Well-placed Homeland Security sources have revealed that Border Patrol agents have intensified surveillance of travel routes between the Caribbean and the United States in a bid to stem the flow of illegals. The disclosure comes amid the detention.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaicans under 50 years old who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine may have to wait longer than anticipated for their second jab as the Government places vulnerable groups as priority. Approximately 35,000...

Jamaica’s main insurance umbrella group has warned vehicle owners and operators enlisting with ride-sharing service Uber that they could compromise their coverage if they fail to disclose the arrangement to their insurers. The Insurance Associatio...

Residents of Grants Pen in St Thomas are concerned that the long-awaited road improvement, which they have clamoured and protested for many a time, may ultimately sound the death knell for their small but lively community. The multibillion-dollar.....

WESTERN BUREAU: After a $27-million rehabilitation, a roadway in Chantilly, Westmoreland, which was handed over by a subcontractor in late May, is now in disrepair after three showers of rain, much to the disgust of residents. Yesterday morning,...

An extensive redevelopment plan is in the works for the St Thomas Health Services as it braces for mass migration as a result of significant investments being made in the eastern parish. This was disclosed yesterday by Health and Wellness Minister....

The police want to collect a statement from 17-year-old Kaylan Dowdie who was beaten within an inch of her life last November and is currently on life support. On Wednesday when the matter was mentioned in the Corporate Area Parish Court, the...

A district constable who had been sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing a cellular phone, which was a court exhibit, has lost an appeal against his conviction. The Court of Appeal, in dismissing the appeal Thursday, however, set aside...

A consumer lobby is pressing the Holness administration to demand greater clarity from multinational ride-share company Uber on its local operations branded by transport officials as “a new designation” that drew warnings about circumventing...

There are hardly words to express the relief and joy market vendor and construction worker Leonard ‘Fargo’ Haughton is feeling today, having been reunited with his 17-month-old son, Hayden Haughton, who was claimed by another man following the.....

Rastafarians from across Jamaica gathered yesterday to celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the birth of their founder, Leonard Howell, at Pinnacle in St Catherine. It is the site where they claim Howell had acquired over 500 acres of land for...

After nearly eight years, a Kingston labourer who allegedly spent 18 hellish months in prison in 2009 after he was maliciously arrested and had sued the State is yet to have his claim heard in the Supreme Court. The appellant, Desmond Kinlock,...

A key financial regulatory body in Jamaica is recommending that lawmakers expand offences under the Cybercrimes Act to tackle computer-related fraud and forgery. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) wants Section 8 of the act that deals with...

A homeless man who was among four street persons who were viciously attacked and injured in sections of the Corporate Area in May has succumbed to his injuries. The man remains unidentified. His death, however, brings to six the number of...

A St Elizabeth teacher who was reportedly caught trying to smuggle a little over five pounds of compressed ganja to Barbados is scheduled to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on September 6. The 32-year-old educator, Antonette...

There is a renewed call for the crafting of legislation similar to the Child Care and Protection Act to protect the elderly, who are at risk of abuse by relatives or while receiving institutionalised care. The latest appeal came from attorney-at-.....

Ride-sharing entity Uber announced on Tuesday that it is now operational in Jamaica, sending off alarms among the thousands of taxi operators destined to collide with the Silicon Valley behemoth that has sparked conflict in transportation centres......

The cellular phone of incarcerated dancehall artiste Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer, which contained damning text and voice messages linking him to the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams, is currently being analysed by an expert for possible si...

First it was a stool. Now George Wright’s seat in Parliament has sparked another fight. The under-fire Westmoreland Central member of parliament who has been embroiled for two months in an assault scandal played truant from Tuesday’s sitting of ...

The daughter of the Clarendon man who founded Rastafarianism is demanding reparation and respect for years of abuse by Jamaican state authorities after he birthed an Afrocentric religious movement that has gained widespread cultural appeal globally....