A mother is now regretting sending her son outside to get fresh air, only for him to be murdered by gunmen a day after receiving his status letter from The University of the West Indies (UWI). Keauno ‘Popsy’ Watson, 23, was elated when it was...
With Marsha Smith’s resignation as a legislator and state minister, a former senior figure in the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is suggesting that Prime Minister Andrew Holness should call by-elections to fill two currently vacant...
WESTERN BUREAU: A female vendor, who was captured on video urinating in a container and then pouring the contents into a bottle at the Charles Gordon Market (CGM) in Montego Bay, will face prosecution. Dr Francine Phillips-Kelly, the medical...
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal is “ideally placed” for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the settlement of cases, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has asserted. Justice Sykes, who was speaking on Tuesday at the launch of the Pro-Jam III Project, a...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy, who is also chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), is accusing the Andrew Holness-led administration of undermining the local government structure. Addressing a recent People...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Trelawny Southern Member of Parliament (MP) Devon McDaniel has his eyes set on again vying for the seat, which has remained vacant since the resignation of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert last September. McDaniel, a furniture...
Shemoye Bowman was on the cusp of a promotion at a call centre when he experienced a mental breakdown. As he felt his world crumbling, he checked into the Portland Rehabilitation Management Centre (PRMC). A year and two months later, the 28-year-...
A Jamaican mother and her infant, who had been fleeing violence in a Kingston garrison where their family was marked for death, are breathing a sigh of relief after they were released from US Border Patrol detention and entered the North American...
WESTERN BUREAU: Grief was the order of the day at the Little London Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland yesterday as members of the academic and auxiliary staff mourned the loss of the school’s principal, Shirlet Craig-Davis, who died two...
NEW YORK (AP): Five people were shot yesterday at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade, police said. It is the latest instance of violence marring one of the world’s largest annual celebrations of Caribbean culture. A gunman targeting a...
WESTERN BUREAU: While stating that the 2024-2025 school year started well in western Jamaica yesterday, the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS) says some high schools in western Jamaica are still dealing with...
Students in rural Jamaica who have to traverse long distances in unreliable transportation to and from school should have the benefit of a rural transportation system by January next year, Minister of Transport Daryl Vaz has promised. However,...
With a renewed focus on literacy and numeracy, extended school hours, and a commitment to excellence, the White Horses Primary and Infant School is poised for continued success in the new academic year. Acting principal of the St Thomas-based...
WESTERN BUREAU: Several enthusiastic students, many accompanied by their parents, were out early on Monday morning for the start of the 2024-2025 school year in rural St James. Some stood outside the gates of their schools for more than an hour,...
As the new school year commences, Kaysia Kerr, chief executive officer at the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), is urging parents to educate themselves about their children’s curriculum so that they can assist them in achieving their...
WESTERN BUREAU: With approximately 40 per cent of work completed, Leroy Lowe, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited’s liaison officer for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project, says the project is shaping up to be a “historic” one for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ricardo Chambers left his car at a community garage in John’s Hall, St James, on Saturday morning before heading to work. However, he did not imagine that the next time he would see the vehicle would be on a video, being washed...
Close to 70 per cent of the 217 educational institutions across Manchester have been dubbed satisfactory, based on public health requirements, but the remaining schools have been struggling with issues including pest control, sewage leaks, and...
Eastern Portland In what has been described by some educators as a remarkable display of academic prowess, 15-year-old student, Shaynel Hines, of Titchfield High in Portland has successfully completed Unit 1 of all three Caribbean Advanced...
Last Wednesday’s graduation ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica would have been a special occasion for the more than 100 new Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) members who are now certified law-enforcers. For one new policewoman, 23-...
Four years after Jaden Henry suffered his first episode of epilepsy, the 12-year-old child knows what he wants to become in the future. That is a neurologist, the professionals he goes to for care and treatment. Jaden, one of the 41 Courts Dare to...
The urgency to prepare for the new academic year was clear at several schools in southern Manchester last week. Many were still grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which had caused significant damage to their facilities. School...
One household. Eighteen mouths, including those of eight children to feed; and a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) electricity bill for some $37,000 after the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Then there are the back-to-school expenses that must be met –...
Monique Grant-Facey, principal of the Happy Grove High School in Portland, walked the school’s corridors last Friday, annoyed, frustrated, and on the brink of “losing it”. It was 2:45 p.m. and still, a contractor assigned to the school by the...
As the clock winds down on Dr Nigel Clarke’s tenure as finance minister, opinions are divided on which critical decisions he must seal before he takes his exit. The 52-year-old, credited with deepening Jamaica’s macroeconomic stability since his...
