WESTERN BUREAU: The parents of the nine-year-old schoolgirl in Westmoreland who was raped and murdered four years ago have welcomed yesterday’s guilty verdict against a 17-year-old boy on trial for the brutal crime. “This is the verdict that I ...

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has pushed back against critics of the move to look overseas for additional healthcare workers (HCWs) to assist Jamaica in clearing a backlog of nearly 5,000 elective surgeries. In the same vein,......

“I just want to see him face to face to ask him, ‘Why? Why him do it?’ I need answers,” said a grieving Gwendolyn McKnight yesterday as Prime Minister Andrew Holness visited the mother of 31-year-old Kemesha Wright, who was killed along with...

Two men who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015 for the throat-slashing murder of a watchman at the JamWorld Entertainment Centre in Portmore, St Catherine, will be making a second attempt to get the court’s permission to challenge their.....

An overheated hot plate is believed to have caused a mid-morning fire which destroyed a family home in Craig Town, Kingston 12, on Thursday, leaving left four men displaced. The fire destroyed the roof of the four single-room dwellings and burnt...

NEW YORK: Jamaica-born nurse Sandra Lindsay is among 17 people to be conferred with the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the North American country’s highest civilian award – by President Joe Biden at the White House next week. The Jamaican, wh...

Executive director for Stand Up for Jamaica Carla Gullotta has expressed regret at comments made by Clarendon North Central Member of Parliament Robert Morgan, who suggested that human rights groups have little or no interest in the victims of...

Jamaica yesterday made significant strides towards the technological transition to electric vehicles (EVs) after successfully administering training to a cohort of technically advanced personnel who will impart knowledge to hundreds locally. The......

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has raised concern about the action of some developers who breach restrictive covenants enjoyed by residents with little regard for the well-being of communities. He observed that there were “chaotic and ramshackle......

The Westmoreland police are to review strategies used within the boundaries of the zone of special operations (ZOSO) in sections of parish capital Savanna-la-Mar following the murder of a 17-year-old boy in the area on Thursday. The deceased has...

WESTERN BUREAU: New parks and green spaces were officially opened at the Lethe and Bickersteth primary and infant schools in St James on Thursday, giving children in the surrounding communities safe and natural spaces to play. The spaces were...

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.....