The family of 22-year-old bartender Shaquille Borris Sproul said it is considering taking legal action against the organisers of the SCREAM Halloween Festival following his death while working at the event on Saturday night. Police sources believe S...

The St Ann police have received reports that the two Mercedes-Benz motor cars that were “racing” in Ocho Rios, St Ann, before a weekend crash that resulted in the deaths of four teenagers were fitted with demonstration or dealer licence plates, ...

Government Senator Keith Duncan has signalled that the only way for Jamaica to make a meaningful breakthrough to break the low-growth cycle dogging the economy for several years is to increase productivity. Speaking during Friday’s State of the Na...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has rejected an assertion by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson that the Government flouted the authority of Parliament when Jamaica abstained from voting at the United Nations (UN) to lift the United ...

At 18, Melteno Lopez has already learnt that leadership comes with scrutiny. His appointment as head boy of Glenmuir High School drew criticism from some members of the student body, who believed other candidates were better suited to the position. ...

Discovery Bauxite and the Discovery Bauxite Community Council last Wednesday launched a programme to stimulate economic and income-generation opportunities for residents in the bauxite company’s mining areas in St Ann. Under the initiative, dubbed...

Residents of Bushy Park Mews in Clarendon have endured nearly two years of sewage spilling onto a public roadway whenever it rains, exposing schoolchildren, pedestrians and other road users to potentially hazardous conditions, as repeated complaints...

The Government of Jamaica’s abstention from the United Nations General Assembly vote to lift the United States (US) embargo against Cuba amounts to an “abominable betrayal” that stains the country’s record of standing up against oppression. ...

One of the most recurring questions facing people who have lost their homes to Hurricane Melissa in Alligator Pond is: “What did you expect when you were building a home so close to the sea?” It is a question that frustrates them. Walking along ...

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: A site forever etched in the memory of Portlanders following the tragic loss of 14 lives in a horrific 2008 truck accident has been turned into an illegal dumping ground, sparking concerns about environmental pollution, ...