WESTERN BUREAU: Growing up in the quiet, rural community of Johnson in St James, Jamaica, Tashauna Holmes could never have imagined that one day she would stand as valedictorian of Harvard University’s 2025 graduating class. Her journey – from...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three Clarendon mothers are raising serious concerns about bullying at Frankfield Primary School, claiming that their children are being harassed and mistreated despite the school’s awareness of ongoing issues among students. “My...
WESTERN BUREAU: “Mi done fa. MJ just gone suh.” That was the broken whisper of Sandra McIntosh-Bryan, a mother whose life fell apart the day her 11-year-old son, Jason ‘MJ’ Bryan Jr, was killed in a hit-and-run. It was Mother’s Day 2022 – a day...
Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, has signed a major franchise deal with AC Marriott to construct a new AC Hotel in Montego Bay, St James. The hotel will be the second such property under his leadership and the...
Port Antonio, Portland On a day when the platform was laid for the start of the construction of the $4.5-billion Boundbrook Urban Centre in Portland, Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) Lyttleton Shirley slammed critics over...
Caribbean meteorological experts say the region is working to strengthen alternative partnerships to shore up resilience in what is expected to be a very active hurricane season. This comes amid funding cuts to the United States-based National...
With the observance of World Food Safety Day today, the single regional health agency for the Caribbean is sounding a warning about risks posed by foodborne diseases across the region. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says foodborne...
As the annual expo of the Final Year Capstone Project was hosted on Thursday, the Faculty of Engineering at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has once again allowed students the exposure of showcasing their innovations. These...
WESTERN BUREAU: Citing unresolved issues with the Integrity Commission (IC), Opposition Leader Mark Golding, whose People’s National Party (PNP) is seeking to unseat the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), says Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness should not...
WESTERN BUREAU: Elaine Allen-Bradley remembers the moment like it was yesterday when a young boy named Wyatt Montaque, once unable to walk, ran into her arms with joy. That moment, she said, gave her the strength to keep going. On Tuesday, she...
WESTERN BUREAU: Caribbean Front Desk (CFD) is calling for stakeholder collaboration on its groundbreaking J$43.4 million wellness tourism cluster project, officially launched recently at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, St James. Headquartered...
Bengal Development Limited may no longer pursue its controversial limestone mining project in the ecologically sensitive Dry Harbour Mountains in St Ann. The company signalled a possible shift during testimony Thursday in the Constitutional Court,...
With nearly a month left before Jamaica’s old cotton banknotes officially lose their legal tender status, many businesses and consumers have already moved on – leaving the outdated currency behind in drawers, cash registers, and memories. Across...
WESTERN BUREAU: If you find yourself on the streets of Montego Bay, St James, between 4:30 and 6:30 a.m., chances are you’ll spot one familiar face – Hyacinth Carey, better known as ‘Dawn’ or affectionately as ‘Ma Barka’. As a public-cleansing...
WESTERN BUREAU: To mark its 70th anniversary, the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has launched a landmark campaign titled ‘70 Days of Love’, offering deep discounts on travel to Jamaica through April 2026. Unveiled at a dazzling celebration at the Hard...
WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding has criticised sections of the private sector for supporting the appointment of Dennis Chung as head of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), calling it inappropriate and riddled with potential...
Prominent accounting firm UHY Dawgen and its managing director, Dawkins Brown, have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay US$31,499.21 in unpaid rent to the operators of New Pineapple Shopping Centre Ja Limited in Ocho Rios, St Ann. In a...
Bengal Development Limited has dismissed as “speculative” and “without merit” the claims by six residents and property owners that its controversial proposed mining and quarrying operation in the Dry Harbour Mountains in St Ann threatens their...
Several parents, whose children either still, or formerly attended, the Phoenix Academy Jamaica, have retained attorneys and filed a complaint with the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) over an investment programme being run...
Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide yesterday adopted a report from a joint select committee on job descriptions and a code of conduct for members of parliament (MPs), but the question of attendance became a bone of contention during...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government is addressing gaps identified in the country’s storm response plans as it enters what has been forecast to be a very active hurricane season. “We were spared the worst in our recent disaster,...
Western Bureau: Having been labelled the nation’s murder capital for almost a decade, western Jamaica is seemingly on course to shed that title, given the dramatic reduction in murders since the start of this year. Based on the latest Jamaica...
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has declared that the backlog in parish courts has now been cleared. In his presentation to the Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday, Chuck said the backlog has been reduced to less than two per cent, which, by...
The Government which approved a controversial environmental permit for quarrying in the Dry Harbour Mountains in St Ann in 2020 later blocked its operation, citing “environmental sensitivities” and an impending declaration to enhance protection of...
Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign and Regional Affairs Dr Angela Brown Burke yesterday urged a number of international organisations, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to hold Jamaica to high standards on the basis of treaties the...
