Five months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the danger hasn’t passed. It’s hanging – literally – over nearly every road, sidewalk, and gate in Westmoreland, especially in the capital. What used to be a routine drive remains a gamble...

WESTERN BUREAU: From a little girl growing up in Kingston to one of daytime television’s most influential producers, Talia Parkinson-Jones has built a career shaping stories, steering culture, and helping to define what millions of viewers see eac...

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is warning that Jamaica’s recovery from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa will rise or fall on a single factor: Government, private interests, citizens and international partners all pull t...

A night of relentless rain and thunder left sections of northeastern Jamaica reeling, as swollen waterways burst their bounds and sent murky floodwaters rushing into homes, reigniting fears ahead of the looming hurricane season. The Meteorological S...

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...

Three men from Portland are now in police custody after being busted in a coordinated operation targeting lottery scam activities that allegedly targeted unsuspecting victims overseas. The arrests were made by the Anti-Lottery Scam Unit within......

A quiet night in Negril turned deadly after a taxi operator was shot and killed while seated behind the wheel of his vehicle, sending shockwaves through the Westmoreland community. The dead man has been identified as 39-year-old Dadrian Miller......

Motorists travelling along the St Mary stretch of the North Coast Highway are being put at risk daily as falling debris from trucks continues to create a dangerous driving nightmare. Parish Disaster Coordinator Adrian Tate has sounded the alarm.....

In a dramatic twist in one of Jamaica's most high-profile criminal cases, the Court of Appeal on Friday quashed the convictions of alleged gang leader Tesha Miller in the 2008 murder of former Jamaica Urban Transit Company chairman Douglas...

A suspected fare-skimming racket at the JUTC has landed five drivers in police custody, accused of collecting passengers' money and keeping it for themselves. The men were arrested by detectives from the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division and....