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WESTERN BUREAU: GANG VIOLENCE within the community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has left a grade 10 schoolboy, 16-year-old Carson Bennett, dead and his female schoolmate of Grange Hill High School hospitalised. The incident, which took place some...
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King’s Counsel Douglas Leys, who has been retained by incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, says she has not stepped down from her post. “I can say affirmatively that she has not resigned, and it would not be advisable for her...
WESTERN BUREAU: While there are significant doubts about the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) current administration, many Jamaicans are still indifferent in their confidence in the People’s National Party (PNP). These are the findings of a poll...
GOVERNMENT LAWMAKER and attorney-at-law Ransford Braham, KC, is cautioning against a possible fallout in the early childhood education sector when the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) bill is passed and implemented. His concern is that there could be...
PASSIONATE ABOUT life at sea, Jamaica-born Captain Rayon Carruthers is determined to make sure that the country’s youth have equitable access to the pleasures of boating. “I don’t want them to feel excluded,” Carruthers said in a recent interview...
WESTERN BUREAU: LESS THAN two weeks after a fire of reportedly malicious origin completely engulfed her two-bedroom house in Salt Spring, St James, 48-year-old Danette Smith is issuing a heartfelt appeal for help to rebuild so she and her two-year-...
A KING Alarm security guard previously stationed at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Garden Boulevard entrance security post, reportedly made a failed attempt to rape a nine-year-old girl who, allegedly, he subsequently assaulted on the...
WESTERN BUREAU: “SINCE THE incident, she has locked down, and I am not getting much from her. Even when I ask her about the incident, she is not saying anything to me.” That was the revelation from J. C. [real name withheld on request], the mother...
JAMAICA’S CREDIBILITY and reputation have taken a blow from the massive Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) fraud orchestrated at Steer Town Academy in St Ann, in 2022, coupled with last May’s leakage of the Caribbean Secondary Education...
THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica is being commended for its decision to officially recognise Palestine as a state even as concerns rise about how this move may impact the island’s relationship with Israel. Byron Blake, former Jamaican deputy permanent...
The conditions under which a newborn baby and her parents are living are so deplorable that some residents of Seaview Gardens in St Andrew this week threatened to call a government agency to intervene in the situation. Mario Wallace, founder of non...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NEWLY opened Falmouth Artisan Village has brought a sense of hope to small business operators looking to ply their wares to both locals and tourists. The artisan village, which was officially opened last Friday, can be found at...
MINISTER OF Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr says more support and greater investments are needed to address the ongoing issue of stigmatisation of at-risk youth. In order to promote a more dynamic and inclusive workforce, Charles Jr...
Former Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament Dwayne Vaz is facing charges for breaching Section 43(1)(b) of the Integrity Commission Act (ICA). At the same time, a senior public servant is in trouble with the anti-corruption body for failing to...
Nearly half of Jamaicans are of the view that things are going in the wrong direction, citing unemployment among youth as a major indicator. The findings are the results of a poll conducted by the Don Anderson-led Market Research Services Limited...
GOVERNMENT LAWMAKERS paid tribute to former clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis in her absence on Tuesday, but the parliamentary Opposition reserved their accolades for a future event when they can commend the former administrator of...
