The Government is in discussions with four overseas entities for a partnership deal engaging local nurses and doctors on three-month ‘flexi-contracts’ in the United States to stem the tide of migration. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christophe...

The relatives of the Cocoa Piece family who were brutally slain last week have pushed back at rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice’s (JFJ) appeal for restraint despite widespread approval for the death penalty locally. Expressions of outrage and......

Residents of Hope Pastures say they are shocked by Thursday's Supreme Court ruling which found that the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) was not obligated by law to cover the replacement cost for underground power supply in the upscale St...

Private Kishawn Henry Sr, whose 23-month-old son was among the five victims of a throat-slashing slaughter on June 21 on New Road in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, is still finding it difficult to talk about the tragedy without falling apart. As well-...

Forty-four-year-old taxi operator Ralston Cockett, who was gunned down on the weekend in Springfield, Clarendon, had plans to celebrate with his sister at her June 24 wedding. But owing to disruptions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, his family’s....

Jamaicans now have the opportunity to access advanced diagnostic services for cancer and cardiac diseases at the newly reopened Nuclear Medicine Division at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The International Atomic Energy Agency (....

A mental health and wellness campaign is being hailed for restoring a sense of calm among students at the Clan Carthy High School in Kingston after almost daily fights characterised their readjustment in a return to classroom in March after two...

Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) advisory board member Maurice Saunders has warned against the “overreach” of the JTC Bill in seeking to mandate that private tutors be certified before engaging in extra lessons. Saunders, who was making his...

WESTERN BUREAU: The likes of sculptor Basil Watson, late former US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Vice-President Kamala Harris, and reggae superstars Jimmy Cliff and Beres Hammond will feature significantly in the historic Jamaican Museum and.....

INDECOM probing alleged assault of Clarendon massacre accused in custody The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into allegations that the man accused of killing a Clarendon mother and her four children was...

Underperforming school board members will now be better policed by the Ministry of Education and Youth through the establishment of an online platform. Administrative and leadership deficits at the board level have been identified in various...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Smarting from criticism of his handling of the country’s affairs, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has accused the parliamentary Opposition of seeking to exploit Jamaica’s swirling crises for “political one-upmanship”. ...

Facing the daunting task of getting her studies back on track after fleeing Ukraine in February in the wake of the Russian invasion, 21-year-old Aliya Johnson is pulling out all the stops to achieve her career goal: that of becoming a doctor of...

Sixty-six-year-old Kenneth Morris, who was convicted in 2017 for molesting a 10-year-old girl and sentenced to 14 years in prison, has lost his bid to have at least five years shaved off his sentence. The Court of Appeal, however, while dismissing....

A tampon shortage believed to have been triggered by global supply chain issues compounded by rising fuel costs, problems sourcing raw materials, and labour shortages has been causing distress for many Jamaican women trying to find their preferred.....

Like scores of university students in Jamaica, Leahcim Powell was excited about the idea of jetting off to the United States for the very first time on the work-and-travel programme. Powell said he spent around J$300,000 to prepare documents and......

University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Principal Professor Dale Webber has issued a charge to Toyota Jamaica to provide more hybrid or electric vehicles to the Jamaican market. Webber was speaking yesterday at a handover ceremony for a Toyota......

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) raised the benchmark interest rate offered to deposit-taking institutions on overnight placements with the central bank by 50 basis points to 5.50 per cent, effective June 30, notwithstanding continuing pressure from the......

Senior defence lawyers have expressed mixed views about prosecutors’ plans to seek the death penalty for the 23-year-old man accused of the throat-slashing murder of a mother and four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, last week. Rushane Barnett,...

The business community in St Catherine has criticised the Government’s decision not to seek an extension of the state of emergency (SOE), challenging that the 14-day respite is not enough to repel criminals wreaking havoc in the Old Capital....