A mother is relieved to have her teen daughter return home alive after her bid to land a job at a Portmore call centre morphed into a nightmare after she was allegedly abducted after the interview. The 19-year-old was reportedly abducted for two......

The Government is seeking to curb an influx of Cubans who appear to be using Jamaica as a transit point to Central America in an attempt to illegally gain entry into the United States. Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang confirmed in a......

As the economy continues to bounce back from the ravages of the pandemic, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is lamenting that these strides are not being matched in other areas of national life, pointing to the education sector, the escalating crime...

Shane Lawson missed the opportunity to graduate with his wife, Vergie Lee, in 2019 as he had a course left to complete, but on Saturday, the two will walk across the stage at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to accept their awards. He....

After a couple was brutally murdered in Toll Gate, Clarendon, on Tuesday night, the Clarendon police sought to offer reassurance during a walk-through of William Lane and Duke Street on Wednesday, but the area was deserted, with just one man around....

The police are probing whether the parents of the man held for the murder of former Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Dr Lynvale Bloomfield played a role in his disappearance yesterday ahead of the start of his trial in the Home Circuit Court......

As Jamaica was placed under tropical storm watch earlier this week, elderly couple Basil and Mavis Solomon stood in their crack-riddled house in Zion Hill, St Mary, praying and hoping that it would not slide away if pelted by heavy rains and winds.....

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......