When Lorie-Ann Hibbert was a youngster going to primary school, one of her close friends collapsed and was in critical need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). She stood there in fear and could only manage to watch as someone else rushed in to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Come the start of the new school year, students attending the nine high schools across western Jamaica will now be able to travel in much greater comfort and efficiency as the Montego Bay Metro Bus Company (MBMBC) has been allocated...
In paying tribute to her parents, United States Vice President and Democratic Party nominee for president, Kamala Harris, said among the lessons her Jamaican father Donald J. Harris taught her was to be fearless. “When my sister and I accompanied...
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it has instructed the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to reduce some customers’ bills in the next billing period. Further, JPS has been directed to reissue those bills issued in August with...
Jamaica should have acted on the $5.5-billion offer from the United Kingdom’s Government for the construction of a new prison first disclosed in 2015, chairman of the Jamaica Federation of Corrections, Arlington Turner, believes. Turner, who has...
Before checking for her results in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, Ocasia Graham received a call from her parents and they assured her that they would still be proud of her regardless of how she performed....
The secret to celebrating 65 years of marital bliss is grounded in tolerance of each other, Donald John Duff and Dr E Marilyn Duff declare. On Sunday, the couple celebrated their 65th anniversary with a blessing inside the Webster Memorial United...
WESTERN BUREAU: A week has passed since 38-year-old Marlon Davis was fatally shot while on a bird-shooting expedition in the bushes near Barrett Hall, St James. Despite the time that has elapsed, his family remains in deep mourning, still grappling...
Residents of Cherry Gardens in St Andrew were taken aback on Thursday morning when they saw emergency service vehicles with flashing sirens parked along Millwood Avenue as authorities investigated a suspected suicide in their typically quiet...
Placing the blame squarely at the feet of the Government, Jamaica Federation of Corrections Chairman Arlington Turner says correctional officers are not responsible for crimes hatched from behind bars. Turner, who has been at the union’s helm for...
WESTERN BUREAU: The appearance of disgraced former Education Minister Ruel Reid at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA’s) just-concluded 60th annual conference is not a surprise to educators who attended the event, with some saying he was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Mickel Jackson, the executive director of Jamaicans for Justice, wants the police to demonstrate accountability in the 10-year-old case of Mario Deane by starting the trial of the three officers charged in relation to his death when...
Dr Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), says one of the organisation’s long-term goals is to decrease the necessity for coastal clean-ups. Speaking on Thursday at the launch of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC)...
Despite less than half the repair work being completed at Hampton School in St Elizabeth, Principal Mahvell Charlton-Brown is confident that the ongoing restoration will not impact the reopening of school in two weeks. The school was severely...
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it had initiated an investigation of the Jamaica Public Service’s (JPS) billing practices before a request from Energy Minister Daryl Vaz as the entity draws flak over its response to July’s high...
WESTERN BUREAU: Education Minister Fayval Williams says the move to recruit foreign teachers was based on recommendations from principals, but at least one principal association is claiming ignorance to that claim. “I am not aware of principals...
Reputed leader of the St Catherine-based Clansman Gang Tesha Miller is objecting to the electronic serving of material by the Crown on the basis that he cannot electronically access them while being incarcerated to prepare his defence. A letter...
One of the alleged shooters in the Cherry Tree Lane mass killing in Clarendon, which left eight persons dead, was reportedly arrested and charged after initially being told he was not a person of interest when he went to the police to clear his...
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the three government representatives on the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) board were unaware of the planned increase in customers’ bills, which the power company attributed to an increase in fuel charge and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Dr Mark Smith believes addressing proper parenting in the home is key to stopping school violence, which he says must not be handled separately from violence at the societal level....
Western Bureau: Despite the multibillion-dollar hit Jamaica took from Hurricane Beryl, which did serious damage to various key sectors to include agriculture and tourism, the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says that while there will be an uptick in headline...
Western Bureau: Education Minister Fayval Williams says the technical skills of quality surveyors are to be utilised to assess rehabilitation works that are now being carried out to retrofit 107 of the 352 schools that were damaged during the July...
Eight people were hit early yesterday morning as gunshots rang out during a wake held in Back Pastures, Point Hill in St Catherine to mourn the passing of the grandmother of reggae entertainer Christopher Martin. As the dust settled after two...
There are questions surrounding the length of time the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) relied on automotive diesel oil (ADO) for fuel, which it said caused the dramatic spike in customers’ bills following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The...
Consumers and investors should benefit from the dip in interest rates, arising from the first drop in the country’s benchmark interest rate policy in nearly three years. “This has to be carefully managed against the inflation targets,” said Don...
