WESTERN BUREAU: Sporadic shootings in the resort town of Negril, including Tuesday night’s shooting along the popular Norman Manley Boulevard, and the constant blood-letting in nearby St James is creating jitters among tourism stakeholders in...

WESTERN BUREAU: A request by a female detective constable from Westmoreland for the Government to consider allowing the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to establish a dedicated blood bank for police officers has not found favour with National...

Jamaica's National Disaster Fund now stands at more than $550 million, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced. This marks a substantial increase from the $100 million in the fund at its inception, said Holness, who also chairs the National...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging farmers to ramp up mitigation strategies to control the beet armyworm population in their fields. The beet armyworm, which develops into a moth commonly called the Small Mottled...

Some supporters of jailed dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel were left disappointed this afternoon after a court ruled that he and his co-accused should remain behind bars pending a decision in the Court of Appeal on whether they should be retried...

Jamaica is moving ahead with the establishment of the country's first unemployment insurance scheme. Details of the proposed model, governance, management, and investment strategy will be submitted to Cabinet for approval in the current...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, has disclosed that he is a British citizen, in a statement in which he said he was taking steps to renounce his citizenship of the United Kingdom (UK...

Minister of Education Fayval Williams has condemned Wednesday's violent attack on a teacher at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon. The incident, which happened on the school compound, involved a teacher and relatives of a student....

The Supreme Court has ruled that dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and his co-accused are to remain behind bars pending a decision in the Court of Appeal on whether they should be retried for murder. The court's decision today followed a habeas...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has introduced a pilot programme for the employment of capable persons with disabilities in the Overseas Employment Programme. This initiative involves partnering with the Abilities Foundation, engaging...

A man who pleaded guilty to arson was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with three years supervision in the St Catherine Circuit today.  Javanie Langley, a 20-year-old labourer of Bellas Gated district in St Catherine, was...

The Clarendon police are now on the hunt for a man who allegedly ditched a bag with two guns and ammunition and escaped police capture in Four Paths in the parish on Wednesday. It's reported that about 1:30 p.m., a police party was...

Fraud charges have been laid against a St Catherine travel agent who allegedly collected more than $1 million from a group of high school teachers to book hotel rooms on their behalf but failed to do so. The accused is Denese Faulknor, 39...

A three-year-old boy is dead while five others are nursing injuries at hospital, after a man believed to be of unsound mind chopped members of a family in St Mary on Wednesday.  The deceased has been identified as Asha Campbell of Pagee Street...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of the Brown's Town community in Kingston 16. The curfew began at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and will remain in effect until 6 p.m., Friday. The boundaries of the curfew are: NORTH: Along Cumberland Avenue...

Fenley Douglas, councillor for the Waterford division in Portmore, has criticised Robert Miller, member of parliament for St Catherine South East, and Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton for failing to deliver on a promise made in...

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) at the University of Technology, Jamaica is observing Poison Prevention Week from May 26-31 under the theme ‘Poison Connection – Linking Each Facet of Society’. Poison information coordinator at...

WESTERN BUREAU: Thomas Edwards, the Manchester resident who was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle $18.7 million worth of cocaine through Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport on May 22, was offered bail in the sum of $1.2 million when...

The Integrity Commission (IC) has indicated that former head of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) Charlton McFarlane is now complaint with the law after he paid fines and submitted outstanding income and assets declarations.

Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, is urging school administrators to make graduation ceremonies accessible to all students. Noting that they are pivotal events that mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of another for the...

A teacher at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon reportedly had to seek medical attention and is at home nursing injuries after she was allegedly assaulted by a parent and three students, two of whom are the woman's children. The...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is using the Bushfire Warning Index provided by the National Meteorological Service to better anticipate and respond to bush fires across the island, says Minister of Local Government and Community Development,...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says its decision to spend approximately $1 billion to retrofit a building in Mandeville, Manchester that it leased more than three years ago but has not yet occupied is part of efforts to improve service delivery...

The Government will this year employ 10,000 young people under the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP). Making the announcement, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, said this year's intake will be the...

Two men and a woman have been charged following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in Tranquility Valley, Brown's Town, St Ann, on May 25. They are 35-year-old Richard Russell, a maintenance...

Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Lindo's Hill in Whithorn, Westmoreland, as a fatal collision between a Toyota Succeed motor car and three other vehicles claimed the lives of two individuals. Reports indicate that the Toyota Succeed was...

An alleged don in the community of August Town, St Andrew, was shot and killed in a reported confrontation with the security forces on Wednesday, officials have confirmed. He has been identified as Marvin Markland, more popularly known as 'Papa...

Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and two of his three co-accused are to know tomorrow if they will be released from custody pending a murder retrial decision in the Court of Appeal. Submissions related to a habeas corpus application seeking the...

Twenty-four-year-old Ronaldo Robinson, otherwise called 'Biggs', a construction worker of Top Road, St Mary,has been charged with the murder of an elderly woman in their community on March 31.  The Port Maria police say about 4 a....

Senior opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson says a future People’s National Party (PNP) administration will craft legislation to disqualify foreign bidders from government contracts who participate in racist practices. In his contribution to the...

More than 80 persons from Kitson Town in St Catherine who are engaged in livestock rearing and farming, are benefiting from the ‘Improving Rural Livelihoods through Resilient Agrifood Systems’ Project. The initiative, which is being implemented by...

The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is calling for more inclusive work environments where persons with various skills and abilities, including the disabled community, can contribute. President of the JCTU, St Patrice Ennis, who made...

The Windsor School of Special Education was treated to a full rollout of renovation and beautification exercises on Labour Day. The community also received a free mobile health clinic. The initiative was spearheaded by the NCU Media Group in...