Opposition Leader Mark Golding has accused Prime Minister Andrew Holness of seeking to make up the rules regarding dual citizenship and parliamentarians to suit his political agenda. Speaking on Monday morning on CVM TV's Sunrise...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says no person who wishes to be the ultimate leader of Jamaica should have citizenship of any other country. Holness' comments come amid public debate about Opposition Leader Mark Golding's citizenship....

The Review Board of the Firearm Licensing Authority and the Minister of National Security have been strongly criticised by the Court of Appeal for failing to act within the stipulated period to review applications for the revocation of firearm...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-...

A St Catherine pastor who allegedly punched a child repeatedly has been arrested and charged with child abuse. He is Kyle Campbell of the Greater Miracle Worship Centre in Spanish Town, St Catherine. He was reportedly ushered out of church by the...

Eight Haitians, who are believed to be among a group which landed illegally at a beach in Hector's River, Portland, late Sunday night, are in police custody.  There is not much information at this time on the apprehension of the...

Jamaica’s Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) underscored its leadership in the field of spectrum management by hosting the inaugural Caribbean Spectrum Management Conference in partnership with Forum Global. The groundbreaking event took place at...

Four of Jamaica’s internationally recognised stand-outs in the areas of advocacy, law, finance and diplomacy are to be inducted into the 2024 St George’s College Hall of Fame during a banquet set for August 31 at the S Hotel in New Kingston. They...

The professional basketball dreams and aspirations of former national under-17 representative, 24-year-old Marco-Miche Downer, who had reportedly been eligible for the 2024 NBA draft next month, will not be realised after he was found dead in...

WPM Waste Management Limited has commenced work to discontinue the use of several areas across Hanover for garbage disposal. Among these is a dumpsite in Haughton Meadows, Lucea, where the entity conducted pre-Labour Day activities, including...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the police shooting and injury of a man who allegedly attempted to stab another man with a knife on Sunday. The incident occurred in White River, St Ann. The...

Deputy General Secretary of  the Jamaica Labour Party,  Senator Charles Sinclair, is describing as «hypocritical, unacceptable and disgraceful» Opposition Leader Mark Golding's response to questions about whether he is a...

The Maggoty police in St Elizabeth have launched an investigation into the death of a farmer whose body was found with multiple chop wounds Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Mark Robinson, 46 year old, of Vauxhall district,...

A Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) facility is to be built in St Thomas. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who made the announcement, says the centre will be designed and constructed by the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), which...

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is advising the public that reports being circulated that embalming fluid was found in fish samples in the Mandeville market in Manchester are false. "The SRHA is encouraging persons to stop...

Sean Diddy' Combs issued an apology on Sunday after security video aired by CNN on Friday appeared to show him attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. The apology came in a video posted to his Instagram page in...

Hello mi neighbour! I am sitting here at Devon House enjoying the cool salubrious afternoon breeze. I am enjoying my favourite pastime: watching people go by! Some are coming from the shop around the corner, and some are heading for their favourite...

VATICAN CITY (AP): The Vatican on Friday radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena, insisting on having the final say in whether the events are...

AP: A new generation can learn how to paint happy trees and to make happy accidents with a TV series teaching the Bob Ross -method of painting using some of the prolific artist’s paintings that have never been seen before. Before Ross died in 1995...

More than 10 years after marine biologist Dr Karl Aiken warned that Jamaica’s lobster stocks were under pressure from overfishing and at risk of being wiped out if remedial action was not taken, evidence is emerging that his assessment then was...

WESTERN BUREAU: Negro yam farmers in Manchester are currently on edge as suspected cases of yam rust disease pose severe threats to their yield. According to a release from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, local farmers have...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will mark International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) with a field trip to the Winns Morass in Falmouth, Trelawny, for students and residents in and around the community of Rock on Tuesday,...

Former tourism minister Wykeham McNeill has been selected to represent the People's National Party (PNP) in the Trelawny Northern constituency in the next general elections. However, the selection of McNeill, who was a losing PNP candidate in...

The body of a man who had been missing since Thursday was found a short while ago in an unfinished building in Bayside, Portmore, in the vicinity the Forum Beach. A passerby reportedly stumbled on the body and alerted the police. The Gleaner...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has responded to questions regarding his citizenship saying «I am a born Jamaican and have a Jamaican passport,» however, he has not stated whether he is still a British citizen. There have been...

The Major Investigations Division has launched a probe into the killing of two men in Berwick district, St Catherine, on Friday night. The deceased are Jason Brown, a 40-year-old bar operator of Burton district, St Catherine, and ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports. Afghanistan has been witnessing unusually heavy...

A 34-year-old man who was found cohabiting with a 15-year-old girl was granted bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. The accused is charged with grievous sexual assault, sexual...

Prime Minister, Andrew Holness work on the multibillion-dollar Greater Mandeville Water Supply Improvement Project is progressing as planned and, when complete, residents of Mandeville will have a far better water system. The prime...

LONDON: The Windrush National Organisation, (WNO) based in Birmingham, is touring the UK to develop greater awareness and advocacy of the Windrush Schemes available to those persons facing difficulties in demonstrating their lawful status, as...

With the Jamaican real estate market predicted to reach US$128 billion (£101.9 billion) by 2028, JN Properties is staging a webinar on June 6 for persons resident in the United Kingdom to provide key information about numerous real estate...

WESTERN BUREAU: Ansord Hewitt, the director general of the Office of Utilities Regulation [OUR], is advising that a full assessment of all the factors in the successful implementation of fifth generation [5G] technology must be undertaken by sector...

Dedication, determination, inspiration and love. Behind many success stories are mothers who sacrifice everything to make their little ones’ dreams a reality. There’s no denying the power, beauty, and heroism of a mother’s love. To honour their...

Northern Caribbean University (NCU), as a Seventh-day Adventist-owned institution continues to find ways in which the organisation integrates faith and learning into their service to the community. NCU in aligning its strategic goals with the world...

Ten representatives of national youth groups have written to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding urging bipartisan cooperation in transitioning Jamaica to a republic. In the letter, released to the media, the...