Louise Stoddart is now wallowing in grief and regret after her 10-year-old grandson – for whom she had cared since birth and was recently relocated from her Clarendon home to live with his father – died after being found unresponsive in an oven...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be rolling out additional resources over the next few weeks to boost police responsiveness to robberies across several police divisions, said Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson, who was...
An empty chair among young graduates at Beulah All-Age and Infant School’s graduation on Friday was a stark reminder of the brutal murder of five-year-old Rafaella Smith, one of the victims of the Cocoa Piece bloodbath that jolted the nation on...
“I just want to see him face to face to ask him, ‘Why? Why him do it?’ I need answers,” said a grieving Gwendolyn McKnight yesterday as Prime Minister Andrew Holness visited the mother of 31-year-old Kemesha Wright, who was killed along with her...
Forty-four-year-old taxi operator Ralston Cockett, who was gunned down on the weekend in Springfield, Clarendon, had plans to celebrate with his sister at her June 24 wedding. But owing to disruptions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, his family’s...
A Jamaican fisherman traumatised by the loss of his right arm in a shark attack on the weekend has recounted the harrowing brush with death in what seemed like a 15-minute battle. Michael Simpson, who spoke with The Gleaner at May Pen Hospital...
The image of the blood-drenched body of 15-year-old murder victim Kimanda Smith still haunts 87-year-old Clevan Edwards. Kimanda, her three siblings, and their mother, Kemesha ‘Reds’ Wright, were found with their throats slashed at their New Road...
It has been almost two weeks of turmoil for a Clarendon family as they search for their 82-year-old patriarch, James Carter, who vanished from his Glenmuir Housing Scheme home on Monday, May 30. The 5ft 8in tall Carter, who is also know as Jim, was...
From May Pen, Clarendon, to the British Empire. The story of Felicia Nadine Watkinson is one of resilience and determination. Watkinson is set to be inducted as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List...
Securing the future of some 46 special-needs students in Clarendon is how Juliet Francis-Christian, unit supervisor at the Denbigh-based Windsor School of Special Education, describes the prospects for the start of a fruit garden project at the...
Additional garbage trucks have been deployed to ease Clarendon’s garbage crisis, according to Edward Muir, regional operations manager for Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management Ltd, a subsidiary of the National Solid Waste Management...
Former May Pen Mayor Scean Barnswell has criticised the Government for not extending COVID-19 restrictions when the orders under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) expired a few weeks ago, citing this as the reason for the current fifth wave...
Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture Lothan Cousins has blasted the Government for its failure to contain the country’s food import bill and perceived mishandling of water resources. Cousins said that a US$97-million increase in Jamaica’s food...
I made a mistake, but I deserve a chance. That’s the plea of Rahmone Taylor, who is ruing decisions and choices he made in his youth. Taylor was deported from the United States over a decade ago following ganja-related charges. The Rock River,...
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pearnel Charles Jr is unfazed by a threat by his opposition counterpart, Lothan Cousins, to take the Government to task for not doing enough for the sector when Parliament sits today. Speaking at the People’s...
A Clarendon school operator has slammed national training agency HEART/NSTA Trust for crushing the future of many at-risk youths by terminating a partnership with Meadowlands Centre of Excellence in Bushy Park. Sharon Minott, director of...
It has been a week of torture and sleepless nights for 29-year-old Jameal Mendez, Sr since the mystery disappearance of his only child, a two-year-old boy named after him. While the family, concerned neighbours and the police have combed multiple...
The mother of missing two-year-old Jahmeal Mendez believes that a sudden urge to scroll through photos of her young son might have been an omen that something was wrong. That intuition caused 26-year-old Kera Williams, of Rasta Corner in Free Town...
Grieving students, colleagues and community folk gathered at the Vere Technical High School in Clarendon yesterday, struggling to come to terms with the death of Principal Antoinette Banton-Ellis, who died suddenly on Thursday evening. Sources told...
Stakeholders in Gravel Hill, Clarendon, have been assured that repairs to the deplorable roads in the south-western Clarendon community will commence by this summer. The repairs are to be undertaken by bauxite/alumina company Jamalco. The company...
Natasha Williams-Whittingham has not found the going easy, but, each time she contemplates giving up, the love for her children and a burning desire to see them excel keeps the single mother going. “Giving up is the last thing in my head, but...
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) says it is committed to providing safer roads for the nation’s children through its Safe Passage: Safe Routes to School project, a partnership with the Ministry of Education. The project, under the...
Irate taxi operators and residents blocked a section of the York Town road in Clarendon yesterday morning, disrupting commute and forcing some students to miss the first day of the summer term. The protesters argued that heavy-duty vehicles...
Thirty-four days behind bars, sleeping on cardboard on a concrete floor, and unsanitary living conditions are dreaded experiences Saheem Whittaker is adamant he will not relive. Whittaker says those experiences have propelled him to choose a better...
News of stabbing deaths involving teens has evoked fear and anxiety for Latoya Francis. She said she had always prayed that such pain would never visit her doorstep, but on March 3, cruel fate came knocking at her door. Her 15-year-old cousin,...
