Two years after a deadly early-morning attack at 44 Walkers Avenue left two people dead and 38 others homeless, the Government has broken ground on a $105-million housing project to resettle the victims. The August 12, 2023 incident saw armed men...
Businessman Keith Duncan, a leading voice in the monitoring and management of both the economic and social development of Jamaica, is among three persons to be conferred membership in the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the highest of the 141 national...
A police constable implicated in a multimillion-dollar smishing scam of elderly bank customers is to remain behind bars after losing his bid to have the Court of Appeal review a Supreme Court decision refusing him bail. The Court of Appeal, in a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Each summer, in the quiet hills of Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, the sound of dominoes slapping against a wooden table mingles with the aroma of curry goat, roast breadfruit, and jerk chicken. It is not a festival. It is not a...
In a major step towards sustainable energy and agricultural innovation, Jamaica Broilers on Tuesday officially commissioned a 6.5-megawatt Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Hyundai-powered cogeneration engine at its Best Dressed Chicken facility in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sergeant Arlene McBean, chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, has described the newly opened Anchovy Police Station as a “long-overdue blessing” for law-enforcement officers and the wider community. McBean, who was speaking...
The Court of Appeal says it overturned an ex-policeman’s 2021 murder conviction after finding that his claim of self-defence was not properly addressed during the trial, a lapse that undermined the fairness of the proceedings. The written reasons...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is under no notion that it is entitled to a third term in office, but is working to ensure that the party continues in Government. Holness, who was speaking to JLP...
St Catherine South Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Miller has expressed confidence that his performance over the past five years has eset him on a course to a second term in office. Speaking at the official media launch of his re-election...
WESTERN BUREAU: In a heartfelt tribute to community elders, 30 senior citizens from Jericho and surrounding areas in Hanover were honoured by the 2025 Jericho Reunion Planning Committee (JRPC) during a grand awards dinner at Sky Beach Restaurant in...
The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the case of former police constable Collis ‘Chucky’ Brown, who was alleged to be a member of the infamous police ‘death squad’, who is seeking to have his conviction and 51-year sentence overturned....
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Dr Horace Chang on Sunday described the more than 1,000 party workers who showed up for a ‘workers’ appreciation ceremony’ at the Cambridge High School, in St James Southern, as the...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says the implementation date for the city’s new traffic management plan will be announced once ongoing discussions between the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) and key stakeholders conclude....
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) Vice-President Ian Hayles, who will be contesting the Westmoreland Western seat, says it is critical for the the party to reclaim all three seats in the parish for Mark Golding, the party’s president,...
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell, the party’s candidate for Westmoreland Eastern, says the constituency will get the fire station it was promised years ago, should his party form the government...
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...
WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-five rising Jamaican culinary stars are being groomed for executive chef roles, as the hospitality industry tackles a shortage of certified local kitchen managers, a gap that has often led to the importation of foreign talent...
Western Bureau: The close to 16,000 residents of Cornwall Court in Montego Bay, St James, were up to yesterday still hopping mad as they have faced misery over the past two weeks, struggling to survive without water and with a pile-up of...
WESTERN BUREAU: With a general election looming, People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has issued a clarion call to Jamaicans, positioning himself as the nation’s rescuer from what he describes as a decade of betrayal, corruption,...
Political pundits say a key focus of any tight election campaign is winning the uncommitted voters, the ones who ‘sit on the fence’, whose decision could potentially swing victory to one side or the other. These electors are not part of the base,...
Eunice Misi and her two children were having a whale of a time at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on Friday, as they beamed with excitement while enjoying each other’s company. The Zimbabwean visitor, her daughter Lola, and son Paul are in...
Homeowners in Twickenham Glades, St Catherine, are outraged as severe termite infestation persists in their newly built National Housing Trust (NHT) houses, prompting the state entity to spend millions of dollars on retreatment for the four-year-...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ income and assets were under scrutiny by anti-corruption authorities from at least 2017, as investigators questioned the source of funds behind his net worth, which rose from $350,000 in 1998 to almost $160 million...
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Corporal Rohan James, the former chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, to challenge rules of the police force that he claims unconstitutionally restrict officers’ rights to freedom of expression. On...
WESTERN BUREAU: A call has been issued for the Caribbean to embrace the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution or risk being left behind in what tech entrepreneur Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, describes as “the greatest investment cycle that we have...
