Lead Stories

WESTERN BUREAU: When Dr Avia Williams dropped out of a Jamaican teachers’ college due to financial hardship, her future looked uncertain. But with perseverance and redirection, she later pursued medicine – ultimately securing a position in internal...

“Stop killing us!” “Stop the abuse of our children!” “Help me grow in love, not fear.” Armed with their placards bearing poignant and powerful messages, several youngsters from different uniformed groups stood in silent protest, hoping that their...

WESTERN BUREAU: While fighting to keep his emotions in check, Jamaican athletics icon Usain Bolt yesterday credited his father, who operated a grocery shop in their home community of Sherwood Content, Trelawny, with teaching him the value of...

Consumers of Jamaican exports to the United States (US) can now expect to face increased prices as the 10 per cent tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on all countries has taken effect for the Caribbean nation. Jamaica was hoping to escape...

In what one senior trade unionist has called the largest monetary dispute ever brought before the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) in its 50-year history, the quasi-judicial body began hearing a case last Thursday between the Jamaica Medical...

Residents of Manchester Central appear split over whether Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) incumbent Rhoda Moy Crawford deserves a second term as the clock ticks toward the general election expected by September. She is facing a challenge from Donovan...

WESTERN BUREAU: Daniel Town Primary School in Trelawny and its surrounding community are now benefiting from an impactful sanitation project led by Public Health Inspector Intern Lisa Harris. Speaking at a handover ceremony where the school...

Local subcontractors who worked on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Programme (SCHIP) will be paid monies owed to them “shortly”, Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Morgan has committed. Morgan’s statement follows concerns from...

WESTERN BUREAU: For the last nine years, Andrea Hall has been honouring the legacy of her daughter, former Miss Universe Jamaica Shakira Martin, who died of sickle cell complications, through the Shak’s Hope Foundation. Hall’s mission is to assist...

Justice Leighton Pusey is expected to rule next week Thursday on whether three witnesses will be allowed to testify from overseas in the Donna-Lee Donaldson murder trial. The special measures application, which the prosecution sought ahead of the...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising the public that it will operate select tax offices in several parishes on Saturdays, beginning today. The decision follows an announcement by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Dr Mark Smith has announced the establishment of four state-of-the-art coding laboratories in schools across the island, which he expects to significantly boost the teaching-learning...