“I finished what my daughter started.” Those are the words of Wendy Miller, a grieving graduate of The University of the West Indies (UWI) who has dedicated her undergraduate degree to her late daughter. Her only child, Toni Haughton, died thr...

The St Catherine South police recovered a stolen motor car and an illegal gun following a robbery and shooting that left a gunman dead and three policemen injured in Portmore, St Catherine, on Friday afternoon. Two of the lawmen were shot but...

Several members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer community are lobbying for Jamaican mental-health practitioners to exercise greater compassion in a country much criticised for its widespread condemnation of sexual minorities.......

Education Minister Fayval Williams is urging parents and guardians to check the ministry’s website and their children’s schools for information on the schedule for the resumption of face-to-face classes. A total of 376 small primary and infant.....

The Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act 2021 was passed in the Senate on Friday without any amendments despite strong arguments against it by Leader of Opposition Business Peter Bunting and his colleague, Damion Crawford. Bunting argued that with the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Police Federation Chairman Corporal Rohan James says rank-and-file lawmen are fuming over the action taken by St Elizabeth Parish Judge Alwayne Smith, whose instructions resulted in a uniformed policeman being hauled before the...

Strathmore Children’s Home in Spanish Town, St Catherine, received an early Christmas gift on Friday – its first donation since the beginning of the year, according to a senior administrator. The onset of COVID-19 has crippled donations from......

WASHINGTON (AP): Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first black secretary of state, was remembered by family and friends on Friday as a principled man of humility and grace whose...

Amendments to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2021 to increase its penalties were passed in the both Houses of Parliament on Friday despite protest from the Opposition, which called for speedy implementation of the 2018 law that they say will...

A man was arrested by the St Catherine North police on Wednesday evening in connection with the seizure of nearly 150 rounds of ammunition. The suspect, who the police said is 33 years old, was held during an intelligence-driven operation. A red...

Steps by the Government to pass legislation to indemnify the State for imposing and collecting excessive traffic fines since 2006 were a flawed approach to resolve the issue and will not stand up to legal scrutiny, says attorney-at-law Gavin Goffe.....

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says Cabinet will have to decide on the regulation of costs for COVID-19 tests amid growing concerns in several quarters, including from the country’s most powerful business lobby. However, intervention to...

The Ministry of National Security is yet to decide if it will take legal action against O’Brien’s International Car Sales for faltering on its 2017 contractual obligation to supply used cars to the police force. Permanent Secretary Courtney...

Talks for the removal and compensation of residents of an informal settlement along Portland Avenue in Riverton apparently may have taken a deadly turn after a businessman co-opted as a negotiator between the owners and residents was killed on...

A former member of the One Don Gang yesterday revealed that he had secretly recorded conversations with alleged leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan and other key lieutenants and handed them over to the police as they probe the operations of the deadly...

WESTERN BUREAU: MBJ Airports Limited is inching closer to pre-COVID-19 arrival figures as airlines increase their requests for slots at its Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James. In the last three days – and one month ahead of th...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said that his ministry will not tolerate any form of discrimination against Jamaica’s LGBTQ+ community, noting that gays, lesbians, and transgender people will be treated just....

A recent study has revealed that urgent action is needed to safeguard the gains achieved in the fulfilment of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Vision 2030 Jamaica. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Caribbean Policy Research...

WESTERN BUREAU: A temporary injunction by the Supreme Court preventing the police from issuing traffic tickets in excess of fines as at 2006 has put the country in a crisis until a new law takes effect, a transportation-law expert has said. Dr...

In chilling evidence laid before the court, accused murderer Andre Ruddock was one of two archangels ordained by Kevin O. Smith, now-deceased pastor of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries, and was instructed to perform a...