Jamanda Kinglocke was still in disbelief as she looked Wednesday at the boulder that smashed into her makeshift board house in Kilmarnock, Westmoreland, two days earlier, which would have endangered the lives of her four young children had the...

WESTERN BUREAU: RIU Resorts will pump between US$80 million and US$100 million into its newest Jamaican resort, RIU Aquarelle in Trelawny, creating some 450 jobs in the long term and 800 during construction, says Carmen Riu, chief executive officer....

Torrential rains on Tuesday night triggered a flood of renewed complaints as a 36-foot deep pond overflowed its banks and inundated roads, heaping misery on residents of East Avenue in Linstead, St Catherine. Their frustration was evident when The.....

An embarrassment and indictment on the Parliament! That is how chairman of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), Mikael Phillips, has described Wednesday’s abysmal no-show of the membership of the oversight committee,...

Two years after he was charged for possession of spiny lobster and Queen conch during the close season and beyond the declaration period, Manchester businessman Oswald Powell was found guilty and fined $300,000 or spend six months in prison. The...

Noting that the coronavirus pandemic was not yet over, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is urging Jamaicans not to become complacent as the Government has the power to reinstitute infection-control restrictions should there be a......

Alleged rapist and abductor Davian Bryan was remanded Wednesday when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court. The matter was transferred to the Portland Circuit Court for mention on June 8. Bryan was recently arrested and charged after eluding the......

Survivors of the Montego Bay flood tragedy that claimed the life of a 12-year-old girl have retraced the terrifying ordeal after the vehicle in which they were travelling was tossed aside by floodwaters during torrential rainfall Tuesday afternoon.....

At least two senior parliamentarians are batting for a comprehensive review of the dress code not just for females but also for males. The current Standing Orders – the rules of Parliament – state that “members’ dress for meetings of the Hou...

WESTERN BUREAU: STAKEHOLDERS IN Westmoreland are concerned about worsening public-health risks amid increasing illegal construction in proximity to the Roaring River. The Roaring River is the National Water Commission’s (NWC) main source of suppl...

A lawyer employed to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) who claimed he was overlooked for promotion for 10 years is challenging the decision of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to dismiss his appeal after he was denied being elevated in 2020...

Gift and fruit baskets, centrepieces, and bottomless flowerpots are just a few of the items 65-year-old Cynthia Cooke makes from wicker, which is a pliable twig. “To see my handiwork when I’m finished and to hear somebody say, ‘A you do it?�...

After a 17-year delay, firefighters of Old Harbour now have a salubrious place to call home. Following an official opening ceremony on Tuesday, the newly constructed fire station is now fully operational to serve the vastly developing township with....

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) has signalled that the 50 buses to be added to its fleet this financial year are the Chinese-made Ankai, comprising 45 diesel and five electric units. It is understood that the procurement process is....

Miracle Travel Limited, a job-placement service contracted by a group of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) students to secure employment under the United States J-1 visa summer work and travel programme in 2020, has come under growing scrutiny...

As tempers flared on a second day of fiery protests in Denham Town over a controversial fatal shooting, the slain man’s family is worried about the future of his son who has reportedly been traumatised by the incident. Residents said that Horaine....

Some 20 years ago, carpenter Dave Wright looked at the abandoned Montpelier train station in St James and saw it as the perfect home for his furniture operation. Securing a lease with the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC), he soon breathed new life....

(Associated Press): A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Cancer cells develop in nearly all prostates as men age, and most prostate cancers are harmless.......

“Dem kill him like a one hog dem a run down. It never needed.” That was the graphic, solemn conclusion of an aunt of Horaine Glenn, the 32-year-old man fatally shot in an alleged confrontation with soldiers in Denham Town Saturday evening....

Following an emergency meeting between stakeholders at the St Ann Municipal Corporation on Sunday, a ban has been placed on permits for events at Pearly Beach, which has been cited as the main cause of Saturday’s gridlock in St Ann. “Immediate...