Lead Stories

Western Bureau: Having recently completed a four-month renovation exercise, which has given the 21-year-old Riu Negril Hotel in Hanover a brand-new look, the property, which is led by its general manager, Luis Suarez, is now ready to capitalise on...

WESTERN BUREAU: At a time when gender equality was scarcely acknowledged as a concept, Faith Haughton was breaking barriers and challenging male-dominated norms, making history along the way. Haughton made history in 1961 as the first Jamaican...

The judge who handled the oil spill case involving Trade Winds Citrus Limited and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) did not have the authority to review a secret mediation deal that ended the case, according to the Court...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, a day after the arrival of 56 deportees on Jamaica’s shores, yesterday added his voice to the discussion around the looming influx of Jamaicans booted from the United States (US) as well as those seeking to return...

In keeping with its stated commitment to human resource development within the public sector, the Government has launched a Public Sector Learning and Development Policy aimed at supporting transformation efforts and ultimately lead to a dynamic...

The Jamaican Government has reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding the well-being of Jamaicans involved in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), in light of an Amnesty International report highlighting human rights abuses in...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court yesterday halted the case against Rushawn Patterson, the man accused of the October 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, until October 15 to allow him time to recover from...

A Canadian employer involved in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) reportedly used racial slurs to intimidate workers, including threatening to send Jamaican employees “back to the trees where you come from”. This was just one of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Patrick Anglin, the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) data-protection officer, is calling for data-protection policies to be implemented in Jamaica’s education system in order to streamline the use and security of sensitive...

The Supreme Court has dismissed a $6-billion fraud lawsuit against Total Jamaica Limited and attorney Peter Asher over gas station purchases two decades ago, ruling the case “devoid of credibility” and clearing them of wrongdoing. “The claimant (...

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte has dismissed as false reported claims by the parliamentary Opposition that the Government was trying to push the constitutional reform process “down the throats of Jamaicans”....

WESTERN BUREAU Gary Sadler, the executive vice-president of sales and industrial relations for Unique Vacations, the worldwide representatives of Sandals and Beaches Resorts, says Jamaica is the envy of the world in the hospitality sector. “What...