WESTERN BUREAU: GANG VIOLENCE within the community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has left a grade 10 schoolboy, 16-year-old Carson Bennett, dead and his female schoolmate of Grange Hill High School hospitalised. The incident, which took place some.....

King’s Counsel Douglas Leys, who has been retained by incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, says she has not stepped down from her post. “I can say affirmatively that she has not resigned, and it would not be advisable for h...

WESTERN BUREAU: While there are significant doubts about the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) current administration, many Jamaicans are still indifferent in their confidence in the People’s National Party (PNP). These are the findings of a poll...

GOVERNMENT LAWMAKER and attorney-at-law Ransford Braham, KC, is cautioning against a possible fallout in the early childhood education sector when the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) bill is passed and implemented. His concern is that there could be....

PASSIONATE ABOUT life at sea, Jamaica-born Captain Rayon Carruthers is determined to make sure that the country’s youth have equitable access to the pleasures of boating. “I don’t want them to feel excluded,” Carruthers said in a recent in...

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...

Bail was today granted to the 14-year-old Irwin High schoolboy charged with the stabbing death of his schoolmate 15-year-old Raniel Plummer. The case was heard in the St James Family Court.

A teen boy has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Raniel Plummer outside their school gate at Irwin High School in St James.

United States health officials have issued a warning about counterfeit Botox injections that have sickened 22 people.

Motorcyclists in Westmoreland, particularly young men, are being encouraged to wear a helmet when riding their bikes, in order to reduce the risk of sustaining head injuries in the event of an accident.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana on Thursday reported the successful recovery of US$5,500 for a passenger.