WESTERN BUREAU: The lightning-fast Omicron coronavirus variant could generate a daily record of 1,500 COVID-19 cases by mid-January if the infection rate goes unchecked, a sober warning of the scale of spread that could be unleashed after the high-....

WESTERN BUREAU: Forty days after an American woman rented a 2017 Toyota Corolla from Sixt-Rent-A-Car at the Sangster International Airport, she seems to have disappeared into thin air and the vehicle is nowhere to be found. The woman, Antiellia M.....

Four ageing Bibles dating back to the 1800s are among the most valued possessions in the century-old Connolley house and serve as compasses for those who have lived within its walls, including cultural and creative industries expert Dr Deborah...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: There will be increased police presence at gaming outlets and other high-risk businesses to deter criminals as Christmas nears. That move is aimed at heading off the threat of robberies which traditionally spike at year end.....

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says the Government is moving full speed ahead with the implementation of the public-sector compensation review despite not achieving full buy-in from union heads of its four per cent wage increase offer. “We have...

Three siblings who filed a claim against their father under the Mental Health Act to get a court order to manage his financial affairs were forced to back down after a medical report showed that their dad was capable of managing his money. The...

A revolving beekeeping project that is creating a buzz in Tranquility, Portland, has earned Demar Demontagnac one of 50 Sagicor Community Heroes Awards. A marketing student at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) and 2018 Prime....

After delivering the keynote address at the annual patients’ banquet at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston, one of the patients asked Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton whether there was any law to mandate that his relatives take hi...

The imposition of stiffer penalties for the smuggling of contraband into Jamaica’s penal institutions is not likely to dent the inflow of illegal items as correctional officers are sometimes forced to comply with the demands of dons while others.....

The Greg Christie-led Integrity Commission is under increasing pressure to revisit the court matter involving former Hanover Western Member of Parliament Ian Hayles, almost five years after the Supreme Court granted an injunction blocking the...

The economic impact of the pandemic on consumers has become more pronounced with a decline in retail sales for the holiday period, but senior economists have said that there is very little the Government can do to loosen the screws of inflationary.....

Like most residents in Merrivale, St Andrew, Hylton Anderson had settled in overnight prepared to enjoy rest and relaxation at typical Sunday pace. But on December 12, around 4:30 a.m., the rumble of a convoy of concrete-mixing trucks at the...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has expressed outrage that criminals are turning illegal parties into battlegrounds to settle scores and unleash bloodshed. His concern comes days before Christmas amid fears of a proliferation of...

Camille Foster held back her tears as she walked to the platform to collect her award and that of her now-deceased husband, Garnet Foster. The couple, who hail from Bullet Tree in Petersfield, Westmoreland, had opened their home last September to......

DAYS AFTER thieves murdered two goat farmers in Westmoreland, gunmen struck again in the parish on Monday night, this time in the small community of Kingswood, where they shot and killed a common-law couple. The latest victims have been identified....

The deputy head of planning and a surveyor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) have been sent on leave with full pay as the authority faces more scrutiny over its approvals and enforcement of building permits. The Local...

There are more questions about negligence or possible corruption at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) following a court case that revealed that a developer built 32...

Seasoned trade unionist Granville Valentine says Monday’s Supreme Court ruling to deny Digicel Jamaica and Cari-Med Limited employees reprieve against the implementation of mandatory COVID vaccine policies pending trial will result in the wanton.....

Jovan Johnson/Senior Staff Reporter Edward Gabbidon has resigned as board chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust amid concerns about his position and the relationship his company, SynCon Technologies, has with the troubled skills training agency. It......

With 41 per 100,000 of the homicides committed in Jamaica being men, Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson says that young males have become endangered species in the country. Addressing a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of St Andrew at.....