Jamaicans who live overseas and return home to vote in national elections could be breaching the Representation of the People Act (ROPA). But even as legislators mull over giving expatriates the right to vote, one senior Cabinet minister is urging.....

Continued social challenges plaguing the country have resulted in a growing diaspora, the concept of which one academic has described as complex, but the value of which amounts to billions of dollars in economic contribution through remittances and....

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that special economic zones (SEZs), localised areas subjected to preferential economic regulations, must adapt to the world’s perpetual challenges in order to effectively serve the...

In the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s disclosure that he has tested positive for COVID-19, it appears that Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness will not go into quarantine despite the two being photographed maskless in talks and.....

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes expressed astonishment on Monday at the prosecution’s admission during the Clansman-One Don trial that there was no supporting evidence from the police to corroborate the alleged murder of a man in 2018 in Spanish Town, S...

As the 9th biennial Diaspora Conference gets under way in Kingston today, Jamaican expatriates have unveiled their action wish list. Top of the agenda is the vexed issue of an implementation deficit. Michelle Fanger, an immigration attorney in...

Residents of several communities in the Point Hill division in St Catherine were left stunned yesterday by news that councillor hopeful Omar Francis had died in a motor vehicle accident. Francis, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Stung by public criticism over his proposal that the Government appease gangs and referee violent conflicts, State Minister Homer Davis has back-pedalled on his advocacy for the State to negotiate with St James’ underworld. Davisâ€...

The Government has been criticised for delinquency in paying its bills to security firms, causing a domino effect in a lag in tax and statutory obligations. Despite profiting from a booming multibillion-dollar industry, nearly 60 per cent of...

With around 30 people being killed violently in the 1990s over a one-month period in a community with more than 6,000 residents, Delroy Chuck is not shy that stakeholders for peace opted for pragmatism over philosophy. The St Andrew North East...

A man who the police labelled a violence producer was shot and killed, allegedly by his own brother, minutes after he pulled an illegal firearm on his mother and other family members at their home in Mocho district in Garlands, St James, on Sunday....

Eager to boost its ranks in a bid to collar crime, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is targeting high-school youths and is also seeking to diversify the organisation’s gender profile. That strategy was disclosed at the force’s 10th recruitme...

As Jamaica prepares to host the 9th biennial Diaspora Conference from June 14-16, a wide cross section of Jamaicans roll back the curtains and disclose their reasons for migrating. Whether because of failed personal relationships or for job and...

WASHINGTON (AP): Senate bargainers on Sunday announced the framework of a bipartisan response to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy but limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and stepped-up efforts to improve school safety and...

With one day to go before the opening of the 9th biennial Diaspora Conference, excitement is building among Jamaican expatriates. Several people will be travelling to Jamaica for the in-person part of the hybrid conference, while there has been a......

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...