Streetlight joke WESTERN BUREAU: The promise of Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie, for 50 streetlights to be allocated for installation each year over the next two years, to each councillor islandwide, has been ridiculed and described as a big joke by...
Singer shutters Constant Spring, King Street stores Singer Jamaica will turn down the volume on its retail footprint, closing two stores this month as it fine-tunes its operations. The affected outlets are located at 21 Constant Spring Road in Kingston 10, known as the Mega Store, and at 18-20 King...
Woman pulled from plane sues Gov’t over passport, alleged rights breaches A Jamaican businesswoman is suing the minister of national security and the attorney general, alleging that her passport was unlawfully seized by immigration authorities and held for nearly seven months without due process. Jacqueline Dahila...
‘Ruffian’ was on police radar since $23m Beryllium robbery Veteran entertainer Sheron ‘Ruffian’ Peterkin, who is now a little over a week into her near 14-year prison sentence for firearm-related charges, has been revealed to have come on the police radar following a major Beryllium robbery in Portmore, St...
Active fathers break cycle of gang violence – Holness Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling for Jamaican fathers, especially young and absent biological fathers, to take a more active role in their children’s lives not just financially, but emotionally. The prime minister honoured Jamaican...
Father’s Day show all about positive reinforcement – McFarlane Creative director of Mack and Mack Innovations Delano McFarlane is promoting Father’s Day as a tool to engage Jamaican men in family life and the broader society. McFarlane, who produces several events throughout the year, explained that...
‘Your blood saved me’ When Anakay Montaque, 59, speaks about the power of blood, she is not referring to faith alone. She is talking about the literal, lifesaving kind, the type selflessly donated by strangers, coursing through her veins and giving her a second chance...
Juici Patties opens in Drax Hall Juici Patties has opened a new franchise in the booming Drax Hall area of St Ann, thanks to franchisees Shermaine Desnoes and Glen O’Connor, directors of Golden Grain Baking Company. The new location, at Boot service station, offers comfortable...
Clarendon councillor critical of police probe into Derricka Rogers’ disappearance, murder Councillor Carlton Bailey, who represents the Milk River division in Clarendon South West, is raising concerns over the police’s handling of the investigation into the disappearance and subsequent death of 19-year-old Derricka Rogers. Rogers, a...
DEAD GET MOVING Some five decades after its predecessor was destroyed by fire, Jamaica’s state-of-the-art government forensic pathology autopsy suite was reopened on Thursday, aiming to tackle a mounting backlog of more than 300 autopsies. However, while plans are...