A breakaway from the local Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church denomination has established a commune in the deep bowels of St Mary, preparing for the Second Coming, with little to no plans of interfacing with the Government or the rest of the...

He has been out 17 months now, but 74-year-old George Williams, a schizophrenic who spent more than 50 years in prison without a trial, continues a life of incarceration and poverty. These days, the illusions of his mind, coupled with the rickety......

Convicted sex offender and former religious leader, Kevin O. Smith, who is now deceased, had some of his first footprints in Jamaica at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, where he operated a mentorship programme involving over three...

Management consultant Dr Henley Morgan has admitted opening doors for Pastor Kevin O. Smith to access the corridors of power locally. Morgan does not recall participating in a seminar Smith hosted at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona,.....

While the eyes of the nation have been focused on the bizarre and deadly religious practices at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in St James for over two weeks, noted theologian, the Reverend Dr Ronald Hamilton, is among...

The board of Jamaica College (JC) says it is now awaiting a response from Education Minister Fayval Williams, after approving three recommendations regarding a request for a five-year extension of special leave to principal, Ruel Reid, who has been....

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and 11 members of the Joint Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) inked a one-year wage agreement yesterday on behalf of some 50,000 public-sector workers. Yesterday’s signing represents about 50 per.....

Keith Darien, principal director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), on Friday served notice that investigations have commenced into the operations of at least six institutions operating in the financial sector that are not in...

With growing concerns over poor water distribution by the National Water Commission (NWC) throughout the central region without satisfactory responses to their issues, some customers are fast becoming agitated, with plans to boycott the system if......

The family of a 28-year-old Jamaican who was killed in Trinidad and Tobago over a week ago is not ruling out the possibility that his death could have been related to a deadly gang war in his Bentley Lane, Kingston, community, although they have...

A former top commander in the One Don Gang yesterday testified that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan had reportedly given orders for some of the gang members to be executed. The former gangster, the second top-tier member to be testifying...

Nearly a year after the Gordon Town main road in St Andrew suffered a major breakaway during heavy rainfall last November, the roadway was officially reopened yesterday with stakeholders singing praises that it was completed within budget....

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The chairman of the Finance and Planning Committee of the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC) yesterday resigned with immediate effect, dispraising the leadership style of Mayor Donovan Mitchell. “ ... I am unable to...

Bustamante Hospital for Children yesterday got a significant boost to its eye-care diagnostics capacity with the donation of a binocular indirect ophthalmoscope by Eye Q Optical. Consultant ophthalmologist Dr Leighton Maddan explained that the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Yangsen Li, the chairman of the China-Montego Bay Sister City Committee, earlier this week donated 20,000 medical face masks to the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on behalf of the people of the city of Zhuhai in the People’...

The abduction saga that triggered fear and anxiety in the usually tranquil community of Bath, St Thomas, continues to wreak havoc among residents. Despite the bittersweet storyline of the rescue of two girls abducted days apart, children have been....

WESTERN BUREAU: Still traumatised after allegedly being padlocked behind the gates of the late Kevin O. Smith’s Coral Gardens home in St James, transformational mind coach Sabrina Fisher Reece says God told her to jump the fence and free herself.....

As the community of Bath, St Thomas, grapples with fear as fugitive Davian Bryan remains elusive, the police have given the assurance that the search for the suspected child abductor continues. Commanding officer of the St Thomas Police Division.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Sabrina Fisher Reece faced death threats after posting a video showing how she and her family were held hostage at the Coral Gardens, St James, home of Kevin O. Smith, the disgraced late pastor of a Montego Bay cult. Nothing...

A former top lieutenant in the One Don Gang yesterday testified that reputed leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan had warned him that the only way out of the gang was death or prison. The witness, who claimed to have risen to the level of second in...