The Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) is demanding an apology from parliamentarian Everald Warmington for his “uninformed assertions” that Black Africans who sold people into the transatlantic slave trade should be held more accountable than Europe...

WESTERN BUREAU: A representation dispute has erupted in Jamaica’s tourism ground transportation sector, with the more than 2,000-member JUTA Montego Bay declaring that a government-recognised umbrella organisation has no authority to speak on its ...

Government Senator Charles Sinclair is urging the administration to review the Financial Services Commission and Insurance acts and their regulations to address, among other things, lengthy delays in the settlement of claims. An attorney-at-law, Sin...

Nearly one-third of the murders recorded by the St Catherine South Police so far this year are linked to domestic violence or interpersonal conflicts, the commanding officer for the division has disclosed. Since January 1, a total of 29 murders have...

WESTERN BUREAU: The region’s push to boost food and agricultural exports is being held back by high shipping costs, inefficient logistics and fragmented sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements, according to the CEO of the Caribbean Export De...

WESTERN BUREAU Caribbean countries are being urged to dismantle standards barriers that continue to stifle the movement of agricultural and fisheries products across regional borders, as governments push to deepen intra-regional trade and cut depen...

A Jamaican man deported after 12 years in the United States is rejecting allegations by immigration authorities there that he is a violent criminal, insisting that serious criminal charges brought against him were fabricated and ultimately dismissed...

Jamaica is crying out for truth, Reverend Dr Devon Dick, pastor at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew, declared yesterday, citing a lack of trust in the community. “Citizens do not think that they can rely on our leaders for the truth,” Dick ...

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes said the Kingston painter, who was eligible for the death penalty for murdering Toshyna Patterson and her baby, should really be breathing his last breath in prison – not facing the possibility of one day walking free to ...

The mother of 20-year-old D’Jonnay Graham, who was shot dead by her police lover in June 2025, has expressed displeasure that he was sentenced for manslaughter, insisting that her beloved daughter was murdered. The victim’s mother, Euon Douglas ...