DESPITE A massive recruitment drive in recent years, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) continues to endure a shortage of members. But Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey believes that it is not very concerning as serious crimes continue to...
Pat Hexell is a broken woman and, as she gathered guineps for sale from a tree in Salt Spring, St James, yesterday, her mind swirled with worry, wondering what life holds ahead. Hexell is mother to two minors and, with mere weeks before the...
Attorney Isat Buchanan’s controversial utterances against Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Paula Llewellyn were yesterday labelled as a vile reminder of the long-fought battle against the disrespect meted out to professional females, and the...
Meadowbrook Preparatory School Principal Gloria Francis says the administration will have to plan a special welcome for students after the Easter break, in the wake of the traumatic shooting outside the compound earlier this week. Students and...
FINANCE MINISTER Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday said that almost all allocations under the Government’s compensation restructuring programme have been met, as the island reaches the last day of the 2022-23 fiscal year. Clarke was responding to questions...
The security forces’ efforts to track down and convict gang members are to be bolstered by Advanced Counter Gang Training being put on by the Government in collaboration with the United States. The training is aimed at building capacity for an...
THE EXPLETIVES were on the cusp of Suzan Jones’* lips after the motorcycle with two men aboard swerved in front of her, forcing her to jam hard on her car brakes on the busy Chancery Street in Meadowbrook, St Andrew, on Tuesday morning. She was...
ORGANISERS SAY they are anticipating a peaceful ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships, a contrast to former years when the much-anticipated event was marred with violent altercations between overzealous supporters. The five-day...
When Devroy Peart reached home from his nine-to-five job at the University Hospital of the West Indies around 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, the father asked his two daughters who would wash the dishes before responding to an InDrive taxi charter. He got...
ABUSE FROM patients, lack of staff and resources, long working hours, poor salaries, and the ever-looming threat of working in volatile communities. These are but some of the issues faced by public dental assistants, who are reportedly leaving...
The sight of his son’s body sprawled on a funeral home gurney, riddled with a dozen bullets clad in bloody and torn work clothes, was hardest for Comarsh Leslie Sr. Recalling the sight turned his bawling into wails, shivers into shakes, and...
As gunshots rang out inside a Scotiabank parking lot in Portmore, St Catherine, on Sunday afternoon, Jim James’* 19 years of experience as a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) took charge. Around him, hell was breaking loose; team member...
On average, two children were abducted every five days in Jamaica between 2021 and 2022, and most of these abductions took place in St Catherine, where females continue to be the preferred prey, police data has revealed. In fact, females accounted...
Sherica Listock* felt a rush of joy and sadness after seeing her six-year-old daughter for the first time in more than a year, last Friday. On one hand, her happiness was stifling, she relayed, but seeing what she described as the little girl’s...
After two days of rainfall, residents of Temple Hall in St Andrew are thanking the heavens for a reprieve from bushfires plaguing the area, wreaking havoc on their health and domestic lives. So, too, are staff at the Stony Hill Fire Station, who on...
More than five months after the Supreme Court ruled that security guards should be regarded as employees and not independent contract workers – giving them access to paid vacation, sick leave, overtime, and a range of other benefits – some private...
The island’s two major airports came under strain on Monday, after dozens of immigration officers reportedly called in sick, forcing long lines, heavy delays, and planeloads of frustrated passengers. The protests are for much more than compensation...
James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart believes his paintings tug at the heart of criminals bent on mayhem, causing them to reflect on the potential implications of their errant ways. And in the crime-torn community of August Town, St Andrew, which for years has...
Any talks of salary increases or the controversial taxing of housing allowances for policemen and women on the ground can only come after associations within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) sign off on a controversial $11.8 billion...
Seventeen-year-old Norman Manley High School student Janeek Huie had completed her English and social studies school-based assessments (SBAs) just hours before her house caught fire on West Street, Kingston, yesterday. The disaster started about 8...
Bent on offering more than prayers and winning souls, representatives at the Hagley Park Seventh Day Adventist Church in St Andrew South, are hoping to bolster community development with the erection of a HEART/NSTA Trust training centre on...
The president of the National Secondary Students Council (NSSC) is hoping that school administrations will implement measures to make up for teaching time lost due to protest action this week. Thousands of students, many of whom are in the throes...
Two months after the implementation of paternity leave, the principal of the Glenmuir High School in Clarendon is asking the Government to do more for families by sanctioning menstruation leave, similar to provisions in some First World countries...
When Lanceval Grant had dinner and washed the dishes before venturing outside to wish his friend a happy birthday, little did he know he would be stepping into his death. Within seconds, gunshots echoed throughout Watson Grove – a hard-pressed...
An increasing number of high-school girls are reportedly taking to social media sites to bully peers, the practice sometimes ending in physical violence when rivals meet face to face. The concerns were high on the list of worries for some...
