MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Lorena weakened to a tropical storm Thursday but forecasters said a life-threatening risk of flash flooding and mudslides was still present for parts of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. Tropical Storm Lorena had maximum...
Parish courts have achieved a reduction in time standard for the completion of cases. “We are now able to say that our new time standard, the outer band, is 20 months, down from 24 months,” advised Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes. He was addressing a...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says it welcomes the balance of power now reflected in the House of Representatives arising from the outcome of Wednesday's general elections. The incumbent Jamaica Labour Party won 34 of the 63...
NEW YORK (AP) — WhatsApp has patched a security vulnerability that allowed sophisticated attacks against the Apple devices of “specific targeted users.” The messaging app, owned by Meta Platforms, said in a blog post that its vulnerability,...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – The Dominican Republic is set to host a historic milestone in its economic and logistical development with the arrival of Amazon as a Caribbean distribution hub. The company’s first cargo flight landed on...
The decomposing body of an elderly man was found inside his home in Dobson District, Colleyville, Manchester on Wednesday. Dead is 78-year-old pensioner Collin 'Son Son' Clarke. The Christiana police report that around 11:00 a.m., they received a...
A 32-year-old St Catherine man who allegedly engaged members of a police team in an armed confrontation in Portmore last night was fatally shot, and an illegal firearm was seized from him. He has been identified as Horace Romaine Dish, otherwise...
The Post and Telecommunications Department (Jamaica Post) is reporting that approval has been granted for the Negril Post Office to be temporarily relocated to the Negril Marine Park facility on Norman Manley Boulevard, Negril, Westmoreland. The...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Panama are urging the UN Security Council to authorise a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop the escalating violence. The two countries outlined their proposal...
Voting across the Spanish Town constituencies passed without major incident on election day, but a noticeably low turnout and a fatal police shooting in McCooks Pen combined to cast a pall over the day’s proceedings. From the opening of the polls,...
A mother, whose disabled son faced challenges before Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) officials allowed him to vote in St Catherine South Eastern, is urging election personnel to review their procedures in relation to the disabled community. Grace...
When the new parliamentary term gets under way in a week or so, there will be 17 first-time members of parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Representatives. Of the newcomers, there are six women and 11 men split between 12 from the People’s...
Prime Minister-designate Dr Andrew Holness on Wednesday night praised supporters of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for the historic third-straight victory which it carved out over the People’s National Party (PNP), telling Labourites that it was...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has confirmed a 39.5 per cent voter turnout in the 2025 General Election. This figure sharply contrasts with the 78.4 per cent turnout recorded in 1980, the highest on record. The lowest turnout was in 2020...
With voter turnout in yesterday’s general election falling below the 50 per cent mark, a suggestion is being put forward to stagger voting days in an effort to get more Jamaicans interested in the election process. Dr Basil Wilson, provost emeritus...
Voting was extended in several polling divisions as long lines of disgruntled voters, many waiting for extended periods to cast their ballots, was an unpleasant feature of yesterday’s general election. Sweat-drenched voters battled searing...
Former Morant Bay Mayor Yvonne Rose Shaw clinched a hard-fought victory yesterday, wresting the St Thomas Eastern seat from the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Dr Michelle Charles. Shaw polled 7,356 votes to Charles’ 6,937 – margin of 419 votes. The...
A reflective Rhoda Moy-Crawford yesterday expressed deep regret that her mother, Donette Delores Falconer – who had looked forward to voting for her daughter for the first time in this general election – did not live to fulfill that wish. Falconer...
Peter Bunting has secured his return to the House of Representatives after winning the general election in Manchester Southern, marking another chapter in his long and eventful political career. The People’s National Party (PNP) heavyweight polled...
Several first-time voters were seen casting their ballots in St Thomas Eastern on Wednesday, many encouraged by the influence of friends and family. While political awareness is growing among Jamaica’s youth, family tradition remains one of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The issue of child maintenance unexpectedly entered the political conversation at a polling station in St James West Central on Wednesday, as voters openly debated the shortcomings of the justice system and called for reforms to...
Thirteen years and eight months after he was first elected to the House of Representatives, fiery dreadlocked politician Damion Crawford is making a return to the legislature, this time as as the member of parliament for St Catherine North Western...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States have welcomed the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) re-election victory in yesterday’s general election, expressing hope that the Andrew Holness-led administration will stay true to its promises and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Community members have warned that the lack of foresight could discourage older Jamaicans from participating in future elections. “The system must recognise that the elderly are a significant part of the voting population,” one...
THE JURY may be out on the extent of the success of the decades-long movement to save Jamaica’s ecological gem, the Cockpit Country, but there are some key lessons learnt from the experience up to now, according to a new publication that chronicles...
