In a passionate address in Clarendon, Prime Minister Andrew Holness vowed to make road repairs a top priority, signalling a strong commitment to fixing Jamaica’s road infrastructure. The announcement came during the nomination rally for Suzette...
A “national disgrace” is how former Mayor of Morant Bay Yvonne Rosemarie Shaw, who is vying once a again for a seat in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation, describes the legacy road network in the parish. The road network, which forms part of the...
Western Bureau: Former member of parliament (MP) Marissa Dalrymple-Philibert was one of two candidates who were nominated in Albert Town, Trelawny, to contest the November 22 by-election for the Trelawny South constituency, which has been vacant...
Several Jamaican Diaspora leaders in the United States (US) who backed Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election have been left devastated by her loss but are now adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards the incoming Donald...
Yesterday’s nomination of Duane Smith as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the St Andrew North Western by-election reignited expectations among Labourites that he may follow in his father Derrick’s footsteps as the parliamentary...
Terrence Williams, former commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), yesterday testified that when he left the post in 2020, the nearly 10-year-old request for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to turn over the firearms...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is again being urged to make use of body-worn cameras as part of its standard operating procedure. Leading expert on national security and economic development at The University of the West Indies (UWI),...
There was frustration and confusion outside the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre yesterday, after visitors turned up with food for their incarcerated relatives, only to be turned away by prison authorities at the gate. Yesterday, Joyce Stone...
WASHINGTON (AP): Donald Trump won Pennsylvania early Wednesday, putting him just three electoral votes shy of defeating Kamala Harris to win the White House. A win in Alaska or any of the outstanding battleground states — Michigan, Wisconsin,...
Early reports from across the island are that Jamaicans escaped the worst possible outcome of Tropical Storm Rafael. According to the National Works Agency, there were reports of landslides in St Thomas, northern St Catherine, and flooding in...
Residents of McGlashen in St Andrew are calling for quick action by the government to fix the massive breakaway on the main road in their community, which lies along the route between Golden Spring and Mount Airy. Persistent heavy rainfall in...
Director of Elections Glasspole Brown says his office is ready to preside over today’s nomination of prospective candidates vying for two parliamentary seats and two municipal positions in by-elections on November 22. With weather conditions...
A previous effort by good Samaritans to alleviate the frustrations of residents over the poor state of Oakland Crescent in Payne Land, St Andrew, was reduced to naught on Tuesday as it was washed away following rainfall linked to Tropical Storm...
Jamaica Labour Party leader Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday rued the loss of the Mocho division in Clarendon North Central, telling Labourites that the governing party is committed to regaining their confidence. “This constituency is very...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding yesterday fired back at Prime Minister Andrew Holness, calling him “desperate and becoming unhinged” after the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader said the People’s National Party (PNP) embraces criminality. Holness was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Beryl, fishermen in St James are bracing for impact as heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Rafael is expected across the island over the next few days. On Monday, fisherfolk...
A 23-year-old Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) private was arrested Sunday after two guns, an imitation firearm, and more than 50 rounds of assorted ammunition were reportedly found in a motor vehicle driven by the accused at Up Park Camp. The accused,...
NEW YORK: As the United States presidential election takes place today, immigration attorneys believe Jamaicans, like other immigrants, should be worried about a potential victory for former President Donald Trump, as he has promised sweeping...
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is raising concerns about a massive 168 per cent surge in forced outages reported by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), with numbers jumping from 49,243 in December 2019 to 132,226 in 2023. Of the 136,552...
Dr Garth Anderson, dean of the Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica (TCJ), wants a comprehensive plan from the Ministry of Education as to how it will retain the more than 700 trained teachers who recently graduated from the nine teachers’ colleges and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Roland Haye, the western regional coordinator for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), has asked disaster management entities in St James to be on standby today, should there be a need to evacuate...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Courtney Williams, a renowned Montego Bay, St James-based optometrist, says untreated cases of diabetes can lead to vision problems, which in turn can negatively affect a child’s capacity to function properly, severely affecting...
The Police High Command is warning men from Crescent Road in Kingston believed to be behind Sunday’s deadly attack in which three persons were slaughtered and five injured to turn themselves in to the authorities. “Wherever you are, we are coming...
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaica braces for a tropical storm that is expected to affect the island come Monday evening, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is expressing confidence that St James is prepared to deal with the potential impact of the adverse...
Upset that seven years of relative calm have been broken with Saturday night’s mass shooting incident, which left three people dead on Bowen Road, Kingston 11, residents say they no longer have an interest in maintaining efforts at keeping the...
