Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang on Tuesday announced a 14-day gun amnesty, as the penalty regime for the new Firearms Prohibition and Restriction Act comes into effect. The amnesty is to begin on November 5 and end on November 19,...

WESTERN BUREAU: The haphazard decentralisation of mental-health care has been blamed for the incidence of deadly violence committed by mentally ill people in Jamaica, one of the island’s leading consultant psychiatrists has said. Professor Wendel....

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has indicated that the country is recording an abnormally high number of hospital admissions of children with respiratory illnesses. Tufton, who was addressing parliamentary colleagues in the......

Matriculation to university is not a routine rite of passage in his hometown of Frankfield, says Stephen Richards. In fact, he says he can count on one hand the number of youth from the rural Clarendon community who he knows have attained higher.....

The National Parenting Supporting Commission (NPSC) has expressed grave concern at the “deep level of apathy” among Jamaican parents. The disinterest in the lives of children was flagged in a recent survey conducted by the NPSC. The majority o...

The full extent of the damage caused to roads by Tropical Strom Ian in September amounts to $889 million. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure on Tuesday in Parliament, said that Clarendon bore the brunt of the effects of the...

The heads of at least two taxi associations have denounced violence against the police following Tuesday’s shooting of a traffic cop in downtown Kingston and celebratory voice notes which surfaced of persons purporting to be cabbies. Aaron Mattis,...

The public passenger bus driver involved in Tuesday’s eight-vehicle smash-up along Constant Spring Road in St Andrew has 120 outstanding traffic tickets and has been warned for prosecution for the latest alleged violation. Police Commissioner...

After suffering multiple heart failures on Monday and Tuesday, three-month-old Kiano Chance has died at Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew. Since his birth on July 15, Baby Kiano was suspected of battling numerous illnesses which...

More than 4,000 students from the Class of 2022 will be conferred with degrees, diplomas, and certificates by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) as the Mona Campus hosts its face-to-face graduation ceremonies from November 3-5. The campus....

The South Eastern Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has denied claims that newborns recently died from a bacterial outbreak at Spanish Town Hospital amid revelations of swirling infections at Victoria Jubilee which killed at least 13 babies since......

Much of the debt accumulated by Caribbean governments should not be blamed on poor economic management but on external shocks like natural disasters, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Dr Gene Leon has said. Leon indicated that increased...

With four terms as the parliamentary representative for St Catherine South Western under his belt, Everald Warmington is keen on bringing down the curtain on his political career despite pleas from his supporters to stay. In a tearful address to......

When breast cancer survivor Jeffena Fullcott-Dorman lost all hope of living in 2010, her husband, Michael Dorman, drilled into her mind the need to speak victory over her life. And that the Christian woman listened and did. Now she is able to...

Kiano Chance’s parents are in a race against time as the head to the United States Embassy in Liguanea, St Andrew, petitioning on his behalf for a visa to fly him to Florida with the hope of saving his life. Since his birth on July 15, the three...

A St Ann widow, who is blaming the death of her husband on mining activities in the parish, is among nine residents suing the Government, Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II and New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited for alleged breaches of their...

Roughly 80 per cent of the student population at Oberlin High School in St Andrew returned to the classroom on Monday, following a bizarre religious event which unfolded last Wednesday, causing dozens of students to fall to the ground while others.....

The first part of a major highway project linking Georgetown, Guyana, to Brazil is providing tremendous opportunities in terms of opening up the hemispheric corridor of South America, according to Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Dr Gene.....

There are fresh calls for the Holness administration’s welfare housing initiative to be wholly managed by state agencies to preserve the programme’s integrity. Political representatives do not ratify the beneficiaries but play a role in...

WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) will engage in a massive drive to ramp up employment by thousands across the country with looming fear that the workforce deficit could undermine visitor experience during the winter.....