There has been a 35 per cent plunge in public confidence in states of emergency (SOEs) as an effective crime-fighting tool, a dramatic collapse of faith from three years ago. Just over half of Jamaicans (or 53 per cent) described the crackdown...

A tailwind of excitement in Crofts Hill, northern Clarendon, over the discovery of presumed gold traces and pyrite is being met with caution by local and international companies that are insisting that nothing conclusive has come of exploratory...

The family of Jamaican farmworker Dopson Wynter is awaiting details of a post-mortem after a golf cart in which he was travelling reportedly collided with an SUV in New York on the weekend, The autopsy is expected later this week, according to...

Citing the significant prospects of wooing tourists to enjoy Jamaica’s rich cultural heritage, Canadian High Commissioner Emina Tudakovic believes that the country has missed opportunities to gain more from the hospitality dollar. The Canadian...

As Jamaica’s monkeypox case count inches up weekly, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have bolstered efforts to stem the virus’ spread. Dr Michael Bent, regional technical director at the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), said t...

Stony Hill resident Horace Mair was jolted from sleep by a July 27 motor vehicle crash on Mandela Highway that claimed the lives of his son and two of his best friends. Horace, whose son Kevin ‘Breeda’ Mair was the driver, said it is a day he wi...

When Waid-Ann Wedderburn burst into tears before being awarded her degree on Sunday, many assumed the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) graduate was simply overjoyed at having mastered a tough academic challenge. Overcome with emotion,...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB) have launched a probe into the beating of a teen, allegedly by a policeman, inside the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre.......

At 76, instead of continuing to enjoy his golden years, Devon Bailey is trying to rebuild his life after watching the place he called home for four decades going up in flames on Tuesday. Bailey, one of four persons who occupied a seven-room...

Abysmally low public confidence in soldiers and the police presents a grave threat to law and order in Jamaica, experts say, with overexposure of the army cited for the increased risk of being “somewhat contaminated”. The analysis is drawn from...

A gut-wrenching wail shattered the atmosphere at a Clarendon vigil on Monday as relatives and loved ones gathered in prayer, hoping for a safe reunion with two young brothers who vanished after jumping from a bridge while swimming in the United...

For nearly three decades, Michael Smart has been making the purchase of textbooks more affordable for Jamaicans as they conduct back-to-school shopping in downtown Kingston. “They get the books a little bit cheaper, they avoid the crowd that is......

Bauxite-alumina producer JISCO Alpart Jamaica has suffered a blow in its more-than-decade-long legal battle over land in Waltham, Manchester, after the Supreme Court dismissed its claims of trespass and recovery of possession brought against a...

Once a below-average student, Trench Town native Terrain Wright graduated from the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) with the highest honours – magna cum laude – on Sunday, proving that where one is from does not define their...

WESTERN BUREAU: A permanent mobile police post, equipped with modern equipment such as cameras, is to hit the streets of downtown Montego Bay within a week as the authorities in the Second City push to restore public order. The high-tech vehicle is....

WESTERN BUREAU: RETIRED ASSISTANT Superintendent of Police Elana Nisbett was burnt to death in a fire that destroyed her home in Hopewell, Hanover, on Monday morning. When the fire subsided, grieving onlookers gathered at the 89-year-old’s 12-...

With growing consensus on adjusting the lofty Vision 2030 targets as Jamaica charts developed-country status, Dr Adrian Stokes, a development economist, has argued that it will be very difficult to move the needle on those goals without addressing.....

Seventy-year-old Jamaican, Glen McFarlane, is partly credited for the pristine quality people around the world experience when they watch high-definition television (HDTV). Back in 1991, he was hired by LEMO in England to start the operations to......

Kayla Wheeler had never watched professional skateboarding before she got involved, but her passion for the sport was piqued after seeing some of her university peers having fun. After four years of dedication, she is now representing Jamaica...