Nearly three and a half years after the Government moved to ban certain categories of single-use plastic bags and drinking straws, some of the prohibited items are still widely available in commercial districts across the island with stakeholders......

The Government of Jamaica is planning to ban additional plastic products by the end of the year. Senator Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, made the declaration in response to Sunday...

Questions sent to the Ministry of National Security more than a month ago on the multi-million-dollar Security Strengthening Programme (SSP) that is intended to enhance the work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force in the areas of violent crime...

Used for shopping, storage, garbage and waste disposal, giving and receiving of goods, and just about anything, the popularly called scandal bag has been the go-to choice for Jamaicans for decades. Banned or not, the use of plastic ‘black scandalâ...

The court hearing in relation to the trust fund which late hotelier and businessman Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart had set up in The Bahamas for the benefit of his children will not be held in private. The ruling was made last month in the Bahamian Supr...

If Dr Lucien Jones’ wife Vivienne, his children and their spouses as well as his four grandchildren had their way, he would have left Jamaica a long time ago. But his undying faith in his Jamaica and his wife’s commitment to her marriage vows ma...

It has been almost two weeks of turmoil for a Clarendon family as they search for their 82-year-old patriarch, James Carter, who vanished from his Glenmuir Housing Scheme home on Monday, May 30. The 5ft 8in tall Carter, who is also know as Jim, was....

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey has said that it is time other arms of the criminal justice system shoulder more of the crime-fighting responsibility as the police redouble efforts to cool the country’s simmering crime monster....

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the announcement of the United States-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis (PACC) 2030. The two core points of emphasis in the initiative are to strengthen energy security and promote...

With no immediate end in sight to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a group of academics and diplomats on Friday painted a gloomy picture of the continued impact of the war on poorer countries and even those whose economies are relatively...

Locals are expressing a burning desire for the authorities to breathe new life into the crumbling structures in the historic Emancipation Square in the Old Capital and make it once again attractive to tourists as the island celebrates 60 years of......

There is more to agriculture than just producing food and, at Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann, this has become apparent in recent times. In what could aptly be described as a revolution, the agricultural science...

Developer Peter Issa believes that in order for downtown Kingston to return to its former glory, derelict properties need to be restored, which will have a ripple effect on employment and the opening of new businesses, including restaurants. This....

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has initiated an investigation into a suspected fish kill in Dawkins Pond, off Port Henderson Road in Portmore, St Catherine. Hundreds of dead fish washed up along the coastline about 10 p.m. on......

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Despite Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell, who is councillor of the Royal Flat Division in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC), indicating that he will not be seeking re-election in the next local government polls,...

Deputy Commissioner Fitz Bailey has shot down a state minister’s suggestion for the Police High Command to negotiate with gangsters amid a 6.3 per cent increase in murders. Bailey, who heads the crime portfolio in the Jamaica Constabulary Force,...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has made contact with the mother of five-year-old Malaisha ‘Million’ Miller and multinational efforts are being made to ascertain the whereabouts of the young Jamaican. Miller, who will turn six...

Lawrence Smith relocated from Guyana 20 years ago and settled in the Williams Lane area of Spanish Town, St Catherine. Over that time, he watched the community disintegrate into gang conflicts. However, he did everything to keep his wife, four...

In the wake of criticism over last week’s fire at the Negril Great Morass, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has disclosed that costing and recruitment woes have stalled the rehydration project for the ecologically sensitive...

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) are lamenting the continued garbage-collection issues affecting the parish despite being able to haul in nearly a third of the $526-million property tax target for the 2022....