Sexual offences, particularly consensual sexual intercourse with a person under 16, make up the majority of cases referred to Jamaica’s Child Diversion Programme, launched in 2020 to redirect children in conflict with the law from the courts to...
President of the Small Businesses Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid says Jamaicans should strenuously push back against a seven per cent increase in electricity rate approved by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to the Jamaica...
Anthony Smith is being hailed as a compassionate media leader whose stewardship inspired his colleagues and fostered an environment of innovation. Smith, who was chief executive officer of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, died on Sunday...
Passley Gardens, Portland: President of the College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE), Derrick Deslandes, has condemned Sunday’s alleged rape of a female student by unknown assailants on the institution’s property, which has left...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Saturday told displaced hurricane survivors sheltering at Petersfield High in Westmoreland that the Government is committed to relocating them to better living arrangements even as he stressed...
WESTERN BUREAU: The destruction left in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has dealt a major blow to PATH and social pension beneficiaries in St Elizabeth, with damaged post offices severely limiting access to critical financial support. That...
WESTERN BUREAU: Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, director of Chabad Jamaica Limited, has condemned what he described as a “despicable” and hate-driven attack on the global Jewish community, following a deadly shooting at a public Hanukkah celebration in Sydney...
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says Copa Airlines will increase its service into Montego Bay, St James to 10 weekly flights, strengthening Jamaica’s South American airlift as the tourism sector steadily recovers from the...
WESTERN BUREAU: A gasolene generator will be used to power a scaled-down Municipal Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Black River, St Elizabeth, as parish leaders move to keep hope alive in communities still recovering from the devastation caused...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Government has committed J$600 million to help displaced tourism workers repair and rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Melissa as part of a broader public-private recovery programme now expected to exceed J$2 billion. Tourism...
It started with a simple request for shampoo from a Hurricane Melissa victim who was forced to flee to the shelter at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland. Four women made their way to the parish in the aftermath of the devastating Category 5...
Chairman of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group Joseph M. Matalon has reacted with shock and sadness at the sudden passing of the media conglomerate’s chief executive officer, Anthony Smith. Smith, who was appointed CEO in January of last year,...
Voting for members of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) will commence on January 28 and end on February 20. The elections for members of the GJDC were originally scheduled to be held this month but were postponed due to Hurricane Melissa...
The proliferation of roadside cooked-food vendors has come under renewed scrutiny, with concerns mounting about food safety standards amid the recent outbreak of leptospirosis in sections of western Jamaica. Raising the issue at last Thursday’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the ongoing work to restore the operating theatres at five hospitals in western Jamaica, which were damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, could be completed by...
A simple share or a single click is all it takes for an online meeting to be turned into a digital crime scene. From classrooms to government webinars, uninvited intruders continue to crash poorly secured virtual gatherings, flooding screens with...
Amelia McKnight has achieved regional and national success in a subject she admits her family had neither the skills nor resources to fully practise: budgeting. Her ninth-place regional finish in family and resource management in the Caribbean...
Jamaica’s Court of Appeal has quashed a 2019 murder conviction, criticising Chief Justice Bryan Sykes for his conduct during the trial and warning judges about overstepping their role in court. The chief justice is the head of the judiciary. In a...
The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has gone to court to block an ongoing investigation by the Integrity Commission (IC), accusing the anti-corruption body of acting illegally and abusing its powers. The commission has rejected those claims and...
The Equality for All Foundation Jamaica, formerly the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), has challenged what it describes as performative opposition from sections of Jamaica’s faith-based community, arguing that relations...
Tonielia Rowe’s eighth-place regional finish in textiles, clothing and fashion in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations feels like a first-place victory for Greater Portmore High School in St Catherine. Principal Ricardo...
WESTERN BUREAU: She could not run when Hurricane Melissa tore apart the tiny house in Springfield, St Elizabeth. The disabled daughter survived, but her mother and two uncles, inseparable siblings who spent decades living together, did not. Their...
The man who was found guilty for the 2018 murder of businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone, after he went missing, is to know his fate on Monday. Twenty-six-year-old Shamar Clarke, a former employee of Rhone, was remanded by Justice Carolyn Tie-Powell for...
One of the Caribbean’s leading experts on climate change and its devastating effects is sounding a warning that, if Jamaica does not increase its resilience it will continue to suffer economic and social shocks from the impact of climate change....
WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors and public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in St Elizabeth are experiencing growing frustration over the continued non-use of a newly built public sanitary convenience in Junction, which remains closed months after a...
