Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has initiated a probe into the Ministry of Energy, Transport & Telecommunications’ (METT) $1.4-billion acquisition of 110 used school buses amid public concerns over the procurement process. The buses were ...

Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams has sought to allay fears that rising oil prices on the global market would affect Jamaica’s ability to import the essential product, arguing yesterday that the country has strong Net Interna...

Following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Melissa and the debilitating effects on the small-business sector, the Government has indicated that it will be seeking to strengthen support for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Fayv...

Administrative matters relating to police diary entries and a change of defence counsel for one of the accused forced an early adjournment in the ongoing Clansman Gang trial in the Home Circuit Court yesterday. The matter involves alleged gang leade...

Registration for the 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference, set for the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James, is now open. In a ‘Save the Date’ announcement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, which has jurisdiction for the Jam...

The judge in the trial of six policemen accused of murder has reserved her decision on whether she will allow the evidence of a key prosecution witness. The media has been barred from disclosing the name of the female witness. Hugh Wildman, the atto...

Western Bureau: Veteran educator Sandrene Hill-Sherwood, a long-serving teacher at the Sandy Bay Primary School, is the new chairperson for the Hanover Justices of the Peace Association (HJPA) after being elected at that body’s recent annual gener...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Cambridge and surrounding communities in St James, many of whom are still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Melissa, recently got some much-needed infrastructural, medical and psychosocial support last Saturday, thank...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is making a plea for the public’s patience and cooperation as it assesses the islandwide impact, and implements contingencies to mitigate disruptions caused by the impending severance of ties with Cuban health p...

A prosecution witness in the Clansman Gang trial told the court he returned from a shop to find a friend lying across the verandah of his home with multiple gunshot wounds and another man bloodied. The witness, a mechanic, during his evidence-in-chi...