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A break-in at the Petersfield High School shelter has escalated tensions between residents and authorities, prompting Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie to demand round-the-clock police presence and warn that the Government will not put up...
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An overflowing Community Baptist Church of Englewood, New Jersey, heard glowing tributes paid to Jamaica’s late Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach-Wilson, who died on November 8 after battling breast cancer. Among those reflecting on Roach-...
Opposition Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson says the US$2.4 billion in private capital that is to be mobilised from external sources for Jamaica’s reconstruction efforts is contingent on the country’s ability to present bankable and competitive...
Christmas carols rang through speakers at Funland in Hope Gardens, Kingston, yesterday as excited children with special needs enjoyed games and competition organised especially for them by the Digicel Foundation. On the periphery of the merry-go-...
A call to unity and community action resonated through Pentecost Lane, Darliston, yesterday as Desmond McKenzie, minister of local government and community development, officially launched the National Cleanup Programme. The initiative seeks to...
WESTERN BUREAU: As cleanup and restoration efforts continue following Hurricane Melissa’s passage on October 28, the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is warning St James’ residents to properly containerise their garbage and not to carelessly...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s chief medical officer, Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, says the arrival of China’s state-of-the-art medical ship could not have come at a more critical moment, describing it as a “rare and invaluable opportunity” to...
A St Andrew man who was shut out of his uncle’s estate is now back in line to inherit after the Court of Appeal ruled that the will excluding him was a forgery, ending a legal battle that lasted over a decade. The court ruled that the purported...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s Director of Tourism Donovan White has assured more than 250 visiting travel advisers that the country’s tourism recovery is accelerating faster than anticipated, revealing that 80 per cent of the island’s room stock will...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says he is “deeply disappointed” with the construction quality of the relatively new male ward Savanna-la-Mar Infirmary in Westmoreland, which sustained major damage during Hurricane...
Managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Dr David Lowe says the first phase of the institution’s M5 Business Recovery Programme will be launched in the fourth quarter of the current financial year, between January and March 2026,...
Defence attorney King’s Counsel Larry Smith on Thursday raised the possibility that Donna-Lee Donaldson was trafficked, during cross-examination of the Crown’s final witness in the Noel Maitland murder trial. Smith questioned a detective inspector...
There were several tense moments during Thursday’s sitting of the Sagicor fraud trial as defence attorneys aggressively questioned a former banker who returned to the stand for cross-examination. The trial involves former bank manager Tricia...
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica’s health sector has received a critical boost with the arrival of China’s Navy hospital ship Ark Silk Road, which began a three-day medical mission in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday before it heads to Falmouth...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, has joined forces with the Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Chamber of Commerce to deliver humanitarian aid to residents still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The...
(EDITOR'S NOTE: After the discussion on the M5 Business Recovery Programme ended and the committee moved on to take questions on other unrelated matters, Permament Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development Arlene...
