Calling the current cost of electricity in Jamaica “intolerable”, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has criticised the existing licence framework with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), stating that local electricity rates remain among the highest...
A witness from the Independent Commission of Investigations, who had travelled to The Bahamas to collect a statement and DNA sample from the father of missing social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson, disclosed yesterday that he was not...
Legislators from both major political parties in Jamaica agree that reforms to the country’s campaign financing laws are necessary though they differ on the specifics of what those changes should entail. Dr Horace Chang, general secretary of the...
Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Wentworth Charles has accused Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes of “completely” misleading and misrepresenting the facts surrounding the procurement of a neurosurgical drill...
WESTERN BUREAU: High Court Justice Courtney Daye, presiding over the Mario Deane trial, began his summation at the Westmoreland Circuit Court on Tuesday, urging the seven-member jury to base their verdict solely on the evidence, not personal...
A murder convict at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility in Kingston is hopeful for a shot at freedom after the Supreme Court granted him leave to challenge the Parole Board’s recent refusal. Oraine Baldie, who has been incarcerated since...
While the People’s National Party (PNP) has not taken a position on term limits for prime ministers, at least two senior members of the party have endorsed the idea. PNP General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell and Opposition Spokesman on National...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has criticised the position taken by Cabinet Minister Matthew Samuda for the National Water Commission (NWC) to bypass the local health board in the submission of water quality reports, calling it “childish and petty...
PORTLAND: On Monday, nurses and other healthcare workers (HCWs) from the Port Antonio Hospital took to the streets in protest after a brutal and vicious attack on one of their own, an incident which was captured in a now-viral video. Dressed in...
Students and staff at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) staged a protest on Monday, voicing their grief and outrage over the presumed tragic death of student Anisa Dilworth. The 20-year-old, a first-year pharmaceutical technology...
Scores of nurses rallied on Monday to demand action against the rising tide of violence against women, following the shocking assault on one of their own. Describing the attack as a “national disgrace”, the nurses marched through the streets of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The defence attorneys for the three police personnel in the Mario Deane trial yesterday declared that an inmate who had testified for the prosecution was a liar with a personal agenda, while delivering their closing arguments...
WESTERN BUREAU: Akili Duncan’s world came crashing down on Saturday when she learnt that her 16-year friendship with Anisa Dilworth had come to an abrupt, devastating end. The childhood best friends, who first met at the DRB Grant Demonstration...
The internal tensions within the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) over who will be selected to run to replace Karl Samuda in St Andrew North Central took an unexpected turn on Sunday, when both potential candidates formally withdrew their petitions to...
Ross Craig, East Portland: Founder of Freedom Imaginaries Malene Alleyne, who is advocating for the rights of Haitians fleeing their war-torn homeland to Jamaica, says she is hoping the Government will give consideration to the civil unrest in...
Legislation that paves the way for the long-delayed Harmony Cove tourism project in Trelawny, and other massive developments to get off the ground, has received approval from the Senate. The Income Tax Relief (Large-Scale Projects and Pioneer...
The Houses of Parliament and the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) are currently under intense scrutiny as the Auditor General’s Department conducts two special audits of the legislative branch of government and the public body which is an agency...
The overwhelming majority of awards of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) brought before the courts, including the United Kingdom-based Privy Council, over the last 50 years, have been upheld as sound and correct. Danny Roberts, deputy chairman...
On Saturday, Everton Dilworth received a dreaded phone call; he was being asked by the police to identify a key ring and a pair of sweatpants believed to belong to his daughter Anisa Dilworth, who disappeared on May 6. That phone call shattered...
Husband and wife, Sedrick and Antonia Leslie are still basking in the pride of reaching a major milestone together; each earning advanced degrees after a journey marked by challenges, but fuelled by faith and unwavering teamwork. Their shared...
“A nation without borders is not a nation”. That is the opening line of an advisory issued by the US Department of State on May 15. It goes on to say, “Our government prioritizes the prosecution of offenses for illegal entry and illegal presence in...
A pall of grief and disbelief hangs over the Claremont Drive community in Old Harbour, St Catherine, following the fatal shooting of a police officer early Saturday morning. Corporal Kamal Mayne, a 20-year veteran of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
By 9 a.m. on a typical day, Devon Duke*, a seasoned butcher at the Ocho Rios Market, would have cleaned and prepped over two dozen pigs for weekend sale. But last Wednesday, with fewer customers around, he had only managed six. Not far away, also...
WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Tourism, has warned that rising global protectionism and trade tensions are beginning to impact Jamaica’s tourism industry. He noted that escalating geopolitical...
Constitutional attorney John Clarke is urging Jamaicans who were detained under states of emergency (SOEs) to seek legal advice following the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the measures imposed by the Andrew Holness administration from...
