(Jamaica Gleaner) The Mona Law Society at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has come under fire from at least one senior member of the law fraternity for the posting of photographs of some female law students in skimpy clothing on its Instagram social media page.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Western Jamaica lost one of its iconic residents yesterday with the passing of legendary businessman, politician, and philanthropist Owen ‘Hurry Hurry’ Sinclair.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has issued 29 licences to 23 people since the authority’s inception.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Seth George Ramocan, has called for a suspension of deportations to the island until the investigation into the Windrush scandal is published by Home Office and other issues surrounding immigration are resolved.
(Jamaica Observer) It was her deceased parents’ wish for her to return to Jamaica.
(Jamaica Observer) The US$300-million lawsuit brought by Jamaican deejay Flourgon against American singer Miley Cyrus over alleged copyright infringements, has been given a possible lifeline.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The public will soon have to receive special instructions on how to dispose of discarded electrical and electronic devices, or e-waste.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican economy experienced real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1.8 per cent for the 2018 calendar year, according to Dr Wayne Henry, director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).
(Jamaica Gleaner) Five persons, including two children, were seriously injured yesterday morning in a three-vehicle collision along the Montpelier main road, which also left several other persons nursing minor injuries.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The social media pages of Jamaican athlete Asafa Powell have been overflowing with congratulatory messages following his weekend marriage to Canadian model, Alyshia Miller.
(Jamaica Observer) FOUR months after the Jamaica Observer highlighted his plight of not having a birth certificate, Raheem Powell is finally a registered Jamaican citizen.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The market value of Jamaica’s sole oil refinery Petrojam has dropped by nearly US$100 million in the past 12 years, newly appointed Energy Minister Fayval Williams has revealed According to Williams, a valuation conducted in 2006 by an international firm using globally accepted standards placed the value of the 55 year-old refinery at US$126 million.
(Jamaica Observer) A young man accused of stealing a large quantity of medical supplies from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) was remanded in custody after the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court was informed that a voice note was found on his phone in which he was reportedly heard giving instruction for a policeman to be killed.
(Jamaica Observer) The Government has allocated $35.872 million to a project aimed at increasing Jamaica Post’s ability to control and improve mail processing and handling.
(Jamaica Observer) A British woman was arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of eight pounds of cocaine at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James last Thursday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Peta-gaye Ffrench, the woman charged with stealing a day-old baby from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, is to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Police in Jamaica say a Delaware native was murdered in Jamaica saturday night, according to a report on CBS Philly.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite denials from Petrojam that its supplies are compromised, a source who has intimate knowledge of operational deficiencies at Jamaica’s sole oil refinery has explained the source of the smelly gas, and is warning that it undermines vehicle performance and threatens long-term damage.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Four persons are now dead and another four, up to yesterday afternoon, remained in hospital following their involvements in two separate road accidents along sections of the Holland Bamboo main road in St Elizabeth, on Friday night into Saturday morning.
(Jamaica Observer) A security guard, who held up a woman in downtown Kingston with a knife and stole her phone and then tried to blackmail her for sex with videos that he found on the phones, was remanded for sentencing when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last week.
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