WESTERN BUREAU: William Knibb Memorial High School, the alma mater of track and field legend Usain Bolt, will mark its 64th anniversary with a Founder’s Day Lecture tomorrow in the school’s auditorium. Former principal Anthony Falloon, a noted...

WESTERN BUREAU: Lenworth Fulton, immediate past president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), has embraced the Government’s plans to protect farmers from praedial larcenists by rolling out its agricultural warden programme in areas deemed ‘...

Now a centenarian, Anthony Edwards embodies a life of unwavering dedication and purpose. Guided by resilience, deep faith, and a profound love for others, he has shaped his path as a civil servant, evangelist, pastor, husband, and caregiver —...

Jamaican-Canadian author, educator and folklorist, Tania Hernandez, also known as ‘Miss Tania Lou’, has launched a new book about Jamaica’s cultural icon, Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately known as ‘Miss Lou’. On a cold winter weekend...

WESTERN BUREAU: Audley Gordon, the executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is not supportive of a decision to deny potential sanitation workers employment because they lack the basic literacy skills to read at a...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers sent a cage-like structure down into one of South Africa's deepest gold mines on Tuesday to bring out survivors among hundreds of miners who were working illegally in an abandoned shaft and have been...

Coffee farmers are to benefit from the distribution of an additional 8,000 seedlings this January, says Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Floyd Green. The move, he said, is part of a broader coffee restoration and expansion programme,...

The St Catherine North police are probing the shooting and injuring of a mentally ill man by a security guard at the Spanish Town Hospital on Monday night. Reports state that about 10:30 p.m. both men were at the health facility when the mentally...

A “procedural error” is what caused a police constable to issue four traffic tickets each to a pastor and a businessman for offences they did not commit, the Ministry of National Security has disclosed. The ministry revealed, too, that...

ERIC COORE is a passionate woodwork enthusiast who discovered his innate skill in the craft during his early teenage years. He vividly recalls that while in third form at Ardenne High School, he carved a map of Jamaica for a woodwork assignment for...

“Grateful,” “motivated,” and “proud” were the sentiments expressed by five exceptional JN Foundation Scholarship recipients who were recognised as the top scholars in their respective cohort for the last academic year. The JN scholars were...

Hugh Reid, general manager of JN Life Insurance, says Jamaicans should not view life insurance or pension as preparing for ageing or death, but rather, giving loved ones a chance at life. The JN Life general manager said currently, more than 80 per...

In a monumental stride toward strengthening Jamaica’s healthcare landscape, Andrews Memorial Hospital (AMH) officially launched its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cardiac catheterisation laboratory services last Wednesday. The event marked a...

Award-winning Jamaican author Colleen Wint Bond will join 23 other exceptional writers and filmmakers at the Jamaica Brew Festival, set to take place on January 18 at the Miramar Cultural Centre in Broward County, Florida. The prestigious event, an...

The Ministry of Education has expressed deep sadness and outrage at the «tragic and senseless» killing of Angella Hamilton, a teacher at Pear Tree Grove Primary and Infant School in St Mary. Hamilton's body was discovered in her...

Thirty-four-year-old tattoo artist, Steven Samuel, otherwise known as 'Kartel', of Rodney Road, Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13, has been charged with buggery and grievous sexual assault following an incident in St James on January 5. The St...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the shooting of a woman in an incident involving an off-duty policeman at a hotel in Clarendon on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 20-year-old, Jimoy Suckoo. INDECOM...

Jamaicans are being reminded that the ban on the distribution and use of single-use plastic food containers took effect on January 9, and as such these items are prohibited. Under the restriction, the importation and use of food boxes made in whole...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising persons whose applications for the Reverse Income Tax Credit (RITC) were rejected due to invalid banking or tax information that the deadline for resubmission has been extended to...

The Manchester police have identified the man whose head was found in bushes in Manningsfield in the parish on Saturday. He is 74-year-old Timothy Burton, otherwise called 'Tim D', of Manningsfield district. He was last seen alive...

Jamaica has seen a bloody start to 2025, with 34 murders recorded in 11 days, according to the latest serious crime statistics published on Sunday by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). This is eight more murders than was recorded for the...

The Manchester police are investigating the suspected drowning of a 57-year-old man in the parish on Sunday. He has been identified as Delroy Spencer, a labourer of Meadsfield, Newport, Manchester. Spencer's body was reportedly found floating...

Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a “dry January”. Over the past few decades, mounting scientific evidence has shown that...

The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual clinicians toward a formal...

January is a new month and the start of the civil new year. At this time most of us reflect on the past and make resolutions to guide our choices during the coming months. I wish to encourage persons, especially Christians, to create personal...

Members of the blind community shone brightly during the recent Joyful Hearts Outreach initiative, an event hosted by Pearnel Charles Jr, the member of parliament for South East Clarendon. The gathering brought together hundreds of constituents in...

Lawmakers have proposed a flurry of parliamentary activities this week as legislators rush to complete unfinished business before the prorogation of Parliament in February, which gives way to the start of the new legislative year. In addition to...

Starting on Monday, January 13, work is to begin to reconnect the main road from Vauxhall to Union in St Elizabeth, which has been impassable since last October when a box culvert in the community of Raheen collapsed. The box culvert which was...

The St Mary police are investigating the murder of a 59-year-old teacher whose body was found with her throat slashed at her home in Post Road, Pear Tree Grove, on Saturday. The deceased is Angella Hamilton, who was last seen leaving work on Friday...

A St Catherine man who allegedly defrauded $4,000,000 given to him for the purchase of motor cars was granted $250,000 bail with surety in the parish court on Friday. Twenty-one-year-old Malick Porter of Thompson Pen, Spanish Town, is charged with...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has expressed profound grief at the tragic deaths of three children in a house fire in Walkerswood, St Ann early this morning. Killed were siblings two-year-old Tavaughno...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says he is profoundly saddened and outraged following the tragic fire in St Ann this morning that claimed the lives of three young children. This is another incident of a similar nature in less than a week, noted...

Three children perished in a house fire in Walkerswood, St Ann, early Sunday morning. The St Ann Fire Department responded to a call about the blaze at 2:24 a.m. Julian Davis-Buckle, Assistant Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade in charge of...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Education are appealing to parents and guardians to prioritise vigilance in safeguarding their children and to adopt fire safety measures at home. The call follows a series...

Some persons started the year on a happy note and are looking forward to a prosperous 2025. May their dreams come true! Contrariwise, and sadly so, some family members started the year with a “BANG!!!” and are now grieving. As the smell of the...