The Opposition warned on Tuesday that amended coronavirus legislation giving the prime minister power, unfettered by Parliament, to make orders attracting criminal sanctions presented a dangerous overreach on democracy. But Opposition Leader Mark......

Child-rights lobbyists have urged the victim or accuser of a senior People’s National Party (PNP) official to come forward with an official complaint so they can probe scandalous allegations of paedophilia. The claims, published on social media,.....

In a high-drama session of Parliament on Tuesday, Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke ripped into the Budget presentations of the Opposition, saying they lacked due diligence and were rife with falsehoods. Clarke took aim especially at Julian Robinson....

Paul Copeland has done five COVID-19 tests in the last year as part of preparations to remove a hernia at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital, but he has been left disappointed by postponements at every appointment. The last time was two weeks ago when th...

WESTERN BUREAU: Officials at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) have been urged to overhaul oversight of vaccine storage controls in the wake of an audit mounted after an Oxford-AstraZeneca vial went missing a week ago. There was no evidence of......

The online portal to schedule appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine was bombarded with 128,000 hits on the first day, while more than 4,000 calls were fielded as Jamaicans sought to register for the jab. The portal was opened to the public at 10 a.....

SMITHFIELD, Manchester: The granddaughter of Advira Wilson Palmer has been taken into custody in relation to the stabbing death of the 84-year-old that has jolted the quiet south Manchester community of Smithfield. Wilson Palmer was described as a....

As Jamaica prepares to go under lockdown for three consecutive weekends, the Government will be doling out $126 million to help the most vulnerable. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke announced in Parliament on Tuesday that each constituency will...

The Government has allocated $126 million to be disbursed to vulnerable Jamaicans amid the impending weekend lockdowns. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke announced in Parliament on Tuesday that each constituency will receive $2 million.  The...

WESTERN BUREAU: Eight-year-old Ravi and six-year-old Rebbekah crave the embrace of their dad, Richard Peters, who remains critically ill in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Cornwall Regional Hospital. The two, who have a strong bond with their....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness used the occasion of his COVID-19 inoculation at the Good Samaritan Inn on Monday to reiterate his support for the National Identification System (NIDS), insisting that the registration process would have been much...

Calls to the toll-free (888) ONE-LOVE telephone line spiked approximately 25 per cent on the first day of COVID-19 vaccination registration for persons 75 and older, said itelbpo CEO Yoni Epstein. The Government is banking on high interest in take-....

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness had no choice but to suspend face-to-face classes for students preparing to sit external examinations in the wake of an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 cases islandwide. That is the view of Jamaica...

Lawmakers will today debate the Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Act, 2021, which, among other things, will seek to introduce a ticketing system with fines for persons who refuse to wear a mask in public spaces. The pending law sets out a range....

COVID-19 was the last thing on the mind of Verez Brown when she ventured out to the wake of a resident who had passed in January. Little did the woman of Fairfield district, St Catherine, know that the dreaded pandemic she had sought to evade would....

WESTERN BUREAU: A high-profile St James gangster who was recently convicted of murder is to be sentenced in the St James Circuit Court today. Omar Troy Johnson, 24, of Buck Toe Lane in Salt Spring, is a reputed top-tier member of the G-City gang......

Shanae Smith, an 11th-grader at Dunoon Park Technical High School, attended face-to-face classes up to last Thursday in preparation for external examinations. That routine has been brought to a screeching halt by the Holness administration’s...

The bail application for Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald, who is accused of orchestrating the murders of his two wives in separate incidents, has been postponed to April 13 in the Home Circuit Court. McDonald is facing two.....

Face-to-face classes have been shut down for all students and lockdowns imposed for three weekends from March 26 until April 12 as the Holness administration seeks to rein in a runaway wave of COVID-19 infections. The country has recorded 533...

Complaints of misconduct by the army and police force skyrocketed last year as the Holness administration increased its reliance on states of emergency (SOEs) and joint patrols to rein in crime. But analysis does not suggest that the widening...