Septimus Gardner never doubted that Andre Ruddock would be found guilty of murdering his daughter, Taneka, but said he wished hanging was still an option, as he believes death is the punishment the convicted killer deserved. “A life sentence is th...

Merl Grove High School Chairman David Hall is warning that prolonged tensions at the St Andrew institution could undermine students’ success, as he calls on the Ministry of Education to urgently intervene following Monday’s teachers’ protest o...

Some school board chairmen are crossing the line from governance into the day-to-day management of schools, Jamaica Association of Chairmen for Secondary Institutions (JACSI) President Courtney Wynter has admitted, as the association moves to rein i...

WESTERN BUREAU: The potential earnings from Jamaica’s tourism sector by 2036 must translate into wealth for all Jamaicans, not just those directly involved in the sector, says Dr Carey Wallace, executive director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (T...

International conservation experts and local partners will gather in Hellshire Hills, St Catherine, on Saturday to release the 1,000th Jamaican rock iguana raised at Hope Zoo to be returned to the wild. The iguanas are cared for at the zoo until the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Crippling financial losses, inadequate insurance coverage and mounting borrowing costs are threatening the survival of several businesses across St Elizabeth, leaving some operators contemplating permanent closure as they continue to...

WESTERN BUREAU: The family of 36-year-old Rushelle Gordon, of Hendon, Norwood, in St James, is seeking the public’s assistance to find her after she went missing in Montego Bay last Thursday. Joycelin Gordon, the missing woman’s mother, said tha...

Despite being surrounded by water, most Jamaicans cannot swim – a national reality that swim teacher Georgina Boland sees reflected yearly in the intake of students at The Queen’s School in St Andrew, many of whom arrive with little to no water ...

Although it would be ideal for every school to have a pool, Major Desmon Brown, president of the Calabar Old Boys’ Association, believes the undertaking would be far too expensive. “I am also the manager of the Independence Park Stadium complex,...

WESTERN BUREAU: A shortage of qualified coaches and limited access to competition-standard facilities have not diminished the ambitions of western Jamaica’s swimming fraternity, which is determined to strengthen the region’s competitive programm...