Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday declared that he has passed the stage of needing to win political popularity and favour. “It doesn’t matter to me any more. I have to start to think about legacy: What will Jamaica be? Will it be the sa...

The Government has doubled down on the Broadcasting Commission’s policy to ban songs it says glorify criminality from the airwaves, arguing that radio stations cannot continue to breach their licences. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of....

Wednesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives got under way without a quorum, in breach of the Standing Orders, which are the rules of Parliament. When Leader of Opposition Business Phillip Paulwell pointed out the blunder and noted that the...

Declaring that there is an “evil taking over” in schools, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison says divine intervention is needed to help stem the tide of violence sweeping many institutions. “I call on righteous m...

Four years after marauding gangsters opened gunfire on a group of mostly teens in the Matthews Lane area of West Kingston, Shinardo Wilson, the most critically injured from the lot, is on his way to a bachelor’s degree in electrical technology on ...

Joshua Mattis believes that the sport of skateboarding has saved his life, offering him an avenue to break free from his abusive past and set him on a course for a brighter future. “It changed my life a lot because if it wasn’t for it, me woul...

“Enough is enough!” Rocked by an increase in murders in his constituency, St James Souther Member of Parliament Homer Davis has declared it time for Jamaicans to stop protecting criminals. He said that many families have been robbed of their......

A St Catherine businessman, who was allegedly caught trying to ship approximately ship three pounds of ganja to St Lucia in two bike seats, was on Wednesday freed of the charges when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. William......

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has defended the action of the Government to demolish 10 incomplete structures on reserved lands adjacent to the Clifton community in the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Area in St Catherine, charging that if left...

Persons whose unfinished houses were demolished last Thursday on land owned by the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH) have been encouraged by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to provide statements to the police on how they purchased the lots. In....

Attorney-at-law Matthew Royal believes that the Broadcasting Commission’s move to impose an immediate ban on the playing of music glorifying lottery fraud, the use of illegal substances and illegal firearms raises a number of potential...

Residents of Grants Pen in St Andrew were sent scampering for cover on Tuesday morning as two cabbies reportedly challenged each other in a shootout reminiscent of a scene from the Wild West, leaving one dead and the other on the run. Dead is 28-......

Residents in several communities in Clarendon Northern are calling for the deplorable roads in the constituency to be rehabilitated. The residents’ frustration boiled over on Monday, triggering protests in places such as James Hill, Cave Valley,.....

Five alleged members of the Clarendon-based Bloods Gang were yesterday remanded until January 11 next year after their plea and case management hearing failed to start in the Home Circuit Court. Abigayle Hydol, George Robinson, Travis Hardy,...

Three years after the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) should have certified 300 basic schools, the goal has finally been achieved. In May 2016, there was a three-year engagement of a new board of commissioners for the ECC targeting 300 early...

St Elizabeth North Eastern Member of Parliament Delroy Slowley has called on the Government to host mandatory orientation sessions for Jamaicans interested in participating in the overseas seasonal farm work programme, in an effort to maintain...

A 12-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister, who were raped, stabbed and chopped multiple times in a predawn attack at their home just over a week ago, are recovering in hospital while their family ponders their next move. The accused man, who...

The National Workers Union (NWU) has accused the Passport, Immigration Citizenship Agency (PICA) of prolonging an “unethical” practice of suspending a number of employees without disciplinary hearings, calling it “unfair and unjust”. In a G...

As he lay on his deathbed, 18-year-old Tyrone ‘TJ’ McDonald expressed forgiveness to the policeman who shot him, but made one final request of his family to seek justice on his behalf as he maintained his innocence. Tyrone succumbed to injuries...

President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) O’Neil Grant says the union has placed the issue of duty concessions on motor vehicles on the “back burner” as they work to reach an agreement with the Government on the restructuring o...