China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has committed to addressing defects identified on any aspects of the Southern Coast Highway Improvement Programme (SCHIP) while taking full responsibility for works done by local subcontractors. In a...
Buff Bay, Portland Fifty-three youths from 24 schools are the recipients of the 2024-2025 Special Achievement Award, initiated by government minister Daryl Vaz and aimed at providing financial assistance to needy students who performed well in the...
WESTERN BUREAU Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in Westmoreland to avoid abstaining from voting for the party because they might not immediately like a candidate on offer. In the 2020 General...
Retired teacher and former resident of Rose Street, Lucky Hill, St Mary, Leila Henry Riley, who now lives in Florida, is urging all Jamaicans to give back to their communities to better the lives of others, particularly children. Residents in...
When Hurricane Beryl was on a path to Jamaica, residents of O’Meally in St Catherine knew that whether it hit or passed the island, a section of their main road would have broken away, so they prepared in advance to repair it. The cry from...
The family of 17-year-old Kiara Ingram, who has had a large tissue tumour growing on her neck for more than half her life, has been struggling to scrape the funds together to have the mass removed. But despite a GoFundMe account being established...
Medical social workers (MSWs) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) are wilting under the weight of thousands of case files as they support patients through trauma and recovery, relying on each other for emotional strength when the...
The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has announced plans to re-establish an oversight committee for hiring decisions by October 2024, following its controversial disbandment earlier this year. The update comes amid mounting calls from employees...
Kerry-Ann Brown is a broken mother who, for the rest of her life, will bewail the actions of a distracted taxi operator, which forever altered the lives of both herself and her 15-year-old daughter, Shantavia Harrison. In 2022, Shantavia was mowed...
With Hurricane Beryl flattening vast acres of farms in St James, the operators of the Maroon’s Pride banana chips factory are dreading an impending shortage of the potassium-rich produce that will force them to scale down production. Maroon’s Pride has...
The lack of land ownership titles and funds for rebuilding materials are the main hurdles keeping over two dozen people in shelters across Clarendon, Manchester, and St Elizabeth – three of the parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Beryl. The Category...
Twenty years ago an Englishwoman who goes only by the name of ‘GG’ travelled to Jamaica for the typical tourist experience – to party and have a good time on the white sandy beaches, and soak up the sizzling sun. But she ended up falling deeply in...
WESTERN BUREAU: Retired St James-based football referee Alva ‘Second’ Gordon was all smiles as he was presented with the Mayor of Montego Bay’s Special Award at Tuesday’s annual Spirit of Independence Civic and Awards ceremony in the western parish...
PARIS, FRANCE: IT MAY not have been the storybook ending he would have liked, but given the circumstances of the last two months, Jaydon Hibbert is just thankful that in his first Olympic final, he gave his all. His all saw him finish just outside...
Former Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell says it is time the Jamaican Parliament increases fines under the Office of Utilities Regulation Act after a revelation that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is facing a $2-million penalty if it does not meet...
In a tense and tragic turn of events, 20-year-old Thierry Headley was shot and killed during a security forces operation in the Backland community of Jones Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday morning. The incident has ignited outrage...
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has issued a stop order on the construction of a car dealership at 11 WestLake Avenue, in the Richmond Park area of St Andrew, following recent protests by residents of the community about...
WESTERN BUREAU: As part of its campaign to combat the lawlessness that has been plaguing the parish, the Westmoreland police recently seized over 2,000 motorcycles that were being operated illegally and, in many cases, serving as the transportation...
Thousands of residents in St Elizabeth are to remain in the dark for several more weeks after the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) announced a delay in restoring electricity to certain areas of the parish. The power company revealed a revised deadline...
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is basking in a string of recent convictions for financial crimes, including that of an employee who stole more than $800,000 from a Ministry of Labour and Social Security aid programme....
PARIS, France: In a season plagued by injuries, Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell made a triumphant Olympic debut, securing his first major global championship medal on Thursday. Broadbell copped bronze in the men’s 110m hurdles final in a season’s best...
WESTERN BUREAU: Ten years after her son, Mario Deane, was killed while in police custody at the Barnett Street Police Station in Montego Bay, St James, Mercia Fraser is stepping up her efforts to get justice for him. Speaking with The Gleaner...
Western Bureau: With the 2024-2025 school year on the horizon, 330 high-school and tertiary students from Hanover should now be feeling a fair amount of comfort, having been the recipients of more than US$350,000 in scholarship support from the...
A sprawling investigation, involving multiple law enforcement agencies, is under way to identify the mastermind behind an J$11-billion cocaine stash that was seized in St Andrew on Tuesday, sources have disclosed. Approximately 2,600 kilograms or 5...
