WESTERN BUREAU: In the days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, the country fractured. Roads disappeared, communities were cut off, and families sheltered in damaged buildings, waiting for water, power, or word that help was coming. In...

Jamaican seasonal farm workers at Wafler Farms in upstate New York are beginning the new crop season with higher wages and expanded labour protections under a new union contract negotiated by United Farm Workers (UFW). The Wayne County apple...

Tougher penalties are coming for persons who carry out revenge porn by publishing ‘intimate images’ of someone without their permission. Publishing ‘intimate images’ of persons under the age of 18 will attract more stringent sanctions of up ...

Jamaica and India reaffirmed their friendly relations on Monday as the world’s largest democracy marked its 77th Republic Day with a reception at India House in St Andrew. The event, which was attended by scores of political representatives,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says he will be collaborating with Hanover Western Member of Parliament Heatha Miller-Bennett to develop a comprehensive cleaning plan for the Venture Gutter, which runs through the town of Lucea and...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

Toxic relationships, stress, and unhealthy workplaces are quietly fuelling a wave of heart disease that Jamaicans cannot afford to ignore. Delivering the keynote address at the launch of Heart Month at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel yesterday, Dr....

At 100 years old, retired educator Henrietta Adina Williams measures her life not in years, but in service -- to children whose parents could not afford to pay, adults learning to read for the first time, and a community she never turned away from....

Two brothers have been arrested and charged with wounding with intent after chop wounds were inflicted on a man at his home in Whitehall, Islington, St Mary, last Friday. Charged are 35-year-old Darrando Garnett and 30-year-old Romeion Garnett,......

William Knibb Memorial High in Trelawny is one of the many schools in western Jamaica still picking up the pieces following the devastation by the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on October 28 last year. The school's preparations for the upcoming...

Handwritten love letters that were once sealed with perfume and promise, that took weeks to reach their destinations, are no longer a regular sight at Jamaica's post offices. The lost art has been replaced by WhatsApp messages, emails and online....