At least 1,500 of the nation’s children reported missing in the last five years have not been found, even as the number of reports continues to trend down. Data from the Child Protection...

NEW FOREST, Manchester: Sixteen-year-old Jace Witter’s dream to pursue a career in athletics has begun to materialise following his historic debut performance at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadi...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says his ministry is ready to embark on a programme to take alternative dispute resolution right across the Jamaica, especially in schools, which he claims have now become battlefields. Chuck was speaking yesterday at.....

There is increasing disquiet in the public sector with the powerful Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) yesterday giving the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service an April 11 ultimatum to furnish the findings of the compensation...

The 50th PriceSmart store globally, which will open its doors to customers in Portmore, St Catherine, next Tuesday, will be a ‘Green Club’ aimed at limiting its carbon footprint in Jamaica. In 2020, Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to.....

WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has cautioned that disorderly possession of properties is not the proper channel to land ownership as settlement issues from the days of slavery continue to plague the orderly development of...

When dark clouds begin to gather, Avis Morrison will not have to worry anymore that as soon as it begins to rain, she would have to scramble with several containers to catch the water from the roof that leaks profusely into her house. Described......

MANCHESTER: With nightly curfew restrictions introduced two years ago to limit movement and slow COVID-19 transmission lifted last month, the Manchester Police Division is warning that some communities which have seen an uptick in crimes will not......

An accounts coordinator, who admitted to stealing approximately $3.2 million over a three-month period from a credit union to which he was employed, claimed he is unable to start making restitution as he has spent the funds. Forty-seven-year-old...

MANCHESTER: Two brothers, who were charged with robbery and the murder of 76-year-old Mandeville businessman Trevor Meikle in 2016, were freed when they appeared in the Manchester Circuit Court on Thursday. Alwayne Edwards and Steve Edwards were...

The shooting death of an eight-year-old Clarendon boy has shocked his community, with peers and teachers at the Race Course Primary and Infant School jolted by news of a third tragic death in two weeks. Thomas James Jr was shot in the head on...

Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association President John Mahfood believes that the Government should consider giving up its shares in the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the sole distributor of electricity in the island. Marubeni...

Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke is insisting that the elimination of the duty concession to travelling officers in the public sector would not place them at a disadvantage. Clarke was responding to news of unease among...

Although the Government recently announced a 20 per cent relief on electricity bills for almost half a million households for the months of April, May, June, and July, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) President and CEO Michel Gantois is calling....

The police have found the firearm of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) sergeant who had failed to hand over the weapon, claiming it was stolen, after a prostitute was found dead in his car. The weapon will now be subjected to ballistic testing. The......

Disbarred attorney Jennifer Messado is to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for trial on September 12 in connection with allegations that she fleeced dancehall entertainer Mavado of more than $30 million in a 2017 real estate...

Four alleged members of the feared Stinger Gang implicated in a gruesome quadruple murder were yesterday freed of murder and arson charges in the Gun Court. Navada Lyons, Jermaine Myers, Dacion Pellington, and Gerald Robinson were also freed of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Some students from schools across western Jamaica are pleased that the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MBCCI) Security Summit examined several concerns affecting them. The summit was held on Wednesday and Thursday.....

Despite having less than a month to plan and execute this year’s staging of the annual St Mary Agri-Expo following an announcement last month by Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr that agricultural shows would be returning, the organisers are...

Up to press time last evening, scene-of-crime investigators were combing a section of Zambia in Central Village, St Catherine, where residents had discovered human remains spread across three properties, some wrapped in plastic. Yesterday, turkey.....