Constitutional attorney John Clarke is urging Jamaicans who were detained under states of emergency (SOEs) to seek legal advice following the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the measures imposed by the Andrew Holness administration from......

Jamaicans in the diaspora and at home are bracing for a negative impact on the country’s people and economy should Republicans in the United States (US) House of Representatives go ahead with plans to impose a five per cent tax on remittances from...

Yesterday, across Jamaica, schools, communities, and families came together dressed vibrantly in sunshine yellow to celebrate National Children’s Day, a tradition now observed every third Friday in May. Spearheaded by the National Child Month...

In the wake of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling declaring that states of public emergency (SOEs) called by the State between 2018 and 2023 were void, as they breached the separation of powers principles in the Constitution, a senior Opposition...

From a modest rural upbringing to becoming one of the Caribbean’s well-respected tax experts, Elizabeth Ann Jones, chairman of The Jamaica National Group, never followed a master plan, only a commitment to doing her best. “I was never one who ha...

Norwich, East Portland: Despite growing up in one of the most depressed communities in Portland, 34-year-old Christopher Ricardo Williams, who is better known as ‘Bigga 5’, has miraculously excelled as a result of his musical talent. Williams, w...

Western Bureau: As the Montego Bay-based Mount Alvernia Preparatory...

Western Bureau: A 38-year-old cosmetologist was shot and killed early Thursday night and her children’s father, a policeman, left nursing a bullet wound following a violent altercation at the lawman’s home at Maize Muir Housing Scheme in Little...

WESTERN BUREAU: There were several testy exchanges on Friday between King’s Counsel Peter Champagnie, the lawyer for 16 members of the controversial Qahal Yahweh religious organisation, and a prosecution witness in the their ongoing trial, about....

Hours after social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson vanished, Constable Noel Maitland reportedly broke down in tears, rambling about his job and taxi drivers in what a close friend described as a shocking and erratic moment. The testimony came.....

NEW YORK: As the Trump administration intensifies its immigration enforcement, fear and uncertainty continue to ripple through immigrant communities, prompting a surge of green card holders, including many Jamaicans, to apply for US citizenship in.....

Amid light drizzle described as “showers of blessings”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness declared on Thursday that St Thomas was no longer a forgotten parish. With several government members of parliament, public sector and civic leaders as well...

WESTERN BUREAU: St James Central Member of Parliament Heroy Clarke has expressed strong disappointment over the suspension of classes at Green Pond High School on Thursday, citing poor management as the root cause of the issue. A disruption in the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Forty six-year-old Mario Brown, who admitted in court to applying for a passport under a false name in 2014, has been ordered to pay a $400,000 fine or spend 30 days in prison. He appeared before Judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton in.....

A scheme that exploited a since-discarded emergency feature of point-of-sale (POS) terminals was used to defraud two Jamaican financial institutions of nearly $400 million, law enforcement and banking industry insiders have disclosed. One...

Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby says he has proposed the twinning of three by-elections with the general election, constitutionally due months from now, to cut cost to the country. The update comes more than five months after three divisions — Olympic...

Cabinet Minister Matthew Samuda has defended the stance of the National Water Commission (NWC), which has indicated it will cease sharing water quality data with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), but said all reports about......

As Jamaica’s birth rate plunges to alarming levels, sociologist Georgia Crawford is urging the Government to take bold steps to avert the looming crisis, starting with cash bonuses for new mothers, home grants, and a three-day workweek for parents...

A Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining internal audit report has highlighted allegations that fertiliser donated by the Kingdom of Morocco for Jamaican farmers was being sold at a private farm store in St Catherine in August 2023. An...

The mother of missing social media influencer, Sophia Lugg, yesterday ended her testimony in tears after revealing that she and her daughter, who shared a sister-like bond, affectionately called each other “my love”. The distraught mother, who i...