WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says Fresh Bread Ministries International (FBMI), a non-denominational organisation based in the St James capital, has made the area richer in spirit and stronger in purpose in the 25 years it has...

“Our first event, ‘Our Love’, was held in February 2022, and that really marked the beginning of our journey. We officially registered Well Ample Productions in 2023, after realising how much impact and community energy was growing around what we...

THE MINISTRY of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is advancing Jamaica’s food security and pioneering a new frontier in blue economy sustainability through a Red Snapper Cage Culture Fin Fish Pilot Project. The project is spearheaded by the United...

An 11- member Jamaican team comprising eight students and three coaches will leave Jamaica for Panama, where they will compete in the 2025 FIRST Global Robotics Challenge that will take place in Panama City from October 29 to November 1. Often...

Established in 1935 by the sisters of the Franciscan Order, Marymount High School is celebrating 90 years in existence and can boast, among many other things, that it has become a beacon of hope to the neighbourhood of Cromwell in Highgate, St Mary...

ARDENNE HIGH School has copped the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts for the 15th year. The 2025 presentation was held on October 15 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. The...

IN TOWNS and communities across Jamaica, it’s a familiar scene: fathers carefully balancing their children on motorcycles as they navigate morning traffic, heading to school. For many families, motorcycles are not a luxury, they are the only...

On National Heroes' Day we celebrate and express gratitude to our six national heroes and heroine who transformed struggle into triumph and dreams into nationhood. Through their courage and sacrifice, they laid the foundation for a Jamaica where...

My fellow Jamaicans, on this Heroes’ Day, we stand as one people - proud and free - to celebrate the spirit that built our great nation. Ours is a story written in courage and conviction, a heritage born of struggle, guided by faith, and carried...

JPS, through its Environmental Affairs Department and its philanthropic arm, the JPS Foundation, participated in the coastal clean-up activity held on International Coastal Cleanup Day (September 20). With assistance from partners including the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dominica Pradere, past president of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay, says the global campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, is far from complete, and is calling for renewed public engagement and sustained...

Jamaica last week underscored its leadership in advancing climate-resilient agriculture and regional food security during the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2025, a flagship event of the World Food Forum (WFF) held at the Food and Agriculture...

Members of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) utilised their presence at the Court Administration Division’s Public Education Day Symposium to raise awareness about the extensive legal functions performed by the agency, while also highlighting recent...

The 72-acre Kingston Race Course has been an important site in Kingston and St Andrew for sports and recreation since the early 19th century. It also hosted circuses, evangelists, and concerts. It was a cholera burial site and provided temporary...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday reiterated its reason for standing apart from its CARICOM neighbours in declining to back a regional position on key security and regional stability issues, including the growing...

The police are advising the public that the Junction main road in the vicinity of Brandon Hill, St Andrew, has become hazardous as trees and other debris are blocking the roadway. In addition, rocks are falling from the hills, posing a risk to...

Acting Inspector of Poor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Donna-Gaye Brady, says the Poor Relief Department has been receiving numerous calls from individuals and organisations seeking to streamline their homeless feeding...

The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has confirmed that a minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was felt across several parishes of Jamaica on Sunday. The epicentre was located eight kilometres south of Buff Bay,...

Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, has pledged the full support of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation to help strengthen Negril’s entertainment sector. Speaking during the recent Entertainment Venues of Negril Press...

THIS PAST week, the Jewish community celebrated Simchat Torah, a holiday which concludes and immediately restarts the reading of the Five Books of Moses. Literally meaning ‘Rejoicing in the Torah’, this holiday is the happiest festival on the...

LAST WEEK, we kicked off a new series on knowing the truth about Jesus. We live in a world that constantly tries to convince us that faith is for the non-thinkers who just want something to believe in. Nothing could be further from the truth. Along...

MY RECENT obeah piece certainly triggered many comments, questions, and some condemnation both for obeah and for me. I decided to ask AI Overview about obeah! Here goes: “Obeah is a system of supernatural beliefs, divination, and healing practices...

DURING THE American War of Independence, enslaved black people were promised their freedom if they fought for the British against the separatists. When the British lost the war, these enslaved people who fought for them were offered free passage...

A call is growing louder for Jamaica’s teacher-training colleges to integrate special education modules – or even full majors – into their programmes to better equip educators to support neurodivergent learners from kindergarten to high school. Dr...

One of two suspects who allegedly fired at the St Catherine police after they were intercepted in a stolen vehicle is now in custody while the other is being sought.  The police say about 9:40 a.m. Friday, police personnel attached to the Guy...

WESTERN BUREAU: Rohan Rose, the security guard who was charged for allegedly concealing information he had received about the death of social media influencer, Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend, who was murdered in Montego Bay in 2022, is slated to stand...

A TOUCH of elegance, class and camaraderie set the perfect backdrop for the installation ceremony of the new administration of the Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew, held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel. The past year was filled with great...

OVER 300 students at the University of Technology (UTech), The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI) and the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts continue to benefit from the GraceKennedy Campus Connect Food Bank, as the...

ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE and Norman Washington Manley are widely regarded as the fathers of Jamaica’s political independence, the process of which ended on August 6, 1962 when Jamaica officially ceased to be a colony of Britain. There were also a new...

PAUL BOGLE was born James Bogle. He was called Paul after he became a deacon in the native Baptist Church. He fathered at least three children – William, Richard and Cecelia. He was a small cane farmer and businessman who owned horses. Along with...

Motorists are being urged to take extra precautions on the roads this Heroes weekend as recent data show sharp increases in motor-vehicle collisions and thefts across Jamaica. “Long weekends and major events provide criminals with opportunity, not...

Twenty employees at the National Water Commission (NWC) are now enrolled at the University of Technology Jamaica (UTech), where they are completing a course in Leak Detection Technologies. The five-week course, which begun on September 17 is being...

FROM 1823 rumours were going around that the king of England had granted the enslaved their freedom. The rumours were rife in late 1831, especially since Reverend Thomas Burchell was off the island. He went away for medical reasons as the inclement...

Close to 60 young people attended the graduation and close-out ceremony for the European Union (EU)-sponsored BRIDGE Project, on October 9 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. These graduates were a part of the more than 300 young people...

More than 30 volunteers from Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) joined forces with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to remove over 400 pounds of waste from Hellshire Bay Beach in St Catherine, in observance of International Coastal...