Sixteen-year-old deaf student Rolando Grant has missed out on in-person or virtual classes for two years – victim of a back-and-forth squabble over a birth certificate that has never been issued. That has clipped the wings of the aspiring pilot,.....

The brutal slaughter of bedridden senior citizen Pamela Gordon at her home in Clarendon, on Monday has left relatives and residents of her Lionel Town community bewildered. Adding to the shock is the fact that Gordon’s 69-year-old husband has been...

On the heels of allegations of stolen utility poles and illegal electricity connections at the Ocho Rios playing field, and $61 million in unaccounted-for funds from the special grants and repairs fund (SGR) at the St Ann Municipal Corporation,...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes accused the prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial on Monday of being immature after it refused to agree with the defence on information captured in the prisoners’ admission book at the Spanish Town Police Station...

Thea-Nicole Davis was heartbroken when some parents told her that despite their children being in dire need of remedial attention, they would not be sending them to a summer education programme she initiated for needy youth. Davis had invested time....

A mystery shopping study commissioned by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has revealed a significant decline in the performance of utility service providers. The overall average performance score of service providers was 49 per cent. The......

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Custos Dr David Stair is hoping that the leaked footage of a medical examination of murder accused Rushane Barnett will lead to a policy addressing how justices of the peace (JPs) treat with sensitive recordings so they do......

An investigation is to be launched following the unauthorised release of a video in which murder accused Rushane Barnett is being examined by four justices of the peace (JPs), including a medical doctor, the Ministry of Justice has said. Barnett.....

Members of the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament, comprising all members of parliament, will today meet to review the monetary policy statement covering the second half of 2021, as well as the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) quarterly monetary...

A Manchester family is in grief after a 15-year-old boy was shot dead Saturday evening as he bravely came to the rescue of his mother during an attack by robbers. Vesteroy Sinclair instinctively reacted to screams from his mother, Paulette Ingram,.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland has been tagged by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton as one of the motorcycle crash epicentres of the Western Hemisphere, with the parish’s fragile public-health system grappling with three to five new...

The Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica (CBFFAJ) has lashed out at the Jamaica Customs Agency for reportedly attempting to institute a clearance policy for brokers without seeking their input. The association has warned...

WESTERN BUREAU: When all the other students in Jenell Walters’ class chose careers in medicine, law, education, policing, the 12-year-old credited with having the mind of a scholar would always answer: “Portia. Teacher, I want to be Portia.” A...

The Government is moving to revitalise and strengthen the country’s export sector, which is being positioned as a key pillar of economic growth. As part of its ramped-up focus, the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has established an.....

WESTERN BUREAU: A freak storm that damaged sections of Aberdeen High School in St Elizabeth at the weekend has rallied a spirit of resilience among faculty, past students, and residents of the northeastern St Elizabeth community amid relief that no....

For Claudia Reid’s son, standing up for what is right is nothing new. So she was unsurprised to learn of his decision to separate a Tivoli Gardens High schoolteacher and a 16-year-old boy student involved in the June 6 classroom brawl that could.....

More than 45,000 people have been murdered in Jamaica since the country gained political Independence 60 years ago, police statistics have revealed. A review of the figures shows that nearly two-thirds of those killings – or 29,642 – happened si...

Kingsley Thomas may have left the public service, but his mind has not retired. Known as someone who shoots from the hip, his contemporaries still describe him with superlatives such as visionary, passionate, bold and fearless, many quick to admit.....

The man accused of slashing the throats of a Clarendon mother and her four children has instructed his attorney to pursue disciplinary action against a medical doctor and the justices of the peace (JPs) present during a medical examination, after.....

Water potability tests conducted on samples collected at several communal standpipes in eight parishes that serve thousands of residents across the country have given a clean bill of health to the National Water Commission (NWC) sources. The only......