The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is renewing its warning to the public against hunting, killing or possessing crocodiles, emphasising that they are endangered and are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act. Persons should...

The multimillion-dollar municipal building of the Portmore Municipal Corporation in St Catherine was on Monday dedicated to the memory of the municipality's first mayor George Lee. The building was officially opened at a ceremony yesterday,...

The Jamaica Police Federation this morning paid tribute to 31 rank and file cops who passed away between May 2023 and this year. It was noted that four of them died while in the line of duty including Constable Ricardo Fairclough who was fatally...

A coroner's inquest has cleared the cops who were transporting controversial pastor Kevin Smith, with the judge ruling that the clergyman caused the accident in a bit to commit suicide. Judge Carol Hughes handed down her decision today at...

The report of the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) containing recommendations to Cabinet is be tabled as a Ministry paper in Parliament today. Cabinet met on Monday to discuss the recently submitted report from the 15-member body. “I am...

Jamaicans travelling to countries where Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is present are urged to be cautious in their movements to prevent transmission of the disease. TR4 disease of banana or fusarium wilt is a deadly disease of bananas and plantains....

WITH THE imminent approach of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, an insurance expert is imploring business operators to take decisive action to protect their businesses against potential disruption and damage by...

OVER THE years, the stigma as a volatile inner-city community has marred the outcomes of many residents of Maverley in western St Andrew. Their attainments are often stunted by the labels placed on them, and their success countered by high levels...

MANY WEALTHY individuals prefer not to disclose their volume of wealth to their children and grandchildren. These individuals may fear that their family members will become lazy and entitled, so instead, they keep their bank account statements...

Clarendon residents have lauded the initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, which aims to bring essential health screenings and services to communities. The ‘Know Your Numbers’ and ‘Second Chance Smiles’ campaigns encourage...

LONDON: Jamaican entertainer extraordinaire Michael James, better known as Jimmy James of The Vagabonds fame, passed away in London last week after a short illness. According to his wife of many years, Paula James, Jimmy was admitted to Northwick...

The Jamaica Trade Board is advising the public that information being circulated regarding the non-approval of special permits for 2015 cars or SUVs under the registered taxi operator programme, which ended on January 2019, is false. The...

Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon says the St James Municipal Corporation plans to install free public car park spaces across the Second City for the disabled who are registered members of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD...

The Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) says it is working to have payments for teachers who marked School-Based Assessments (SBA) dating back to 2022 promptly resolved. The Jamaica Teachers' Association recently expressed frustration about...

Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is calling for Mark Golding to resign as opposition leader. The demand follows Golding's admission that he still holds British citizenship following public...

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...