An imminent transatlantic knowledge-sharing agreement will lay the design groundwork for the revival of the railroad from downtown Kingston to Three Miles, which could soon be woven into the fabric of everyday life for a modern commute to work,...

After years of battling eviction threats and desperately seeking a new home, the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) is gearing up to engage in “creative accounting” and to “beg, borrow, and plead” as it prepares...

In one of the biggest housing development projects to be announced for local shores by foreign investors, the London-based Wots Hot Energy is to pump $4.5 billion into the Mahogany Hill development in Chester, St Ann. Founder of Wots Hot, Craig...

David Stimpson was attacked and stabbed nine times in his back while working at the Institute of Jamaica in downtown Kingston. He is now unable to walk and needs assistance to carry out normal human activities that were second nature to him for his....

WESTERN BUREAU: Miami-based QCAS Aero will operate a first-class-only charter service into the Ian Fleming Airport in Ocho Rios from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as of Thursday, June 16. The aviation management company will operate an Embraer 145...

WESTERN BUREAU: With a price tag of approximately $175 million and a timeline of just over two years, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed disappointment that the 5,300-square-foot new Little London Police Station will take that long to be......

FIREARM SEIZURES by the St Catherine South police led to two convicted Portmore men being each hit with sentences exceeding five years in separate Gun Court cases last week, sending what cops hope will be a strong message to criminals. The...

Jamaicans have largely turned their backs on a $100-million fund that was created nearly five years ago to reward persons assisting law enforcement in efforts to recover illegal guns. Although a few have taken advantage of the initiative, some are.....

The Webster Memorial United Church on Half-Way Tree Road in St Andrew has defied the odds by maintaining capacity congregations when other established churches are struggling with membership in an increasingly secular society. It may be because the....

For the next 12 weeks, criminal networks in western Jamaica are expected to face more intense anti-crime measures that Police Commissioner Antony Anderson is confident will significantly reduce the number of murders in the region. Speaking to the.....

In their world, nothing is safe or certain, and it is always wise to have a suitcase packed and ready for relocation. To be otherwise could be deadly. This is life for some 326 Jamaicans in the island’s witness protection programme – the majori...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves remains hopeful of consensus on a candidate for the post of Commonwealth secretary general, after Andrew Holness, the Jamaican prime minister, threw a spanner in the works with his...

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......