In the wake of the flagging of Cabinet Minister Daryl Vaz’s United States visa with a substance trafficking marker, former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has criticised Washington for weaponising travel documents for political ends. Vaz, wh...

With less than eight per cent of Jamaica’s population being fully vaccinated to date, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has disclosed that a significant portion of 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca might have to be discarded if shots ar...

A mystery disease causing their watermelons to rot on the inside while appearing perfect on the outside, has caused several St Elizabeth farmers to halt cultivation of the fruit to stem mounting financial losses. The farmers said that at first,...

Arguing that the situation is worse than the authorities are admitting publicly, prisoners at three of the island’s correctional facilities are demanding that urgent attention be paid to COVID-19 outbreaks at the institutions. Inmates at two...

An alleged shooter in the One Don Gang had reportedly callously boasted about cutting down a bus driver in front of the police in the Spanish Town bus park in St Catherine, the prosecution’s first star witness in the Clansman Gang trial told the.....

Dr Alfred Dawes, medical director of Windsor Wellness Centre, says his organisation will be providing a public service as it partners with the Ministry of Health...

Urban decay, unemployment and underdevelopment have characterised Rockfort in Kingston for a number of years. Despite the recent push to revitalise the waterfront with the construction of a boardwalk near the Rae Town Fishing Village, several...

WESTERN BUREAU: As he heads into a meeting with his Cabinet today, Prime Minister Andrew Holness faces mounting pressure to declare whether Science, Energy and Technology Minister Daryl Vaz retains his confidence to represent the Jamaican...

Jamaicans eager to pig out this Christmas might find pork in short demand. Stakeholders in the pig industry are warning that the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in input costs like feed will continue to turn the screws in....

One gas station operator is sending consumers deeper into their pockets during peak hours each day, hiking the prices of gasolene and automotive diesel by as much as 16 per cent. The Half-Way Tree Road-based Total service station, owned and...

Michael Powell vividly remembers how Ann Kong’s little legs would pump away at the pedals as she rode her bicycle along Clarendon’s rural terrain from Alston to Spaldings. It was that tomboyish zest that endeared Ann Kong – better known to.....

Three persons were shot and killed, one injured, and another burnt to death in his home as gunmen carried out two separate attacks in the St James communities of Granville and Niagara. Those killed have been identified as 37-year-old Lydia Williams....

WESTERN BUREAU: As inclusivity takes centre stage at the table of the tourism sector, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is banking on equal access playing an integral part of the island’s recovery. In his World Tourism Day message,.....

The Portland Police are probing a Saturday night boat fire off the coast of the Manchioneal in the parish. Three men were aboard the vessel when the fire broke out. Two of them reportedly receive burns. The men, however, left the scene in a white......

Two people have been killed in a shooting and arson in Granville, St James. The police say three houses were gutted in the fire. The incident happened on Gordon Crescent. A resident reported that about 1.30 this morning, he heard unusual sounds...

A former American ambassador to Jamaica says the note on the new one-year US visa issued last week to Cabinet Minister Daryl Vaz is an attempt by the United States to cover up its wrong against the politician. Donald Tapia was speaking to The...

His faith in God and the moral grounding he received as a child are what keep 21-year-old Michael Reid from joining a gang becoming a menace to society despite invitations as he tries continuously to improve his economic and social circumstances.......

Nearly $250 million in assets, suspected to have been acquired through criminal activities, were restrained by the Jamaican courts over a 13-month period that ended in May this year, official figures have revealed. These assets include six houses,.....

Twenty-nine-year-old Cassandra* is an employee at a popular resort in Antigua and Barbuda. Instead of preparing to celebrate her first anniversary on the job on September 27, Cassandra is worried sick that the coronavirus pandemic could leave her......

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has opted to remain silent on the explanation attached to his reinstated United States (US) visa. The United States Embassy in Kingston on Friday reinstated Vaz’s travel permit two years after it was revoked for reasons.....