Lead Stories

Businessman and parliamentary hopeful Paul Patmore says one of his main motivations for contesting the upcoming general election is to restore Trelawny Southern from what he describes as 20 years of neglect – and to make it a model for farming...

Jamaica’s two main political parties are promising to deliver thousands of houses over the next five years amid a dogfight for Jamaica House. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), in its manifesto, released late Sunday during a mass rally in Sam Sharpe...

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...

While debates, rallies and other forms of political activities that take place ahead of election day are important, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) Executive Director Shannique Bowden says the island’s youth are primarily dissatisfied with...

Phillip Paulwell represents the constituency of Kingston Eastern and Port Royal, continuing in the shoes of two giants of the People’s National Party (PNP) – Sir Florizel Glasspole and Michael Manley – with one being a former governor general and...

Usain Bolt’s company is one of roughly 40 defrauded clients of the massive Stocks...

With the general election clock ticking, cries for jobs and sustainable opportunities, especially for young people, are echoing across St Thomas Western. While long-time Member of Parliament James Robertson still enjoys strong support in many...

In another time and place – perhaps without the tribal politics – Fitz Jackson might have been the one to lead the next set of parliamentarians into Gordon House if he were successful in the September 3 general election, winning all eight elections...

The People’s National Party (PNP) says it will on Monday unveil a ‘Manifesto Lite’, a condensed version of its 70-page policy document released earlier this month, mixed with new proposals. Addressing a press conference on Friday at the party’s Old...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver says there is still no guarantee that the nation’s teachers will not resort to industrial action following Thursday’s wage negotiation meeting involving Jamaica’s unions,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Professor Canute Thompson, a senior academic at The University of the West Indies, is calling for the abolition of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, saying it is undermining student confidence and failing to reflect the...

Founded just three years ago, Sign Clubs of Jamaica has been steadily carving out a space for deaf culture and advocacy in schools and communities across the island. What began as a student-led effort to connect sign language clubs, has now grown...