prado for his personal use over an extended period. In a special audit report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday,...
Residents of Phoenix Park Village in Phase 3, Portmore, St Catherine, were left shaken yesterday after a reported police operation ended in gunfire, leaving one alleged robber dead and another on the run. The incident, which unfolded along...
Over 1,000 Jamaicans remain in shelters almost six weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 storm, which slammed into Jamaica on October 28, making landfall on the western belt, left much of the housing stock in tatters as it...
WESTERN BUREAU: A subdued atmosphere hung over the Ridgemount United Church in Mandeville, Manchester, yesterday as relatives and well-wishers said farewell to businessman Ruel Alphanso Crawford, a former Master Builders Association member and a...
The administrative arm of the Houses of Parliament has been found wanting as the Auditor General’s Department places the spotlight on a $24-million contract to renovate the Members’ Lounge at Gordon House, as well as procurement breaches in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the topping out of Tower One at The Pinnacle marks a major step forward for Jamaica’s tourism diversification strategy. However, he insists that luxury development must go hand-in-hand with...
Defending the decision to lend the Jamaica Public Service Company US$150 million towards its early restoration efforts following Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has shrugged off criticisms, labelling them as “...
