Lawyers representing alleged drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke have urged a United States (US) court to declare illegal the two controversial memoranda of understanding (MOUs) signed by Jamaica's former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips....
The Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) newest candidate for the next general election is Spanish Town Mayor Dr Andrew Wheatley. Wheatley, polling 306 of 345 delegate votes, yesterday defeated Dr Sandra Nesbeth...
The Jamaica Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities is calling for greater consideration of the needs of members of the disabled community in mitigation planning for instances of natural disaster....
The Municipality of Portmore has recently signed on to an agreement with the United Nations (UN) to seek out measures to bolster its infrastructure against natural disasters. Portmore mayor, Keith Hinds, said the agreement...
During her five-and-a-half-year tenure as Mexican ambassador to Jamaica, Leonora Rueda has seen three governors general and an equal number of prime ministers in office.Rueda, who arrived in the island in January 2006....
LILLE, France: Jamaica ended yesterday's final day of the IAAF World Youth Championships (WYC) in Lille, France, in truly amazing fashion, mining four medals to push their final tally to nine, equalling the country's best-ever showing at the meet....
Police investigators probing the death of 17-year-old schoolboy Khajeel Mais have been accused of double standards for their decision not to release the identity of the alleged BMW X6 killer as a person of interest....
The 17th annual session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) opens today at its Jamaica Conference Centre headquarters in downtown Kingston.Over 90 of the organisation's 162 members are expected to attend ...
A building consisting of 30 studio apartments, which the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) claims is constructed on less than a quarter acre of land, is one of three structures the council is moving to demolish.However, it could take some time...
The two men charged with conspiracy to murder Ian Johnson appeared in the St Thomas Circuit Court on Friday.Johnson is the man who made allegations that former Mining and Energy Minister James Robertson, and others, plotted...
WESTERN BUREAU :The Bureau of Special investigation has launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of two men by the police in Green Pond, St James, Saturday morning.The dead men are...
Jamaica recently moved closer to developing a national strategy to address the threat of marine invasive alien species following consultations among experts drawn from different specialities at a forum held recently...
By creating an easier but more secure system of access to a 'birth paper' - and all other documents - for the public, Registrar General's Department's (RGD) CEO and Deputy Keeper of...
Raquel Morgan, the distraught mother who did not know that her son had been transferred from police lock-up to a place of safety, says she feels better now that her son has been removed from the lock-up, but knowing...
Concerns have been raised about the decision of Jamaica's gun-control body - the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) - to lower the shooting accuracy pass mark, and suspending the mandatory written-exam component for gun permits to be issued.
The past week has been a gut-wrenching one for Raquel Morgan. Last Sunday, she visited the Bridgeport police lock-up with food for her 15-year-old son, who had been detained for a few weeks, but he was not there. The minor had been transferred to another facility and his mother was not informed.
For many years, there has been a seemingly 'Siamese' quality about the justice portfolio and the attorney general's functions in Jamaica's governance system.
MEMBER OF Parliament (MP) for South West Clarendon, Noel Arscott, has expressed concern about what he says is the recent increase in violent crimes in the constituency.The MP is urging the deployment of more...
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Dennis Meadows yesterday called for a bipartisan approach to liberalise the energy sector.Meadows, who led the debate on his Private Members Motion to end the monopoly of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), was also critical of a report...
THE EDUCATION ministry has taken steps to establish a special high school for disruptive students.Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Audrey Sewell, said the facility was being refurbished and could be ready by...
WESTERN BUREAU:PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding says the private sector should play a greater role in the agricultural sector as the industry begins to acquire a greater appreciation for the role of technology and proper management...
