Twenty-six-year-old Constable Orlando Irons, who died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which also claimed the life of controversial pastor Kevin Smith on October 25, was laid to rest in St Ann on Friday after a service in which......

Education Minister Fayval Williams yesterday rubbished comments made by William Knibb Memorial High School Principal Linvern Wright, which characterised her stewardship of the portfolio as “poor”, declaring that she and her team have done a...

Opposition senators while supporting the passing of the Corrections (Amendment) Act, 2021 yesterday charged that the bill, which is seeking to institute tougher penalties with fines of up $3 million and sentences of up to five years, would have...

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is to erect a six-storey $238-million complex geared towards elevating the services and offerings of the facility to international standards. The disclosure was made yesterday as the St Andrew-based....

Some 390 farmers in Little Park, St Elizabeth, are now benefiting from a reduction in the cost of irrigation water, thanks to an upgrade to the National Irrigation Commission’s (NIC) pump station in the area. The station has been retrofitted with ...

BUFF BAY, Portland: The manhunt for Davian Bryan, a Portland man suspected to have abducted of two young girls in St Thomas in October, is still on, the police have said. The abduction of the girls – aged nine and 13 – days apart had triggered.....

Businessmen Peter Chin and Robert Chin, the principals of Alliance Investment Management Limited (AIML) and Alliance Financial Limited (AFL), will return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on January 10 next year. The men and their...

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Charities (HC) this year handed out $29 million in support to some 205 students in the western parish. The Katrin Casserly-led charitable organisation has been playing a pivotal role in helping students access tertiary-level....

A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed United States President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a decision by a......

Stony Hill Capital, an investment vehicle controlled by the family that owns the Musson conglomerate, has acquired a block of shares in Lumber Depot Limited, giving Paul ‘PB’ Scott and Melanie Subratie seats on the board of the hardware company...

At least two transport associations in Jamaica are calling for the Government to extend the payment period for traffic fines or suspend the issuance of tickets until the collection system returns to normality. In late November, Tax Administration.....

A number of students who want to continue attending the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 following a new mandate expected to take effect in February. But already, there is pushback against.....

A man held on illegal firearm charges was acquitted in the Home Circuit Court on Wednesday after a police officer gave conflicting evidence in court in comparison to that which he had stated in an interview he had given to the media. Ramel Kelly.....

Health ministry officials have pushed back at concerns expressed by Opposition Spokesman Dr Morais Guy who raised questions about the accuracy of daily reports of COVID-19 results, including those of thousands of travellers who flow through the...

The trial in the contentious wage issue between the police and the Government was yesterday set for April 4 and 5, 2022, but the disgruntled cops remain hopeful that the matter will be settled before then. The officers had taken the Government to......

WESTERN BUREAU: A well-known United Kingdom firm is tipped to sign the contract to commence work on the runway at Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport, which is undergoing a US$100-million expansion. Of that amount, US$37 million will be.....

A ruling from Jamaica’s chief prosecutor for a recommendation on whether anyone should be charged in relation to the alleged forcible haircut of a Rastafarian teenager at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon has suffered a delay. Director o...

The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has accused the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) of leading a smear campaign against Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, amid an ongoing impasse between herself and Senator Lambert Brown. Johnson Smith,....

Tuesday night’s attack on a family of four in Havannah Heights, Clarendon, is a stark and chilling reminder of the predawn quadruple murder in the community on September 12. Residents in the central Clarendon community have been on tenterhooks......

Christopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: Effective Monday, December 20, persons who have received the COVID-19 vaccine will be able to download their vaccination verification cards from the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ website to sho...