Noting that it is impossible to complete all 122 cases down for trial in the current term of the Home Circuit Court, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn is urging defendants to plead guilty if they are and not to further burden...
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has expressed hope that the stipend being paid to jurors will soon be examined with a view to increasing the amount to encourage more persons to serve. At the start of the Hilary Term in the...
Members of the minority caucus of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) have expressed dissatisfaction with a response from CEO Robert Hill regarding hundreds of street lights which remain dysfunctional across the Corporate Area...
Councillor Jacqueline Lewis said that she alerted the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) to the potential dangers of several uncovered storm drains in the Norman Gardens Division several years ago, but nothing was done to address...
Residents of Portsea in St Elizabeth on Thursday expressed their disgust at telecommunications company FLOW and a neighbour for the recent erection of a cell tower in their community in alleged violation of a stop order on the site even as they...
A month before the close of the old year, Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr, vice-president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), predicted that there would be at least 473 road fatalities for 2022. Other specialists in Jamaica were predicting a...
While persons across the world ushered in the new year with excitement and joy at midnight on Sunday, Donovan McLaren spent it embracing the painful reminder of the murder of his son, Stephan, on New Year’s Day in 2017. The start of each new year...
Like scores of homeless Jamaicans across the island, Delroy Alexander Page received one meal on Christmas Day, an act of charity by a caring couple as he rested outside the makeshift structure he calls home at the intersection of Salt Pond Road and...
The operators of the Open Arms Development Centre, a non-profit organisation that rehabilitates mentally ill patients in Kingston, are seeking $35 million to fund their operations in 2023. This will include giving them the chance to resume face-to...
If residents in Greenvale, St Andrew, knew death awaited three men on Saturday night along the Cane River main road in Bull Bay, they would have prevented them from leaving a party in the district. The triple murder saw the Kingston Eastern Police...
Following a two-year hiatus, Jamaicans are looking forward to tonight’s return of the Urban Development Corporation’s (UDC) signature New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganza, which will unfold at three locations across the island to ring in 2023....
Noted architect Patricia Green has lambasted the leadership of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) for compromising the historical value of the Devon House grounds by approving the paving of a lush courtyard. The renovation sparked a social-...
The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) has launched an exhibition to inform persons of and revive interest in The Set Girls – at one time a very active and colourful feature of the island’s Jonkunnu culture,...
Danesha Anderson considers the Campari ‘Respect The Bitter Holiday Vibes’ road show held on November 4 in Clarendon her Christmas blessing, and not one in disguise. For two years, the 27-year-old mother of two has been pumping funds, saved from her...
When Marshall Whyte, a farmer in Chapelton, Clarendon, heard screams for help coming from the nearby Thomas River Friday, he instinctively sprang from his house and ran towards the cry of distress. His lightning-fast reaction led to him jumping...
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is on a drive to raise US$3 million to start an endowment fund in honour of Professor Sir John Golding, with the hope of improving surgical healthcare across the nation, especially at the University...
Some taxi operators are not satisfied with the terms of the traffic ticket amnesty announced by the Government on Monday, arguing that the month-and-a-half window to pay outstanding fines is too short. On Tuesday night, the Government pledged to...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says youth below the age of 18 years of age, who are oftentimes prevented from making certain strides in society because they do not have proper identification, will benefit greatly under the National Identification...
As the Ministry of Education and Youth continues to try to locate some of the thousands of youth who were reported missing from the classroom during the pandemic, the police is now open to enrolling those who remain unattached into The Cadet...
Hours after firefighters extinguished the blaze that flattened at least 30 stalls on the margins of Coronation Market on Sunday morning, breast cancer survivor Wyhonnie Myles Brooks could not help but weep as she sifted through the ashes of her...
Youth Mayor for Kingston and Junior Councillor for the Greenwich Town Division Khijani Williams has one burning issue he wants to address during his 12-month tenure – he wants to see an end to the abuse and murder of homeless persons in the...
A little over a decade and a half after a juice factory was established in Huntley, Manchester, the multimillion-dollar facility lies inoperative, vandalised, and in ruin. Farmers in the area say they have watched with aching hearts as the building...
The Shortwood Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in Grants Pen, one of Kingston’s gritty inner city communities, is seeking to deliver an early Christmas gift to Lurlene Lawson, a long-standing church member. They are working to complete the...
Opposition leader, Mark Golding, is lamenting that Jamaica still has barriers that exclude people living with disabilities some nine months after the Disabilities Act became effective. “It’s fair to say that Jamaica has not seen sufficient progress...
When the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) launched its helpline in April 2020 for troubled parents burdened by the pandemic, Nicole Ramsay never hesitated to volunteer her time to take calls. Ramsay has been a volunteer with the NPSC...
