The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will commence activities to facilitate construction of the New Houses of Parliament Building at National Heroes Park during the current financial year. Details are contained in the Jamaica Public Bodies...

A man accused of defrauding a woman of more than $1,000,000 in a car deal today made restitution in the sum of $100,000 in the St Catherine Parish Court. Fraud accused Patrick Rennie,37, is charged with obtaining money by means of false pretence....

The Ministry of Health and Wellness aims to assist 8,000 Jamaicans under the Second Chance Smile Programme this year. Making his contribution to the 2024/25 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 7, Minister of Health and Wellness,...

Five St Catherine women who worked at a gas station and a female cashier at a café have been charged by Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) for allegedly fraudulently using the card information of persons to...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) continues to tackle illegal dumping across Jamaica, having undertaken a cleanup operation at a site along Baptist Road in St Elizabeth today. The initiative, spearheaded through the SPM Waste...

Students of Grange Hill Primary School in Westmoreland were today encouraged to play their part in standing up against bullying in schools. The charged came from Assistant Superintendent of Police with responsibility for Zone Two in the...

PORTLAND IS known the world over for its breathtaking vistas of cascading and sparkling waterfalls, mesmerising blue holes, sun-kissed beaches, lush vegetation, misty mountain peaks in the distance, dramatic coastlines, meandering rivers, and so...

NEW YORK: The decision by the Biden-Harris administration to extend healthcare coverage to DACA recipients has been welcomed by Jamaican community leaders in the diaspora. In 2012, former US President Barack Obama and then Vice-President Biden...

NEW YORK, NY: The Organization for International Development (OID) will travel to continental Africa next month for its second ‘Mission of Mercy 2024’. The charitable unit of healthcare professionals and volunteers will visit Zambia, in southern...

Omar Collymore was yesterday painted by the prosecution as a cold-hearted man who was struggling for money and, as a result, over several days, engineered the horrific murder of his wife so that he could benefit from her $101-million insurance...

The no-case submission by the defence team representing former Petrojam General Manager Floyd Grindley and former Chairman Dr Perceval Singh was part heard yesterday with the prosecution in the line of fire, heavily criticised as being disingenuous...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A 52-year-old Chinese national died on Monday after a septic tank he was building at Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara in Guyana collapsed and crushed him. In a statement, police said that Zheng Shun Liu, an...

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Negril Chapter wants proposed plans for the development of a US$186 million or J$29.1 billion water project in Negril, Westmoreland to begin before the upcoming winter tourist season as...

The St Catherine North Police Division has been plunged into mourning arising from today's death of a policewoman who was ailing for some time. Constable Latoya Powell, who worked at the Spanish Town Police Station, was said to be well loved by...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says former Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) president Gene Leon was «the victim of a stitch-up job» by a bank that was «scraping at the bottom of the barrel» with its investigation.

The Ministry of National Security says arrangements are being finalised for the departure of the 253 foreign passengers, including crewmembers, who arrived in Jamaica on a chartered flight. The Ministry says the passengers remain accounted for and...

The Overseas Examination Commission (OEC) is advising students scheduled to take exams today who are affected by the flooding in Hordley Crossing and Duckenfield in St Thomas to go to the closest alternative...

Scores of Indians, who arrived in Jamaica on Thursday without proper documentation, are currently in the departure lounge of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston awaiting flight clearance to leave. This after the group of 220 Indians...

The start of the Keith Clarke murder trial this morning suffered yet another delay as a result of a  shortage of jurors. The Court of Appeal this morning rejected an application by the defence to place the trial on hold. The defence was...

Chairman of Cari-Med Group, Glen Christian, has paid tribute to late banker and businessman Ryland Campbell, remembering him as a «true Jamaican success story». Campbell died on Friday night at age 81. Campbell was best known as...

The Opposition People's National Party is demanding clarity from the Government regarding the chartered flight that recently landed in Jamaica, allegedly in breach of applicable immigration and customs protocols.  The group of 220 Indians...

A St James man was found dead inside a bathroom at a school on Sunday afternoon in a suspected case of suicide.  The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Andre Nicholson, a shopkeeper from Catherine Hall, Montego Bay.  The police...

The police are advising that the Hordley Crossing section of the Golden Grove main road in St Thomas is impassable due to heavy overnight rainfall. The say two motorists, who were trapped in a vehicle, were rescued by the police who responded to...

The icebreaker of many a barbeque conversation is something like, “What do you do for a crust?” “I teach chemistry at university,” is what we usually reply. Then silence. Our new friend will usually go on to say they either hated or did terribly in...

With the country recording 29 per cent of all visitors who came to Jamaica in 2023 staying at Airbnbs, Norman Dunn, state minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, believes there is room for much improvement in the creation of jobs...

The ‘Improving Rural Livelihoods through Resilient Agrifood Systems’ project has commenced its mission to bolster agricultural sustainability and rural prosperity in Kitson Town, St Catherine, with a focus on empowering local farmers, the project...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of the Orchard Housing Scheme in Hopewell, Hanover, are calling for the removal of all political paraphernalia in their community. The call has come over two months after the local polls and against the background of the...

With less than two months before the June 30 deadline for public- and private-sector entities to implement sexual harassment policies in workplaces, some interests in St Catherine say they will be challenged to comply. In an address at the formal...

A motorist on Saturday night suffered damage to his car along the Portmore toll road in St Catherine after hitting a crocodile that crawled into his path. The police say the driver did not complain about any physical injuries. The incident is being...

The Sandy Bay Health Centre in Clarendon is to be temporarily closed over the next two months for renovation and expansion. The closure will take effect on Monday, May 06. Members of the public can access services at the Halse Hall Health Centre or...

Two men were arrested by the St Elizabeth police following the seizure of an illegal gun this morning. They were arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorized possession of ammunition. The police report that about...

The police have charged a man in connection with the killing of another whose body was found wrapped in a sheet along Spanish Town Road in March. Thirty-year-old Neko Gordon, of Rose Town, St Andrew, was on Thursday charged with murder, possession...

The Police High Command has ordered a probe into the reported accidental shooting of a trainee policeman by another at the Yallahs Police Station in St Thomas on Saturday. It is reported that about 1:20 pm, the trainee policemen...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says a contingency plan is in place to minimise any potential impact on service delivery should employees represented by the National Workers Union (NWU) go on strike. The (NWU) had served a 72-...

The Sunday Gleaner of April 21 carried a piece captioned ‘A kiss then heartache’. The reporter Christopher Thomas noted, “A St James mother is fuming, months after her 16-year-old daughter’s expulsion from St James High School as she faces...