MONTEGO BAY, St James — Dezene Thompson-Powell, and Venesia Parkins have been best friends for many years. The two have always believed in being each other’s keeper, so it should come as no…

The J Wray & Nephew Foundation (JWNF) joined forces with the United States Embassy in Kingston and the LASCO Chin Foundation recently, to deliver a conflict resolution workshop series in schools across Jamaica….

CHRISTIANA, Manchester — Within the next three months work is to begin on the expansion of a taxi park here to accommodate 500 public passenger vehicles in a multi-level facility, following months of…

PORT ANTONIO, Portland – There will be no entry fee when the popular Blue Lagoon reopens on June 1 but a raft of measures will be in place during a three-month-long first phase…

MONTEGO BAY, St James — There is growing tension at the St James-based Cornwall College between members of the school’s administration and two former cooks who believe they have been treated unfairly over…

The Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) says it has completed a probe into the circumstances under which a powerful rifle, brought into the island with a Canadian sport shooting team earlier this year, was…

It was a shocking admission made with earnestness. A group of 11 teenagers in Arnett Gardens, when asked to say how they felt about children being raped, said they would rather commit suicide…

Ideally, they wanted to experience undiluted joy on Mother’s Day. Instead, they are blanketed by the disquieting and heart-shattering reality of a Beryllium security guard they know and love. One is his mother,…

I somehow missed the word ‘estimated’ when Dr Michael Abrahams informed Stephen and me that we had an ‘estimated due date’ of March 11, 2011. Yes, that is what the E stands for…

‘Jamaica Yes, Federation NO’ was the political slogan I remembered in 1961 in the elections to decide whether we should pursue federation with other Caribbean countries or go, on our own, headlong into…