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National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has confirmed that rehabilitation work on the Linstead Police Station, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Beryl, is expected to resume shortly, following delays and a revision of the original project...

WESTERN BUREAU: While the organisers of Reggae Sumfest 2025 are yet to do their official post-mortem on the festival, Junior Tourism Minister Senator Delano Seiveright has declared it a resounding success in terms of its economic impact, with...

WESTERN BUREAU: Arthel Colley, councillor for the Negril Division in Westmoreland, is calling on the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to pump more resources into improving infrastructure and tourism development in the town. He made the appeal during...

A senior member of the nursing profession is urging the Government to introduce legislative changes, among other things, to help retain and empower nurses in Jamaica as they continue to play a pivotal role as economic drivers in the country....

Declaring that the pending general election is one of the most crucial in Jamaica’s history, Cabinet Minister Desmond McKenzie has reiterated his stance that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will never surrender the government to the Opposition...

A Kingston labourer who beat his four-year-old stepson over two hours for eating slowly, resulting in the child’s death, has been sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter. The sentence was handed down by Justice Bertram Morrison in the St...

Pumped by the party’s performance in last year’s local government elections, People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St Ann South Eastern Dr Kenneth Russell is confident the PNP will see a “record-breaking” victory in the constituency in the...

Stanley Broomfield has lived in south Manchester all his life. He has been a farmer since his days in primary school, learning the art, science, ecology, and economics of agriculture from his late father, Herbert ‘Mass Herbie’ Broomfield, more than...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government is indicating that it has met its target of delivering 70,000 new housing solutions, with the National Housing Trust (NHT) surpassing its assigned mandate of 43,000 units. Speaking at Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony...

Even as nursing homes in the United States (US) reel from a shortage of nurses and other healthcare professionals, there are some 200 Jamaican healthcare professionals awaiting the American government’s approval to take up jobs in nursing homes and...

Annotto Bay, St Mary: The North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) received a major boost after a Jamaican living in the United States (US) donated two ventilators to the Annotto Bay Hospital in St Mary last Thursday, to enhance the facility’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: At a time when infrastructure gaps are threatening the growth of Jamaica’s premier resort towns, Senator Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Tourism, says Negril in Westmoreland should not be ignored. According...