What should have been one of the happiest moments of Shandale Ballentine’s life ended in heartbreak on Good Friday. Instead of leaving the Cornwall Regional Hospital cradling the baby boy she had spent months preparing for, the 33-year-old first-t...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government of Jamaica has pushed back against claims that St Kitts and Nevis is the first Caribbean nation to recognise Rastafarianism in law, insisting that Jamaica has long acknowledged the faith within its constitutional and p...

A former attorney has lost his bid to pursue a conflict-of-interest complaint against a member of the disciplinary panel that ruled over 20 years ago that he should be struck off the list of lawyers authorised to practise in Jamaica. Disbarred atto...

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) paid Strategic Alignment Limited US$92,000 (J$14.5 million) to create a strategic transformation plan, but rejected the draft without explaining why the board did not approve it. At the same time ano...

WESTERN BUREAU: For 32 years, Shernette Crichton walked the corridors of Half Moon not as a spectator of its legacy, but as a student of it; quietly studying, steadily rising, and preparing for a moment she always believed would come. On April 2, th...

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...

A police operation in St Catherine has left three men dead, including a 17-year-old, following what investigators say was an armed confrontation in the March Road community on Sunday.

A chilling discovery has left a St Catherine community on edge after a 28-year-old woman was found dead under disturbing circumstances inside her bedroom in Eltham Acres, Spanish Town.

Popular media personality Miss Kitty has revealed that she recently underwent emergency surgery, sharing that the unexpected health scare forced her to spend her birthday in hospital. In an emotional social media post, the entertainer opened up.....

Kahira Jones, one of the men caught up in the infamous Vybz Kartel murder saga, is finally a free man after spending nearly 15 years behind bars. Jones, who was convicted in 2014 alongside dancehall heavyweights Vybz Kartel and Shawn Storm, as......

A 36-year-old musician from Spanish Town, St Catherine is now facing serious firearm charges, nearly four years after a daring daylight shooting in Kingston left a man running for his life. Huntley Hunt, of McFarlane Crescent in the Fairview......