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01 Sep, 2026 0

Immigration | What does the Windrush Scheme require to prove ‘right to remain’?

Dear Mr. Bassie, With respect to the Windrush Scheme, please advise what proof would need to be shown with regards to the right to be in the United Kingdom. T.M. Dear T.M., Under the Windrush…
Dahlia Walker-Huntington
01 Sep, 2026 0

Immigration | I want to take my child to the US

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I am getting married to a citizen of the United States of America and I do not want leave my child behind. There is a court order and I have primary care and control but it…
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31 Aug, 2026 0

Vote transfer troubles - ECJ to probe claims that scrutineer absences blocking some electors’ from going to polls where they now reside

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) is investigating reports that some electors, particularly in St Mary, have been unable to transfer their votes despite repeated attempts over several years.…
Mourners take one final look at the body of Shani Coke in Troy, Trelawny yesterday.
31 Aug, 2026 0

Our grief must become action - Dalrymple-Philibert

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaicans are being challenged to break the culture of silence surrounding the abuse of children, with Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, minister of state in the Ministry of Justice and…
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31 Aug, 2026 0

Road blocked in Harkers Hall over man’s death

Residents of Harkers Hall in St Catherine blocked the main road in the community on Monday morning in protest over the death of a man whose body was found with what appeared to be multiple gunshot…
Images posted on JPS’s social media pages show what appears to be a JUTC bus that had collided into a light pole in Naggo Head in Portmore, St Catherine, resulting in electrical wires being pulled to the ground. Sections of Portmore in St Catherine are n
31 Aug, 2026 0

JUTC bus crash disrupts electricity supply in sections of Portmore

Sections of Portmore in St Catherine are now without electricity due to what the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) says was a motor vehicle crash in Naggo Head on Sunday night. Images posted…
Pearnel Charles Sr with his wife Gloria at his 90th birthday party held yesterday in St Andrew. The couple have been married for 56 years and raised seven children together.
31 Aug, 2026 0

Pearnel Charles celebrates 90

Family, friends and political colleagues gathered at the home of former Speaker of the House Pearnel Charles Sr yesterday to celebrate his 90th birthday, which he officially marks today. Among those…
O’Brian Heron (left), the president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), chats with Lindsay McFarlane, executive director of SNL Jamaican Tours Limited, following the JHTA’s annual general meeting at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay,
31 Aug, 2026 0

Tourism recovery must not be compromised, says JHTA boss

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President O’Brian Heron says he is hopeful that upcoming talks with the Government will influence its decision to increase general…
A fireman walks past the burnt out Superior Parts building along Hagley Park Road in St Andrew on Friday.
31 Aug, 2026 0

After the flames

A day after a devastating fire gutted the headquarters of Superior Honda Parts Limited and spread to neighbouring auto-parts supplier Ketro Trading Company Limited, firefighters remained on the scene…