Jamaica News

Jamaicans are being begged to conserve water to stave off a severe crisis as the country continues to experience drought...He added that if the drought continues and if citizens pay scant regard to calls for serious and responsible conservation methods,...

Sunday December 6, 2009 Claude Clarke, Contributor With the public's attention now drawn to Jamaica's unique economic experience of having an economic meltdown in the midst of an unprecedented global economic expansion during the 1990s, much name-calling, scapegoating and buck-passing...

Small Island opened with an illusion that we knew – within just three or four words – was doomed to be shattered. "Put the word 'mother' in front of 'country'," said a male voice, "and you think of somewhere safe,...

The countervailing coalition, acting decisively and courageously, can help and slay the monster but we don't have a lot of time," he says. Coalition composition The composition of the coalition would include professionals in the criminal justice system such as...

Local legal eagles believe Jamaica should be bold enough to deny an extradition request from its powerful northern neighbour, the United States of America, when the accusers are not named. Veteran attorney-at-law Barry Frankson, who was called to the Bar...

MacMillan, a retired soldier, former commissioner of police and senator who had a short stint as national security minister, says the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have put party ahead of the country. In a...

Sunday December 6, 2009 Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter At least one group of realtors is predicting that Jamaica may be overrun by gated communities should the Government fail to get crime under control. "Most of the developments going forward...