Baby shortage Birth deliveries at the country’s largest maternity facility, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), have tumbled from more than 500 last year to just over 300, a startling shift that confirms a national decline in childbirth. Sister Dawn Williams Gordon...
Attorney claims child jailed after withholding cell phone password A 12-year-old boy is alleged to have been jailed overnight by cops in Trelawny after he refused to comply with their demand for the password to his cell phone. That’s the claim from the attorney for the child’s family. The series of incidents began...
Women inspire in key judiciary roles Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday lauded the many strides made by women in Jamaica’s judiciary and reiterated the courts’ commitment to reducing case backlogs, noting that great strides have been taken at all levels in recent years. These were...
H&L touts low-cost housing ‘game changer’ It was nine years in the making, but Hardware and Lumber Limited (H...
MoBay’s mayor gets extension to respond to political ombudsman The Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO) has extended the May 6 deadline for Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon to respond to an alleged breach of the Political Code of Conduct. In a letter dated May 5, 2025 to the OPO, the mayor’s legal...
Application for jury to visit cell rejected WESTERN BUREAU: The presiding judge in the Mario Deane trial yesterday rejected an application from the defence team of the three police personnel implicated in Deane’s death, for the trial’s seven-member jury to be allowed to visit and examine the...
‘The army was his first wife’ Oliver Nathaniel Williams, a Jamaican military veteran and former vice-president of the Jamaica Legion, led a life dedicated to service, discipline, and had an unwavering love for his country. He was a man who deeply valued the army and its...
TENSION SPARKS The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) has raised concerns over allegations that local workers hired by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) under the Government’s $45-billion SPARK road-improvement programme are being...
Holness: You gonna get cameras so til you don’t know what to do with it Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaicans can expect a flood of surveillance cameras as the Government ramps up its technology-driven approach to crime fighting. Responding to repeated public questions about the JamaicaEye programme and...
Gov’t, Opposition spar over constitutional reform process Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte yesterday suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Golding has backtracked on his original pronouncement of moving forward with the constitutional reform process with the things both...