EUGENE, Oregon: Even by her high standards, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, ‘Mommy Rocket’, soared into another universe last night further cementing her place as one of the greatest female sprinters ever. Pryce captured her fifth world 100 metres titl...

Lamenting the disappearance of her daughter, the mother of social-media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson has described the heartbreak suffered by her and family members since the 24-year-old vanished without a trace last Tuesday. That emotional...

The freak drag-racing tragedy at the Vernamfield Aerodrome on Sunday has triggered a review of staging protocols by the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), which could strengthen qualification criteria before future event access is approved. That.....

When Amanda Wright, her four children, along with three other kids and two adults, set out on a trip to Skateland in Old Harbour Saturday afternoon, the excitement and joy felt by the youngsters were palpable. But the family was jolted by a...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it is willing to pursue rooftop power-generation arrangements with property owners, particularly in Kingston and St Thomas, who would produce electricity through renewable energy and sell to the grid.......

With the retirement of 171.5 megawatts of generating assets of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) scheduled for 2023, the leadership of the light and power company said it is planning a significant investment of up to half a billion US...

Two cops attached to the Constant Spring Police Station have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a tiler was killed Saturday morning in Red Hills, St Andrew. The dead man has been identified as 49-year-old Phillip Wallace of a Green Glide...

Shirley Pinnock-Barclay’s* husband was sceptical, but she convinced him to shell out almost $1 million to purchase a plot of land they saw being advertised on social media as part of a new housing development. Barbara Gonzalez* paid down $1.1...

Jennifer Nunes is at her wits’ end and is ready to take the drastic action of renouncing her Jamaican citizenship. It’s been more than six years since she has been trying without success to have Jamaican citizenship bestowed on her adopted daugh...

A parish court judge issued a committal order last week Wednesday against Queen’s Counsel Denise Kitson, a managing partner at the law firm Grant Stewart Phillips...

Retired Supreme Court Judge Lennox Campbell is aware that Jamaica’s justice system needs significant improvements, but he asserts that the citizens must take an active role in order for it to properly function. He is calling on Jamaicans to do...

With the rapid rate of increased transmission of the BA.5 subvariant of COVID-19 now sweeping across Europe and North America, it is likely just a matter of time before it is detected in Jamaica. However, local medical experts believe that if the......

The mother of a woman who was killed by her lover in 2017 and buried inside their Westmoreland home says she is disappointed that the confessed killer has shed no light on the whereabouts of her beloved granddaughter, who went missing around the...

In a dry response to complaints from residents pleading for better access to water in Walkers Hill in her St Andrew West Rural constituency, MP Juliet Cuthbert Flynn says they should take their concerns to the National Water Commission.

Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) senior executive Blaine Jarrett has contradicted claims by councillors in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) that the company has failed to repair hundreds of broken street lights across...

The prosecution in the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) corruption case involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and ex-CMU President Professor Fritz Pinnock wants the matter to proceed to trial and will be seeking permission to appeal the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: On one hand, he was a very simple, humble, unassuming guy; on the other, former government minister Francis Tulloch was an exceedingly successful lawyer and parliamentarian – a man for all times. However, in his final years, the....

WESTERN BUREAU: Boasting a 95 per cent readiness in the event of a major disaster striking the western parish up to two weeks ago, the Hanover Disaster Preparedness Committee has been hard hit after a fire gutted its storage facility, which was...

A St Andrew woman who allegedly tried to swindle $1 million from her family by faking her kidnapping was yesterday offered $100,000 bail when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Twenty-seven-year-old Shameka Miller was offered....

Members of the Ecumenical Education Committee (EEC) are calling on the Government to revisit aspects of the no-fee policy at the secondary level ahead of the start of the new school year in September. The group is arguing that the policy has been......