LONDON (AP) — A key plank in the British government's plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is expected to become law this week, but opponents plan new legal challenges that could keep deportation flights grounded....

A $197-million contract has been signed for the Annotto Bay Coastal Protection Beach Nourishment Project in St Mary. The contract was signed during a ceremony at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in Kingston today. The signatories included...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A new regional news programme was launched in Guyana today, designed to increase the flow of news information about the region with more than 20 radio stations across the Caribbean signing on to the broadcast, the...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is ramping up efforts to attract and retain more mathematics educators at the primary level as it seeks to improve student performance in the subject. State minister in the ministry, Marsha Smith, said local and...

AP – That coffee you slurped this morning? It's 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world's most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and...

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says the new digitised traffic ticketing system “is working very well”, with the police issuing more tickets than before. Addressing the University of Technology (UTech), Western Jamaica...

Justice Dale Palmer today refused a request from the defence to stay the start of  the Keith Clarke murder trial in light of an appeal filed by the defence this morning.  The trial, however, was adjourned until April 29 due to a...

Three men who were charged with unauthorised possession of four rounds of ammunition which was found under the steering wheel of a rented motor vehicle have been freed. They are 48-year-old Everton Simms, Shawn Gayle and Andray Blackwood of...

Thirty-eight-year-old bank executive Sheena Headley, who was arrested and charged in June 2022 after cocaine worth $85 million was found in the trunk of her motor vehicle at her home, has been freed. She was freed last week Friday following a no-...

The St James Municipal Corporation is stepping up enforcement action to prevent the illegal dumping of waste in and around the city. Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon, told JIS News...

The national murder toll has surpassed the 300 mark, the Jamaica Constabulary Force's latest serious crimes statistics show. The JCF says as at April 13, there had been 311 murders committed across the 19 police divisions, a 14 per cent...

The St Elizabeth police have recovered another illegal firearm, bringing to three the number of guns seized in 48 hours. Head of the division, Acting Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, says about noon on Sunday a team of officers...

Dinthill Technical High School, located in Linstead, St Catherine, emerged as the first recipient of the Ministry of Education and Youth’s TREND Schools’ Challenge Trophy. The trophy was presented to the technical school that reached the farthest...

The organisers of the Caribbean Medical Professionals’ Summit (CAMPS) have informed that multi-award-winning surgeon, teacher, futurist, and innovator, Professor Shafi Ahmed, will be a keynote speaker for the ‘Toward Professional and Personal...

As a CEO, you have a critical responsibility to ensure your organisation is taking the necessary steps to protect the personal data of your customers, staff and other relevant stakeholders. With the six-month grace period drawing to a close in May...

A bird flu outbreak in US dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and...

Former Prime Minister P J Patterson, inside the University of the West Indies (UWI) Chapel on Saturday, summarised best the thoughts of mourners who gathered to celebrate the life and work of the late public relations guru, Marcia Erskine. “In the...

Portmore, St Catherine security guard 32-year-old Kareem Cunningham, otherwise called 'Bredda', has been charged with embezzlement. Cunningham is being accused of stealing money given to him by a customer to deposit. The incident occurred...

A total of nineteen 9mm and six 12 Gauge cartridges were seized by the St Catherine North police during an operation on Manchester Street in Spanish Town on Saturday. Reports from the Spanish Town police are that about 4: 30 p.m., lawmen were in...

The Panton Lane community near Old Harbour, St Catherine remains tense following the murder of a 21-year-old man on Saturday. He has been identified as Tyrone Roberts, otherwise called 'Gungu', a construction worker of Marlie Acres in Old...

The St Catherine South police have charged a man who worked as a cashier for allegedly stealing from his job. Thirty-two-year-old Corey Carter, of Portmore in the parish, is charged with larceny as a servant and access to computer device with...

Entrepreneur Paul Patmore of Lowe River in Trelawy is set to represent the People's National Party (PNP) in the constituency of South Trelawny in the next general election. "I have been active in the constituency prior to the local...

The police are reporting the seizure of 24 assorted rounds of ammunition during an operation in the Burger Gully community, Mountain View, Kingston 2 on Saturday. The police indicate that about 3:20 p.m., a team was in the area where a premises was...

In the realm of athletics, few names are as famous as Usain Bolt. Simply mentioning his name conjures up images of electrifying speed, unparalleled talent, and a string of Olympic gold medals and shattered world records. In 2012, following his...

“The Son of Man will come again in his great glory, with all his angels…32 All the nations of the world will be gathered before him, and he will separate them into two groups as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats…34 “Then the King...

One of the oldest institutions in Jamaica is the synod of the Anglican Church. And it is to be noted that this is not referring to a synod of the Church of England, but of the Jamaican Church. On April 2, 2004, The Most Rev Dr The Hon Howard...

JERUSALEM (AP) Booms and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem early yesterday after Iran launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East ever closer to a regionwide war...

Hundreds gathered inside the historical University of the West Indies, Mona Chapel on Saturday to celebrate the life of former journalist and public relations extraordinaire, Marcia Erskine, who passed away on March 6. The glowing tributes...

Sanitation workers of WPM Waste Management Ltd, based in Westmoreland, participated in a leptospirosis sensitisation session recently, hosted by the Health Promotion and Education Unit of the Westmoreland Public Health Department. Health Promotion...

A Westmoreland woman accused of stealing over $900,000 from her employer has been charged with larceny as a servant. She is 29-year-old Crestida Lewis, otherwise called 'Tanya', of New Building district in Naine. She is scheduled to appear...

A senior citizen was remanded on wounding and assault charges when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. Mickel McTavish, 66, of Bog Walk in the parish, was ordered to return to court on April 16. Allegations are...

The St Catherine North police are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found near Tawes Meadows in Spanish Town today. It is reported that about 11:40 a.m., residents stumbled upon the body across from a tyre shop in the community. The...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising members of the public and the business community to be vigilant when receiving potable water. Water supplied to residents and the business community should be from the National Water Commission (NWC)...

WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE THE Bureau of Standards Jamaica [BSJ] has begun its investigations into complaints about the poor quality of unlabelled bulk rice in supermarkets and wholesales islandwide, some citizens remain concerned about whether the...

WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang says that St James’ long-awaited Granville Police Station, the original building which was destroyed by fire in May 2021, should see construction begin before the end of the current...