The Advocates’ Association of Jamaica (AAJ) and Jamaican Bar Association are dismissing what they described as “narratives being peddled” to distort their campaign for amendments to the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act. ...

WESTERN BUREAU: With the Caribbean importing more than half of its food, CARICOM Assistant Secretary General Dr Wendell Samuel says the situation poses a major threat to the region’s economic resilience. “For a region where more than 60 per cent...

Describing the treatment he faced during his two-year tenure in office as “retaliatory”, former Deputy Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Christopher Cowan has listed a series of concerns among the reasons for his resignation with immediate effec...

A policewoman whose gun was allegedly used by now-deceased church leader Kevin Smith to fire at police during a deadly October 2021 service, had reportedly approached a senior officer after members of the security forces arrived at the location and ...

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says bureaucracy is strangling agricultural investment in the Caribbean, requiring faster and more strategic regulation to help Jamaica and the region modernise farming to open the door to attracting ...

WESTERN BUREAU: Almost one year after Hurricane Melissa damaged library books and equipment at Muschett High School in Trelawny, the institution’s administration is considering digitising its reference materials for students to use, an option that...

WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green is calling for an overhauling of the Caribbean’s agricultural transportation system, warning that the region cannot achieve food security if food cannot be moved efficiently and affordably between c...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James-based Herbert Morrison Technical High School is facing a significant challenge to recover past students’ records and library materials lost during the passage of the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa last October. The schoo...

WESTERN BUREAU: Several high schools in western Jamaica are still working to restore their hurricane-ravaged laboratories, some of which were completely destroyed and lost valuable equipment last October. Muschett High School in Trelawny has its clo...

WESTERN BUREAU: At least two western Jamaica high schools that were damaged during Hurricane Melissa last October are looking to expand the solar-power facilities they had prior to the category-5 hurricane as a means of providing long-term renewable...