Buffeted by criticism of the flagship legislation used to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Holness administration will face an acid test when the first constitutional challenge against the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) is to be mentioned....

The Government is hoping to vaccinate one million Jamaicans against COVID-19 by the end of November, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said. “That is not impossible and not necessarily a very difficult task,” Holness said of the million-mark g...

WESTERN BUREAU: The 10-year-old girl who was shot in the head as gangsters unleashed deadly gunfire in downtown Montego Bay on Wednesday afternoon is reportedly battling for life at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH). The child and her mother...

The absence of adequate legislation and limited cooperation from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) are hampering efforts by the police to clamp down on electricity thieves, a senior lawman has argued. The contentious matter, which has...

As the dreaded sound of gunfire sent chills down the spine of Cary Ambersley-Salmon, her 12-year-old daughter alerted her to the sound of her younger sister apparently vomiting. But they faced their worst fears when they realised that five-year-old....

WESTERN BUREAU: Tessa Atkinson’s father, his twin sister, her uncle, grandfather, and grandmother all lost their lives to cancer, evidence that the day would come when her genetics would reveal the deadly disease to her. By age 38, the high-school...

The family of an eighth-grade student at Tacky High has accused school authorities of barring her from attending online classes because she has no uniform. Teachers in most schools require the camera feature to be turned on during lessons and have....

Brazen criminals in inner-city neighbourhoods are renting captured or abandoned premises, fully loaded, free of utility charges for electricity and water, to interested persons and are profiting from encroachment on Jamaica Public Service Company (....

The Government has withdrawn the national award it bestowed on popular pastor Merrick ‘Al’ Miller, bowing to public pressure over the decision amid the clergyman’s criminal convictions and his unrepentant attitude. The development comes as P...

A thriving culture of cheating has been documented across the campuses of The University of the West Indies, forcing the administration to pull the plug on remote testing and order all students return to physical sites...

In an unswerving defence of his stewardship, the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ chief accounting officer Dunstan Bryan declared on Wednesday that his officials and staff did not veer from the Government’s policy of administering the Pfizer...

Paying customers who allege that the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) turns off electricity, sometimes for the entire day, as part of measures to combat electricity theft could be on firm footing should they decide to file a class-action suit......

At least three health regions across Jamaica have reported that some vaccines for young children are in short supply. South Eastern Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Regional Technical Director Dr Sandra Chambers-Gause disclosed that the BCG...

Education Minister Fayval Williams has shied away from indicating whether the controversial board of Nutrition Products Limited (NPL) still enjoys the confidence of the Government given that at least five members who had oversight of the scandal...

WESTERN BUREAU: A primary schoolteacher was on Wednesday battling for life in the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth after she was abducted by two men in Santa Cruz on Tuesday afternoon. Her throat was slashed and she was left to die after being....

Antoinette Rochester spent eight days at Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) waiting for a bed to deliver her baby girl. By the time she eventually got one, it was too late. The infant died before labour was fully induced, sending Rochester, who had......

In a policy shift, Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has announced plans to revamp the Protective Services Division of the police force and to redeploy trained officers to the front line of crime fighting. In a statement to the House of....

WESTERN BUREAU: Three men were shot dead and and three other persons, including two bystanders, injured as gunmen travelling in a Toyota Corolla motor car opened heavy gunfire on the occupants of a Toyota Mark X as both vehicles sped through the...

In the face of withering criticism of the Ministry of Health & Wellness’ policy to expand the dispensing of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine beyond children to adults, Permanent Secretary Dunstan Byran is expected...

Prison authorities have denied knowledge of reports that administrative action was recently taken against warders after tens of thousands of dollars allegedly confiscated from the cell of incarcerated entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta went missing. The.....