Market meltdown Savanna-la-Mar’s storm-ravaged market has once again become the centre of public frustration and political attention as residents and vendors plead for urgent repairs and clarity on its future. The facility, badly damaged during Hurricane Melissa...
Cops probe beating death of inmate at St Mary lock-up Annotto Bay, ST MARY: The Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau and the Independent Commission of Investigations have launched an investigation into the death of an inmate while in custody at a police station in St Mary. The...
Explanation needed over push for vote on church blessings for same-sex unions – West President for the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) Dr Wayne West is questioning the motivation of Reverend Devon Dick, pastor of the Boulevard Baptist Church, for placing on the agenda of a business meeting a discussion and vote on...
Two Palmers, two painful Melissa experiences Western Bureau: While scores of residents were converging on the Duanvale Community Centre, in Trelawny, on Friday to collect care packages and other supplies courtesy of Pepsi, which had partnered with entities such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Wata,...
Workshop launched to tackle challenges impacting high schoolers’ mental health Parental relationships, cellular phone usage, and self-esteem struggles are labelled among the major challenges impacting high school students’ mental health and Chevening, Mindfulness Jamaica, and Jonathan Grant High School have partnered on an...
Appeal Court rejects Jennifer Housen’s bid to delay disciplinary sanction Former politician and attorney, Jennifer Housen, has lost her bid to delay her six-month suspension arising from a land transaction, after the Court of Appeal rejected her application to put the disciplinary sanction on hold pending an appeal. The...
Duty’s call Delta Airlines employees are lending a helping hand to communities affected by the Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, bringing care packages, essentials, and even personal services, to residents in need. Unice Rashford, lead of the Delta Employee...
NO VOTE ON GAY UNION BLESSINGS The Boulevard Baptist Church membership last month voted down a proposal from its pastor, Reverend Devon Dick, to add to the agenda of a business meeting a discussion and vote on whether same-sex unions could receive “blessings” at the church....
Gov’t challenges $120m award to George Williams, calls it excessive The Government is arguing that the $120 million in damages that was awarded to George Williams – the mentally disabled Rastafarian man who spent 50 years in prison awaiting trial – was “punitive in circumstances where there was no oppressive,...
Edmund Ridge fury Less than a year after moving into his new two-bedroom home at Edmund Ridge Estates in St James, homeowner Anthony Davis has begun extensive interior renovations. The house was among several severely damaged in October when Hurricane Melissa ripped...