With the Opposition blocking the Government’s attempt to extend the current states of emergency (SOEs) beyond two weeks, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding says a constitutional amendment could be considered to allow for an initial period of up t...

WESTERN BUREAU: Parish Court Judge Kaysha Grant has lamented St James’ status as a haven for drug activity in recent years, particularly the trafficking and distribution of cocaine through ports and mail. “This is the parish that we have seen al...

Local slavery reparation campaigners believe Jamaica should demand compensatory justice from wealthy English politician Richard Drax and support Barbados in its push for such payments and ownership of the Drax Hall Estate, a former sugar plantation....

Petrojam’s chief financial officer (CFO) testified on Monday that he was given a five-day suspension after he objected to a request from accused fraudster Floyd Grindley to prepare a donation cheque. Grindley, Petrojam’s then general manager,......

The parent of a child injured in an accident last week is calling for regulations to ensure that all company-owned trucks across the island are serviced on time and monitored to greatly reduce the likelihood of potentially serious accidents. The...

Youth parliamentarians have urged the Government to increase the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) loan limit, explore modern housing options and take targeted approaches to reduce squatting. Deputy Prime Minister Patrina Stewart noted that squattin...

Citing financial difficulties and a limited subvention from the Government, the University of Technology (UTech) told protesting administrative staff on Monday that it was unable to provide a salary increase at this time. Donned in black and...

WESTERN BUREAU: Moses Chybar, president of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI), is urging the country’s business owners to pay employees above the minimum wage in an effort to, among other things, encourage people to work and....

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has re-emphasised that there is no reason for the Government to suspend the basic human rights of half the Jamaican population where states of emergency have been declared to deal with approximately 300 alleged...

With less than 48 hours before the collapse of of states of emergency (SOEs) in seven parishes, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has warned that if there is heightened threat to public safety, the Government will not shy away from declaring a new...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) John Mahfood has indicated that he would not support the Government implementing back-to-back 14-day states of emergency (SOE) to circumvent opposition resistance. Like Deputy.....

Uncertainty hovers over public-transport operators as to whether the Government will accept a payment-plan proposal to settle outstanding traffic tickets. That has triggered fear among cabbies and busmen amid increased fears of spending Christmas......

The family of two men fatally shot by a police constable who is reportedly a family member are calling for a swift and thorough investigation into the incident. The police reported that about 12:49 a.m. Saturday, an altercation developed between...

Days ahead of the commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1, lobbyist Jumoke Patrick is calling for churches to help break the chains of discrimination, which continue to haunt persons living with HIV (PLHIV) in Jamaica. Addressing a service.....

Two days after receiving a long-service award from the governor general, civil servant O’Neil Hamilton died from crash-related injuries while on his way home from work. Hamilton was one of four persons, including two children, who was mowed down b...

For more than a decade, he lived among them, earned their trust, and did odd jobs on their properties. Now, residents in the middle-class community of Dunbar Pen in Norwood, St James, are reeling from the fact that the American man they all knew as....

The church family and friends of a 95-year-old woman are distressed that a Supreme Court order compelling two respondents and a funeral home to release her body to the executors of her estate was disobeyed. Instead, last week Wednesday, Ann...

Chronic lifestyle diseases, particularly diabetes and hypertension, continue their menace on the health sector, racking up medical expenditure and leaving many families in mourning. Yet many Jamaicans are still clinging to unhealthy food choices,......

At eight years old, Dae-Jhuana Sewell and her sister, Davianna, five, have endured more gun violence than most adults. Already, they have survived a gang invasion, stepped over dead men in their own home, and continue to relive those frightening...

Jamaica has come a long way since the 1980s when citizens inflicted with HIV/AIDS faced rabid discrimination and stigmatisation. In the immediate years after the first case of the disease was reported in Los Angeles in 1981, it was noted to mainly.....