Contributors or mortgagors of the National Housing Trust (NHT) who have lost their jobs for 12 months or more will be able to access their contribution refunds one year in advance, effective this July. The initiative will expire in July 2022. And.....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday blasted Opposition Leader Mark Golding for suggesting that Jamaica’s standing on the international stage has crumbled under the ruling Jamaica Labour Party. Holness declared that his administration would....

When Andrew ‘Oh Lord’ Andrews’ grandson dug a hole and placed a sculpture of two bodies beside it, residents of Mount Ogle in St Andrew were baffled. Little did they know it was an omen for what was to come. The grandson was yesterday arrested...

In sweeping criticism of Jamaica’s welfare programmes as ineffective, a leading think tank has lobbied for the implementation of a comprehensive national health insurance plan and an inclusive pension scheme. The Caribbean Policy Research...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Thursday’s passing of Portland councillor Derron Wood has shocked his relatives, associates, and colleagues as despite him testing positive for COVID-19 and being admitted to hospital, they had not perceived his illness to....

WESTERN BUREAU: A man who was wanted by the St James police in connection with several murders and shootings in the volatile Norwood community was apprehended during a joint police-military operation yesterday. He was reportedly found hiding in a......

WESTERN BUREAU: The nation will have to wait longer than promised for the report into Monday’s mysterious disappearance of a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine from the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, as the auditor assigned to that...

The two former Petrojam bigwigs facing fraud charges in relation to alleged fictitious travel claims have been given the green light by the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court to fly without restrictions. The accused, former general manager Floyd......

Three of the five women accused of beating 17-year-old Kaylan Dowdie near death have been ordered to reside outside of the Corporate Area as part of their bail conditions. Timone Williams, 22, Nadine Aldridge, 33, and Shakeema McLeod, 28, who have.....

WESTERN BUREAU: A St Elizabeth father is hoping that a judge hands down the death penalty for his daughter’s former flame who stabbed her multiple times in her sleep last year. He believes that this could be a lesson to other abusive and...

Medical practitioner at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr Je-Vaughn Wynter, was hit by COVID-19 twice as he worked on the front line. He cannot imagine what a third infection would be like, but to reduce his chances of becoming....

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said that the alarm raised over a missing vial containing 10 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, could be overblown as it is just “one....

Two weeks after the launch of an investigation into the death of 17-year-old JaLisa McGowan, the family is yet to receive a report on the findings of the probe. McGowan was rushed to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) by her mom,...

Lawmakers should impose tougher penalties on persons who wilfully tamper with a national identification card under the proposed National Identification System (NIDS) law, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Director of Legal Affairs Alethia Whyte has....

Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks is to decide today in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court whether he will be restricting the movement of the two former Petrojam executives who are on fraud charges. Both accused reside and work in the United......

Prolific poet and prize-winning author Olive Senior has been named Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2021-2024. In a ceremony of investiture held at King’s House on Wednesday, Senior, 79, was bestowed with the national honour by Governor General Sir...

WESTERN BUREAU: It has been almost a week since an elderly fisherman from Bluefields in Westmoreland vanished at sea. Days of searching have turned up no sign of 75-year-old Leonard Williams, and his loved ones are now fearing the worst. Williams......

The voice notes of Shenay Spencer crying for help echoes in the head of her family while they await the findings of the investigation launched by the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). Spencer, who was a COVID-19 patient, died on March 3 at the KPH...

Opposition Spokesperson on Education Dr Angela Brown Burke has called for the Professor Orlando Patterson Education Commission to break its silence and present its recommendations and findings on the sector as was promised. Brown Burke recalled...

Picking apart one of the central highlights of Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke’s Budget presentation, Opposition Leader Mark Golding cast a Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) dividend of $33 billion as the fruit of an effective tax that has oppressed the poor...