Officials at HEART/NSTA Trust have been wrestling with conflicts of interest claims over the award of millions in contracts to a technology company whose CEO is the State’s multibillion-dollar training agency’s board chairman. Edward Gabbidon, ...

As Jamaicans came to terms with the first case of the novel coronavirus in March 2020, the Kingston Public Hospital’s (KPH) Accident and Emergency Unit – one of the busiest in the country – had up to that time seen 212 gunshot wound victims an...

Since 2018, Mark Stewart’s* life centred around a gang of four letters: PAIN. Since being shot six times in February of that year, it has pained him to talk, walk, eat; and now, three years later, to accept the life of heavy dependency he now lead...

With reports emerging that some workers in the local tourism sector have been threatened that they will lose their jobs if they do not take the COVID-19 jab, at least one attorney believes that employers could be on solid ground in taking such a...

A “comprehensive” audit of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) is now under way amid claims of “poor management and lack of accountability” of the institution’s assets levelled by its alumni association. Over the last ...

Despite the police closing the assault case involving Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright, his political future weighs in the balance as the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Disciplinary Committee prepares to review the...

Queen’s Counsel Valerie Neita-Robertson has condemned the actions of two police inspectors whose false testimony against 32-year-old bearer Raheem Panton resulted in him being in custody for a year before he was freed on Thursday of illegal...

The mysterious shooting death of Tacius Golding High student Joel Lawman has left his parents deeply troubled and heartbroken. They are still searching for answers about the circumstances under which the 16-year-old died. Moments before Joel’s......

When the family of Jabari Osborne was notified that they had met their goal on a GoFundMe account at 10:20 p.m. on April 15, they exuded joy that their hope of surgery would become a reality. “It’s a very late birthday gift but this is the best....

WESTERN BUREAU: As the embattled Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright grapples with assault allegations, several residents of the constituency came out in a show of force in Savanna-la-Mar and Whithorn on Friday to protest......

Some shopkeepers in Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ St Andrew West Central constituency are seething from his comments about COVID-19 safety breaches which have been construed in some quarters as classist. In citing reasons for three consecutive.....

The late Dr Gilbert Allen has been praised by civic society as an outstanding public servant who was a reservoir of wisdom and whose charm endeared many. Allen, former custos rotulorum of Manchester, died on Thursday morning aged 92 after ailing......

The Harmons Valley Community Council Benevolent Society (HVCCBS) is exploring apiculture and agriculture investments to generate income for project beneficiaries and sustain the charitable initiatives they undertake annually. The project, which...

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is set to ratify that George Wright, the embattled Westmoreland Central member of parliament, go on a leave of absence from the party until investigations into allegations that he was involved in a brutal beating of a....

The acquittal of Christopher ‘Dog Paw’ Linton has brought joy to his family, who believes that he was innocent of the charges from the very outset. Linton’s 62-year-old mother, Claris Senior, who described herself as a “born-again Christian�...

Senior attorney-at-law Diane Jobson has dismissed as ridiculous assertions that “a monster has been let loose on society” in the wake of the acquittal of reputed gang leader Christopher ‘Dog Paw’ Linton. The 28-year-old reputed gangster and...

Georgia Henry says her family has been living in torment for the past three years. Henry’s mother, Pauline Garib-Duncan, a dressmaker of York Town, Clarendon, has been missing since February 2018. Recalling the last conversation she had with her.....

Dancehall artiste Bounty Killer has pushed back at suggestions that dancehall has been fuelling violence in Jamaica. Recently, the debate on the link between dancehall music and crime was reignited with strong arguments on both sidest, with many...

Bosses seeking to stipulate employee vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of work have been warned that they would be hard-pressed to impose that standard on the grounds of public safety. Emile Leiba, president of the Jamaican Bar...

Something just didn’t feel right. That’s the sense that gnawed away at the mind of Derrick Pryce as he travelled from Balaclava to Kingston on a Toyota Hiace minibus on the fateful Monday morning that climaxed with a deadly crash that claimed fi...