Can any good thing come out of Windsor Heights? That question, with biblical resonance, is often hurled by outsiders at residents of the gritty neighbourhood on the periphery of Central Village who live with the slur Sufferers Heights. But the...
The Jamaican economy contracted by an estimated 1.7 per cent in the January to March 2020 quarter compared with the corresponding quarter of 2019 and is projected to decline by 12 to 14 per cent for the April to June quarter. Planning Institute of...
The quest for justice by the family of Keith Clarke will drag on longer following the latest ruling of the Court of Appeal. Clarke was killed in a military operation 10 years ago in the hunt for then fugitive, Christopher ‘Dudus’ ...
Lawmakers spent hours today, at times in intense and sharp exchanges, as they debated an amendment to the Financial Administration and Audit (FAA) Act which was later passed without amendment. The bill will facilitate the extension of the timeline...
Jamaica has recorded five new COVID cases pushing the total to 569. The new cases comprise four women and one man from the parishes of Manchester, St James, St Catherine, Kingston and St Andrew. Of the five new confirmed positive cases, one...
CABBAGE FARMERS in Prickly Pole, a hillside community in southern St Ann, have lambasted the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) for failing to provide crucial inputs such as irrigation, dooming their crops to be victim to prolonged...
TOURISM LOBBYISTS are not easing up on the Government, saying they “expect” a final position by May 31 on the reopening of borders to incoming passengers, after Prime Minister Andrew Holness gave away little as he addressed the public five days...
CONCERNS ARE heightening about the safety of aged residents at the St Ann Infirmary, with a worker there contracting COVID-19 and triggering home quarantine for 21 of his close contacts. The male employee has been placed under isolation in a...
WESTERN BUREAU: REELING FROM losses of between US$3.5 and $4 million per month, Jamaican car-rental operators are appealing to the Government for a host of concessions to pull themselves from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
FOLLOWING ADMISSION from the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) that glaring procurement and other breaches were committed at the institution, members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) want to know what action, if any, will be taken by state...
A JAMAICAN restaurateur whose philanthropic efforts have warmed the stomachs of the homeless in Florida is on the verge of losing her business because of spiralling overheads and low revenues caused by coronavirus containment measures. Millicent...
HISTORY WAS made in Florida when Renatha Francis became the first Jamaican ever to be appointed to the Florida Supreme Court. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made the announcement yesterday at a news conference in Miami. Francis currently sits as a...
AS THEY refine the education ministry’s coronavirus protocols for the reopening of schools on June 8 for exam preparations, Jamaican administrators are in a race against time to overcome logistical and other challenges. The face-to-face classes are...
There have been eight new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing to 564, the number of confirmed infections. At the same time, there have been 29 more recoveries increasing the tally to 267 with deaths remaining at 9. This means there are...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that 40 deportees from the United States are among 220 Jamaicans to return by air within seven days. He made the announcement a short while ago at a digital press conference following today's Cabinet meeting. In April, 46...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE 200 Jamaicans who arrived via air from New York and Fort Lauderdale on May 13 are accusing the Government of giving preferential treatment to the 1,044 Adventure of the Seas cruise ship workers who have already been processed a...
LONG REGARDED as the forgotten stepchild of Jamaica’s tourism industry, Treasure Beach was dealt a massive blow when the Government, on March 24, closed the country’s borders to inbound travellers amid the outbreak of COVID-19. With the vast...
MANDEVILLE: WHILE MOST people in Manchester abided by the stay-at-home guideline for Labour Day projects, personnel at the Mandeville Police Station paid special attention to their second home, which received a much-needed facelift. A team from...
DAYS AFTER tourism advocates called for the Holness administration to declare a timeline for the resumption of incoming air and sea travel, Jamaica’s most powerful private-sctor lobby has added pressure for a clear road map towards a “date for a...
NINETY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD INA Rankling was a picture of joy on Labour Day yesterday as the Guanaboa Vale police and community members erected a spanking new kitchen for her in Old Road, Kitson Town, St Catherine. District Constable Antoinette Keddo...
THE ST Thomas Municipal Corporation has moved to address long-standing complaints by residents of Leith Hall and Airy Castle about inefficient garbage collection. The local council engaged residents of the community on Labour Day yesterday in the...
RESIDENTS OF Hanover are taking to social media and other platforms to chastise the Government for crediting the parish with one case of COVID-19 after a male cruise ship worker from the Adventure of the Seas, which docked in Falmouth, Trelawny,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Pitching a working timeline of four to six weeks for the reopening of the tourism industry, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it fully supports the pretesting of guests. The group also backs the wearing of masks...
On the heels of last weekend’s titanic clash between dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer that captured the attention of international fans, media outlets, and industry players, there is a push for the two to be reissued with United...
Opposition Senator Lambert Brown is questioning whether Jamaica would be removed from the European Union financial blacklist, given the expected more than five per cent contraction in the economy because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jamaica was among...
