There is uncertainty over whether the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) will bring a case against the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for breaching the OUR Act after the power company failed to meet the deadline for full electricity...
Former Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell says it is time the Jamaican Parliament increases fines under the Office of Utilities Regulation Act after a revelation that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is facing a $2-million penalty if it does not meet...
A Medal of Honour for Gallantry awarded posthumously to Constable Ricardo Fairclough has come as a “pleasant surprise” to the slain policeman’s family members who say the last four months have been heavy with grief. Constable Fairclough was shot...
Olympic champion Hansle Parchment and veteran dancehall entertainers Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis and Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price are among 150 Jamaicans being bestowed with national awards as Jamaica celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence....
With more than 20,000 customers still without electricity following the passage of Hurricane Beryl a month ago, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is facing a $2-million fine if it fails to meet the 100 per cent restoration target set by August 12....
The number of Jamaicans who travelled to Canada as part of the overseas employment programme in 2023 declined by five per cent to 9,587 persons as weather challenges and the negative publicity surrounding the farm work programme persisted. More...
The Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) in Jamaica has confirmed that the majority of students who sat the exam for its ethics, rights and obligations of the legal profession course in May failed. This was disclosed by Principal Carol Aina in a letter...
England’s most senior cleric has declared that the £100 million fund, established to address the past wrongs of the Church and its role in slavery, must be managed by the descendants of victims. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the...
Jamaica continues to lose its professionals to Canada, with the largest number of migrants to the North American country in 2023 belonging to the “professionals, senior officials and technician” category. Of the 4,340 Jamaicans granted permanent...
Calling the damage done to the energy sector following the passage of Hurricane Beryl two weeks ago a “crisis”, portfolio minister Daryl Vaz is pleading with Jamaicans for patience as the Government seeks regional assistance for full power...
Dozens of year two students at the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) are crying foul following the results received for the institution’s course in ethics for the legal profession that show an “alarming” number of failures. Of the 125 students listed...
A Jamaican family who fled the country and is facing deportation from Canada has been given a year to prove integration in the North American country after being granted a 12-month temporary resident permit (TRP). George Lindo, his wife Jillandre,...
The damage from Hurricane Beryl to popular seafood restaurant Little Ochie in Alligator Pond, Manchester has amounted to more than $8 million, proprietor Evrol Christian has disclosed. The Category 4 storm, which battered Jamaica’s south coast a...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the damage to Jamaica’s main roads following the passage of monster system Hurricane Beryl has so far totalled $10.2 billion and could increase at the end of a final assessment. Holness, who made the disclosure in...
It will take US$2 million (J$310 million) or more to get Munro College in Potsdam, St Elizabeth, back up and running following Hurricane Beryl’s destructive passage, which left 31 of the 35 buildings on the school’s compound mangled. The 168-year-...
St Elizabeth’s Treasure Beach, the fast-rising tourism community on Jamaica’s south coast, was left devastated after a pummelling from Category 4 Hurricane Beryl which tore off roofs, toppled trees, and downed dozens of power lines. Officials have...
Thousands of Jamaicans are unable to connect with family members after losing mobile connectivity on Wednesday during the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The powerful Category 4 storm devastated sections of the island, triggering a major power shutdown...
A sewer pipe being laid for The Spyglass, a luxurious apartment and townhouse complex in Jacks Hill, is at the centre of a fresh quarrel between residents and a contractor in the upper St Andrew community. The Spyglass, which sits on just over five...
A family in Jacks Hill in upper St Andrew says their situation has become “desperate” after local authorities failed to address damage to Tavistock Terrace following a major landslide that dumped metres-high mud on their property last November. A...
Fears abound that the proliferation of multi-storey apartment complexes and high-rise commercial buildings in Kingston and St Andrew in recent years could lead to catastrophic scenes as Hurricane Beryl barrels towards Jamaica. The centre of Beryl...
Disgraced former Minister of Education Ruel Reid has been paid $3.3 million in a settlement the Old Hope Road-based Jamaica College (JC) said would likely be cheaper than litigation. Reid, a former principal of all-boy institution, is before the...
It remains unclear how many ventilators are assigned to neonatal intensive care and paediatric units at public hospitals across the island following the death of a premature newborn two weeks ago and a subsequent health ministry internal audit of...
Local and United States (US) law enforcement officials are looking into allegations of physical and sexual abuse of children at the Youth of Vision Academy (YOVA) in St Mary, though the management at the Christian boarding school has denied the...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) has been told to expedite investigations into the deaths of a newborn at May Pen Hospital in Clarendon and a woman at Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny after they were unable...
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has dismissed as “faulty conclusions” his opposition counterpart Dr Alfred Dawes’ assessment of the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC). Tufton said PROMAC,...
