Insurance pioneer and business titan Raby Danvers Williams was remembered for a life defined by purpose, compassion and an unshakeable commitment to his country during a thanksgiving service at Jamaica College on Saturday. Affectionately known as...
“Most of the fishers interviewed actually liked floating sargassum because it attracts a lot of fish species like dolphin or mahimahi which fetch a high price. So a lot of the fishermen have a favourable impression of sargassum,” Romario Anderson,...
Once Patricia House is up and running again at its new location in Linstead, St Catherine, it will re-engage with the Gregory Isaacs Foundation to raise public awareness about the threat to young people from drug use, but with much more emphasis on...
Patricia House, the drug rehabilitation centre that was based in St Andrew, is set to reopen under much-improved conditions in a larger setting in Linstead, St Catherine, by year-end, according Executive Director of the National Council on Drug...
Growing up on his father’s 650-acre coconut farm in Nutts River, St Thomas, Stephen Black thought he knew everything there was to know about coconuts, having learnt from his father, Michael, who is regarded across the globe as an expert. However,...
The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has taken on the mammoth task of helping Caribbean countries address the alarming state and rate of marine pollution in the region, most of which comes from land-based activities. To this end, the...
The transfer of district constables from farming communities to tourist resort towns to protect hotels and other tourism interests has paved the way for farm thieves to operate with less chances of being caught, according to board director of the...
“Heart-rending, if I have to choose one word.” That was the response from a senior member of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) yesterday, immediately after identifying the body of 38-year-old correctional officer Shannon ‘David’ Briscoe...
On Sunday, November 28, 2021, Novelette Mighty was sitting in her vehicle at the Greenwich Town Fishing Village in Kingston, from which she ran a successful operation for years and served as president of the benevolent society, when a shadow at the...
Disaster management specialist Ronald Jackson is lamenting the ad hoc approach to addressing environmental issues without deliberate, long-term planning in many developing countries, saying that it is already wreaking havoc on their economies. In...
Nine Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts students who were in the vicinity of a fire, which broke out at the St Andrew-based fine arts institution on Friday, are receiving counselling. The students, most of whom are in their final...
THE NATIONAL Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has laid down a wide range of COVID-19 guidelines for hunters taking part in the annual bird-shooting season which got under way last week and runs over six consecutive weekends, ending on...
As if the strategic location of the Boot service station at Drax Hall, St Ann, just after exiting the Edward Seaga Highway, were not enough, the range of amenities offered under one roof is just amazing. In addition to one of the largest...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has said that the people with COVID-19 vaccination appointments will be afforded free movement to and from inoculation sites during the weekend lockdown. Addressing a press conference on Thursday...
IronRock Insurance Company Limited is looking to woo customers with a smashing new vehicle policy that rewards good drivers by refunding them a percentage of their premium, based on their driving habits, at the end of the policy year. Dubbed pay as...
The relatives of 25 year-old Oraine Bailey are anxious for his return, after he was taken by men purporting to be police on January 2. His relatives told our newsroom that the incident happened while Bailey was...
Paul Wilson, coordinator at Creative Craft Plus in downtown Kingston, his wife Angela and two other workers, were in for a rude awakening this morning when they turned up at the facility, which provides training for several ...
Residents of Pretoria Road off Maxfield Avenue in St Andrew, where 27-year-old Constable Kemar Francis was shot dead after a police team responded to reports of gunfire on Friday night, were tight-lipped yesterday, refusing even to acknowledge the...
