Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that the security forces will not surrender the Denham Town community in west Kingston to criminals, amid an increase in confrontations between lawmen and residents in recent days. “Let me make it clear t...

A communication analyst who had presented evidence of numerous phone calls among accused members of the Clansman-One Dong Gang, including its two top alleged leaders who were behind bars, yesterday dismissed efforts by the defence to discredit his.....

Residents in the community of Victoria Town in Manchester are disputing allegations that a man who was mobbed and killed in Mandeville was a robber. The residents strongly believe it was a case of mistaken identity as Chieften Campbell, who lived......

Natasha Williams-Whittingham has not found the going easy, but, each time she contemplates giving up, the love for her children and a burning desire to see them excel keeps the single mother going. “Giving up is the last thing in my head, but...

WESTERN BUREAU: “I AM just sorry I was not there when the house went up in flames.” That was the painful, heart-wrenching regret Joseph Innerarity expressed after hearing news of the passing of his father, 85-year-old Fredrick Innerarity, in the...

Principal Dahima Small-Francis has said that despite having a sound roof, good cadre of teachers and loyal community support, a recurring flooding problem has been making it difficult to operate an early childhood institution near Hoose Avenue in......

The Government has renewed an appeal to Jamaicans in the diaspora to invest in their homeland. “We want to bring the diaspora here for business. We want our Jamaicans to see Jamaica as a destination for business,” Prime Minister Andrew Holness s...

Some two million vital records relating to births, deaths, marriages, adoptions and deed polls at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) are to be digitised, following a National Identification System (NIDS) contract signing ceremony. Minister....

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Woodsville in Hanover continue to defy orders by the authorities that the badly compromised bridge be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, claiming that the alternative routes are not feasible. The bridge, which.....

WESTERN BUREAU: It has been 18 days since 68-year-old Beryl Walters was washed away in floodwaters in Montego Bay, St James, and the St James Municipal Corporation is entering the final phase of its search effort to locate the elderly woman, who...

WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Junction welcomed the opportunity to be able to browse the Internet while on the go and to access data critical to educational needs in the St Elizabeth town. The residents say that they have been able to access the...

A new round of turbulence erupted in Denham Town Thursday afternoon as a pregnant woman clashed with soldiers – the second major conflict in the crime-plagued western Kingston community which has been under a security blanket for almost five years...

A ruling by the United States Court of Appeals that at least one provision within the country’s Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is unconstitutional may undercut America’s role as high-seas police, drawing praise as the right call by Jamaican.....

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: The Portland police are on high alert as Moore Town Colonel Wallace Sterling has expressed fear that his life has been threatened, having received a chilling phone call that not only would he lose the election in the...

A food-supply crisis is unfolding globally, and Jamaica could find itself in dire straits if the Government fails to act, Group CEO of Seprod, Richard Pandohie, has warned. His outlook was buttressed by Andrew Gray, managing director of Gray’s.....

The GrassROOTS Community Foundation, in collaboration with the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), hopes to engage more than 4,000 students across 40 schools in Jamaica through its book bag outreach initiative, which runs from May 2 to 6......

There will be no consensus among legislators on the 15-year mandatory minimum jail time for possession of a prohibited weapon under the Firearms Prohibition Restriction and Regulation Act, 2022, as three opposition lawmakers firmly declared...

The Clansman-One Don Gang trial heard Thursday that a number of women from Spanish Town, St Catherine - and one from even as far as Falmouth, Trelawny - were among several persons who had purchased SIM cards used by members of the alleged notorious....

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has pledged an overhaul of Jamaica’s agricultural sector, making that reform a central plank for social and economic development. Responding to a range of issues ranging from inadequate farming extens...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has refused to disclose the cost of financing the controversial upgrade of banknotes scheduled for release later this year. An Access to Information (ATI) request submitted by The Gleaner for the cost to revamp the notes.....