The National Water Commission (NWC) is hoping to shave millions of dollars from its $1.1-billion monthly electricity bill with today’s project launch for the Mona Reservoir floating solar system. Floating solar systems provide an opportunity to.....

Dwight Burgess was forced to spend the eve of his 50th birthday elevating his bed and other furniture before abandoning his home as alarming floodwaters swept through Halse Hall, Clarendon, on Monday. Burgess and many other locals spent Tuesday...

Constituents in Clarendon North Western allegedly defaced the office of Member of Parliament Phillip Henriques, reportedly evidence of growing dissatisfaction with the performance of the first-term lawmaker. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) newcomer.....

The community of Creamy Corner in Above Rocks, St Catherine, which has suffered at the hands of robbers for years, rejoiced at the fatal shooting of two men who were allegedly caught red-handed during a break-in at a bar early Tuesday. Among the......

The Upper House plugged a hole in the highly touted Firearms Prohibition and Restriction Act on Friday when Opposition Senator Donna Scott-Mottley pointed out a provision in the proposed law that may have opened the door for a criminal to hand in......

What little thought residents of Albion Mountain in St Thomas could spare for the rain associated with Hurricane Ian drenching their community on Monday, was for the impact it would have on the already badly eroded road surface. “A no storm we a.....

A 58-year-old businessman who beheaded the mother of his child and threw her body in a septic tank in 2012 is now fighting to have his 20 years-to-life sentence set aside and his murder conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal. The matter...

A day after being spared the rainy wrath of Hurricane Ian when it was a less-powerful tropical storm, the weather system drenched southern Jamaica with near-relentless rain for much of Monday, ravaging roads and triggering landslides as it...

VertiCast Group says it is finalising its new management team to fully take control of the recently acquired CVM Group by mid-October. Although refusing to divulge the size of the deal or the portion of CVM Group it now owned, VertiCast Group CEO......

Sticking points persist over duty concession and mid-range salary bands as public-sector workers aim to complete, by this weekend, their perusal of a draft heads of government agreement under the compensation review and inform union leaders whether....

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is defending its use of sandbags at the upscale Ruthven Towers apartment complex as a precautionary measure against flooding amid continual rainfall from Hurricane Ian. Maintaining that the NHT is confident in the......

Member countries of the Dr Nigel Clarke-chaired Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are now vying to put forward preferred candidates for the post of president of the bank after the position became vacant on Monday following the termination of...

School administrators have been cautioned by the Ministry of Education to liaise with their board of governors on whether to reopen doors for face-to-face classes today after rains from Hurricane Ian scoured Jamaica’s southern, eastern and western...

Many Jamaicans were caught off guard on Monday when they woke up to thunderstorms from a tropical weather system that had moved well southwest of the island. Although the Meteorological Service had issued a flash flood warning for some eastern and....

The Financial Investigations Division (FID) is to hear on Friday whether it will be granted leave to appeal the high court’s refusal to set aside an order that has stayed the multimillion-dollar fraud trial of former Education Minister Ruel Reid.....

WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Works Agency (NWA) is monitoring the impact of heavy rainfall on drainage systems and roadways in western Jamaica, where some landslides have been reported as the island continues to be impacted by the outer bands of...

Jamaica was spared widespread flash floods or landslides Sunday as Tropical Storm Ian continued its trajectory west of the island, with roads, electricity, and water supplies mostly holding up despite steady but light to moderate showers along the.....

The Clarendon police are investigating whether the murder of popular Clarendon blogger Leon ‘Leegates’ McNeil, who was killed in Hayes in the parish, is linked to a double murder in the neighbouring Portland Cottage community hours earlier on......

BOUNDBROOK, Portland: A pregnant woman and her Portland family narrowly escaped death after a large tree crashed into their three-bedroom board house at Janga Gully road in Boundbrook on Sunday, smashing furniture and electrical appliances. It was....

There’s no missing the huge breakaway on both sides as vehicles approach the Rio Minho bridge in Sanguinetti, Clarendon. It initially stoked fears and anxiety among residents before Tropical Storm Ian later barrelled through the Caribbean Sea...