WESTERN BUREAU: While legal experts are divided over the authenticity of the Accompong Maroons’ claims to sovereignty based on a 1739 treaty with the British, the leaders of the enclave insist that their claims are not based solely on the...

WESTERN BUREAU: With the nation’s health infrastructure under stress as several hospitals are now beyond their maximum capacity as it relates to bed-space for COVID-19 patients, the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is seeking available...

The acquisition of the Jamaica lll – a new utility vessel with advanced capabilities – is part of a much larger programme to enhance Jamaica’s competitiveness in the global maritime sector, in keeping with the long-term strategy for the furthe...

It is a bittersweet moment for Rocky Point businessman Nicholas Graham as he looks forward to assisting students in his community through his annual back-to-school event. This year, he will do it without the presence of his beloved mother, Dorrette....

On Friday, July 20, Errol Crosby, a long-serving Gleaner driver, made his transition into the ancestral realms. The news of his departure did not make the major headlines, but his former colleagues at The Gleaner are still jolted by his sudden stop....

The case against a St Ann pastor, who was arrested in March after making unsavoury remarks about Prime Minister Andrew Holness, continues to drag on, with a file to determine if he should be charged still incomplete, nearly five months later....

The public is being warned to brace for possible power outages in the coming days as the technical and administrative staff of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is restive, reportedly over the non-payment of some benefits. In a release...

Investigators are probing the circumstances surrounding the early-morning discovery of two men suffering from gunshot wounds along the Sir Florizel Glasspole Highway in Harbour View, St Andrew, yesterday. They later succumbed to injuries at...

Captain Basil Henry, the chairman of the board of the Kingston-based Wolmer’s Preparatory School, will today wrap a 29-kilometre walkathon from the school to Newcastle to raise funds for the institution. He will be joined by Health and Wellness......

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: With a 150 per cent increase in the number of persons seeking assistance at the Candle in the Dark Ministries since 2018, the Manchester-based facility is embarking on an expansion project with a night shelter to...

A Westmoreland man who reportedly held up patrons at a bar and robbed them at gunpoint last month has now been charged by detectives. The man, 23-year-old Lensurd Rattray of Lewis Street, Savanna-la-mar in the parish was picked up during an...

WESTERN BUREAU: The country’s youth are to be given priority in accessing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is being touted as one of the safest for use in children and adolescents, when 200,000 doses arrive in the island next week to boost the.....

Bus and taxi fares are to be increased by 15 per cent across the island come Monday, August 16, the transport ministry announced last evening in the first adjustment to rates in eight years. Transport operators have been clamouring for an increase.....

Two businessmen suspected of being the masterminds behind a failed $50-million cocaine shipment destined for the United Kingdom (UK) are now behind bars, accused of the dramatic kidnapping and pummelling of a customs broker they believed foiled the....

Suffering from underlying illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes, which run in her family, Fay Matherson says she is still fearful of taking the COVID-19 vaccine due to possible adverse effects. However, she explained that this fear is nothing....

Ninety-two per cent of females have missed school or work for three days due to severe pain associated with menstruation, in the absence of a pelvic disease, a recent study has revealed. Dysmenorrhea, as the condition is known, is one of the most.....

LONDON, United Kingdom: Now that last-ditch efforts gained a temporary reprieve on Wednesday, United Kingdom (UK)-based human rights groups and activists say the hard work now begins to continue the fight to halt further deportation flights and...

WESTERN BUREAU: As the island witnesses a third COVID-19 wave, a group of medical practitioners are lobbying for the implementation of early home-based treatment to minimise hospitalisations and death in the country. The doctors, who staged a press...

Fisherfolk at the Portmore fishing beach at Dyke Road in the St Catherine municipality are appealing to the security forces to help keep away unscrupulous individuals from the property following yesterday’s shooting of two men close to the seaside...

Cruise ships will be making calls to Jamaican ports very soon, but Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure last evening, failed to provide any details about the timeline even as he emphasised the importance of walking a tightrope...