The Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) is facing a race against time as it scrambles to find $200 million to relocate more than 500 animals after losing its long-time home at 10 Winchester Road in St Andrew. Managing...
Several students have been left in limbo after Quality Academics, a long-standing private educational institution with more than 200 pupils on roll, announced its sudden closure at its 77 Half-Way Tree Road location in St Andrew. The school’s lease...
Jamaicans, particularly those impacted by restrictions from the National Water Commission (NWC), are being forced to endure worsening drought conditions as rainfall remains scarce and water levels drop to critical lows across the island. With...
Grave-digging is a significant communal activity in St Ann South Eastern. Visiting these sites is a show of respect for the dead and their grieving relatives, and fosters solidarity among peers committed to completing the job, regardless of how...
PORTLAND: Two Portland women are gearing up for a fight to reunite with their Haitian husbands, who were deported earlier this year to Haiti – a country plagued by violence, instability, and poverty. The men were returned without papers, tools, or...
Dozens of fishermen are lost at sea each year, and in most cases they are ushered home quickly by local marine security. In other instances, much like the case of three fishermen who have been missing at sea for more than a week, they are not so...
They are not all troublemakers – at least, that’s what they are quick to clarify. Most of them are older men from nearby communities, disheartened by life’s hardships, who feel their only choice is to manage public parking spaces and wash cars in...
A new drug has entered the market to help combat the spread of HIV, expand prevention options, and challenge the stigma often faced by those living with the virus. However, as with other HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications, concerns...
All 19 exotic animals discovered alongside nearly 4,000 rounds of ammunition during a police raid in Westmoreland earlier this month have been disposed of, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has confirmed. The animals were part of...
They are the quiet warriors – the fathers who stay. The ones who promise to be there through sickness and health, and truly mean it. Because raising a child with a disability demands more than just presence – it demands strength, sacrifice, and...
While the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) accepts that there is still work to be done in tackling crime islandwide, it insists that the steady decline in murders is reason enough for voters to return the party to Government in the next general election...
By 9 a.m. on a typical day, Devon Duke*, a seasoned butcher at the Ocho Rios Market, would have cleaned and prepped over two dozen pigs for weekend sale. But last Wednesday, with fewer customers around, he had only managed six. Not far away, also...
A statement from the National Water Commission (NWC) is being met with scepticism and frustration from crocodile conservationists, following the death of at least 10 of the protected species at the Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds in St Catherine – an...
Two housing developments in Hellshire, St Catherine, have become symbols of both promise and frustration for their eager homeowners. However, while the Hellshire View development being undertaken by a state agency is mired in delays and mounting...
Getting water uphill is a Herculean and expensive task. Residents of Windsor Heights in Central Village, St Catherine, also find it deeply unnerving after repeatedly paying a “flat fee” to the National Water Commission (NWC) for the commodity,...
They carry a heavy burden. But, tethered to sworn oaths, familial bonds, and even fear, some officers within police forces across the world opt for secrecy and inaction when members of their squads openly act outside of policy. God forbid those...
Decraig Green, a psychiatric nursing assistant at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth, had just finished his afternoon shift and had planned to celebrate the rest of his birthday with his co-worker and friend, Patrick Henry. Henry was off work...
It is a dust bowl. A dry, desolate and rocky worksite battered by the unforgiving Portmore, St Catherine sun. As it is, it is a long way from the gated community promised to potential homeowners – and neither they nor the developers can say for...
Sharon Silvester* is a broken woman. Ever since losing her son a month ago, her world has been a strange place, where sleep eludes and tears visit her nightly. Silvester’s 27-year-old son, Kirk Gooden, an employee of Tank-Weld Metals, died in a...
They may not be the ones pulling the trigger or bludgeoning those who dare test their authority. Still, women in Jamaica’s most organised crime syndicates play roles that are no less deadly, and heinous, and which continue to challenge law...
It was a tearful and mournful farewell. But most of all, it was a celebration of inspiration – a tribute to two Jamaicans who had no qualms putting their country’s development and their family above all else. Their legacies promise to endure for...
Ellinor White is particularly grateful for the home she received under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). However, just a month after moving in, she is facing new challenges: blocked sewage drains and manholes that sometimes...
Attorneys representing Portmore, St Catherine resident Dwayne Leckie say they are prepared to explore all options in their pursuit of compensation after Leckie was arrested and thrown in jail for five days by cops who accused him of stealing his...
When Valerie Wilmott and her daughter Jacqueline Rogers were promised a house under Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), they were overjoyed. They readily agreed to demolish the bathroom of their severely...
It was a sombre night at Jessie Ripoll Primary School last Friday as loved ones paid tribute to O’Neil and Camesha Stevens, who lost their lives tragically while returning home from a holiday vacation overseas earlier this month. Students, parents...
