WESTERN BUREAU: Head of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica, Lenworth Kelly, wants unattached Jamaican youth “pulled off the corners” and put to work instead of construction workers being sought from overseas to work in the......

WESTERN BUREAU: Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says that she has instructed the members of her office to contact the authorities if they receive letters that are purported to have been witnessed by justices of the peace (JPs.....

Human rights advocates are urging the Government to revisit its policy ban on the employment of ex-convicts in the public sector if it is serious about rehabilitation and reintegration. The call is being made against the backdrop of the recent...

Tantalising aromas filled the air yesterday as the newly developed Crab Circle came to life in Kingston with the street food hub donning a fresh, bold look. Vendors sang the praises of corporate giants J. Wray...

Jamaica’s unemployment rate for January 2022 was 6.2 per cent, some 2.6 percentage points lower than reported a year earlier, according to the latest data released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). In January 2021, the unemployment...

Residents of Hilloughby district in Cascade, Hanover, have expressed concern over their safety, following the murder of two persons, including a three-year-old boy, and the shooting and injuring of another male on Wednesday night. The slain child.....

The wife and children of former Haitian Senator Joseph Joel John, who has been linked to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, have been denied asylum in Jamaica but will be appealing to National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang to have......

A man who robbed his ex-girlfriend of a little more than half a million dollars, which included her tuition fee, was further remanded yesterday after he lost his freedom on Tuesday when he turned up in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court empty-....

Alleged leader of the Ranko Gang, Constable Tafari Silvera, who is accused of hiring two hitmen to murder a police informant, was yesterday further remanded in the Clarendon Home Circuit for a plea and case management hearing. Civilians Christopher....

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...