International outsourcing firm Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) has been jolted into cranking up its campaign to vaccinate reluctant staffers following an outbreak of more than 100 coronavirus infections at its facility which resulted in the passing....

Jamaica escaped the full wrath of Tropical Storm Grace but the weather system left a canvas of catastrophe as it glanced the island’s northeast, leaving roads littered with downed utility poles and fallen trees, homes swamped, vehicles disabled, ...

Lawyers hired by a disgruntled mother have written to the Bustamante Hospital for Children to have an independent pathologist oversee the post-mortem of her two-month-old daughter who died suddenly after being admitted for a cough. The infant,...

It was just after 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon and shopkeeper Latoya Campbell was perched on a stool outside her business place in Bannister, St Catherine, just like she had done so many times before. However, this wasn’t like any other day. Not wit...

WESTERN BUREAU: COVID-19 pushed the crisis-hit healthcare sector in western Jamaica perilously close to breaking point on Tuesday when overworked nurses and colleague workers at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland temporarily withdrew their....

As Tropical Storm Grace’s whipping wind and rain pelted Shooters Hill and Weise Road in Bull Bay on Tuesday, residents shovelled way mounds of silt, wary of a replay of last year’s flooding nightmare at the back end of the hurricane season. The....

“We are in grave danger, to put it bluntly.” That’s the frank assessment of Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) President Dr Andrew Manning as the island saw a record high 46.1 per cent positivity rate in COVID-19 testing on Sunday, as report...

WESTERN BUREAU: By next winter season, which kicks off in October, Jamaica expects the return of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Disney and MSC to the country’s tourism roster. All three cruise lines will join Carnival, which officially reopened...

In open defiance of warnings not to overcharge commuters, many taxi and bus operators threw caution to the wind and imposed their own transportation rates, with some collecting more than double the prescribed 15 per cent hike. Monday’s new regime....

Gunmen posing as potential buyers of an iPhone Pro 11 shot and killed the 17-year-old owner on Saturday just three days shy of his 18th birthday, plunging his family into mourning. The incident occurred along Gore Terrace in St Andrew about 12:50.....

WESTERN BUREAU: With 29 deaths between August 8 and 15 and some 300 new COVID-19 cases over the past five days, the authorities are now seeking to establish a field hospital in Westmoreland as the pressure mounts on the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital,...

Several local and international charity organisations are muscling up aid for earthquake-ravaged Haiti amid apocalyptic scenes of tragedy in the country’s southwest. Food For The Poor Jamaica is targeting at least US$50,000 in a fundraising drive...

British solicitor Michael Lloyd Wilson, who was sentenced to three years in prison in England in 2016 for taking £100,000 from a fine wine investment scam, has been expelled from the Jamaican Bar. Wilson, who has also been struck off the roll of.....

Police lock-up visits restricted The increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across the island has led the police to restrict prisoner visits islandwide. In a release yesterday, the police said that this would be enforced with immediate effect......

Chaos is set to reign in the island’s public transport sector today as while interest group leaders are asking taxi and bus operators to delay applying a ministry-approved 15 per cent increase in fares as they lobby for a higher percentage, some.....

All tourism workers in Jamaica who interface with cruise-ship passengers must be vaccinated. That’s the word from Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, who has said that cruise lines will not be calling in Jamaica if all persons who intend to...

Despite concerns about the pandemic and the state of readiness for a resumption of cruise-ship calls in Ocho Rios, St Ann, several industry players are delighted that today, a vessel will grace their shores after a 17-month absence. The Carnival...

Two things happened last year that threw 65-year-old Norma Clayton’s into a tailspin: her 26-year stretch as a domestic helper ended as the pandemic arrived, and her living expenses began moving out of her reach. She is now watching her savings......

Education Minister Fayval Williams yesterday urged stakeholders in the education sector to focus on increasing the achievement level of students without resorting to “finger-pointing” or “blame”. Addressing the Jamaica Teachers’ Associatio...

The Jamaican Redevelopment Foundation (JRF) Inc, which has filed a constitutional lawsuit against the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT), claiming that it is not an independent and impartial arbiter of labour conflict, is now seeking the help of...