Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Dr Dana Morris Dixon, has underscored the importance of upskilling and reskilling, noting that these are important for maintaining...

The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season officially begins on June 1 and forecasters are suggesting that it will be a very active one. As a result, Head of the Weather Branch at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service), Rohan Brown, is urging...

An 18-year-old has been charged for the shooting of a man in his yard in Dunkirk, Kingston earlier this month. Charged with wounding with intent, being in possession of a prohibited weapon, and unauthorized possession of ammunition is Kevin Levy,...

Senior Advisor and Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright, has disclosed that official tourist arrival numbers as at the first week of May are ahead of the corresponding period in 2023. Jamaica has recorded 1.7 million...

Four males, including a juvenile, were arrested following the seizure of an illegal gun and 15 rounds of ammunition in St Andrew this afternoon. The weapon was found during an operation by the St Andrew North police and military personnel in...

The Government is being urged to remove a clause from its employment contracts which allows it to dismiss an employee without notice or payment in lieu of notice if they "become of unsound mind”. The call is being...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists to exercise caution over the next three days as they navigate Cumberland Boulevard in Portmore, St Catherine. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says starting...

The police in St James are probing the shooting of three women in a yard along King Street last night by a gunman. It is reported that about 10:20 p.m. the women were in the yard talking when a man came up, pulled a firearm and opened fire. The...

DOVER, Delaware: Prime Minister Andrew Holness was on Friday conferred with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the Delaware State University, a privately governed, state-assisted, historically black land-grant research university in Dover,...

The Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice remains well positioned to respond to cases of sexual abuse involving minors. Director of the VSB, Dionne-Dawn Binns, says the branch is alerted to cases of...

A historical event unfolded at Hampton School recently with the consecration and unveiling of a commemorative plaque. The plaque stands as a testament to the invaluable contributions of enslaved Africans, whose forced labour played a pivotal role...

FROM MONDAY, May 20 to Thursday, May 23, the Caribbean Travel Marketplace, a showpiece of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourist Association (CHTA), will convene at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St James. It is the premier event for connecting...

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says economic resilience has got to be the key economic priority for Caribbean countries. This, he said, is especially true given the open economies and narrow economic bases of small island developing states (SIDS...

The Ministry of Education and Youth is receiving support from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to strengthen capacity in the special education sector. Approximately $34 million will be invested by the agency into various initiatives,...

Two persons have been rushed to hospital, while another is dead, after their vehicle overturned near the Old Harbour exit of the PJ Patterson Highway in St Catherine on Wednesday afternoon. The Fire Brigade's Divisional Commander for St...

A St Andrew woman has been arrested and charged after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend several times during a dispute. Twenty-nine-year-old Havakaye Brown of Mount Ogle district, Lawrence Tavern, has been charged with wounding with intent. The...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has directed the ministries of education and national security to immediately undertake a reassessment of the security risk of schools in light of recent violent incidents at schools. During a meeting with the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is disappointed, but not surprised at the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) refusal to sign off on the constitutional reform report.  The report from the Constitutional Reform Committee (...

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and wounding with intent following the stabbing death of 20-year-old Catholic College of Mandeville student, Akeilia White, on Monday. The Mandeville police say about 11:50 a.m., an argument developed...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is disappointed, but not surprised at the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) refusal to sign off on the constitutional reform report.  The report from the Constitutional Reform Committee (...

Barbados-born United States businessman Omar Collymore was today found guilty of orchestrating the January 2018 murder of his wife, Simone Campbell-Collymore, and taxi driver Winston Walters. Contract killer, Michael Adams, and accomplice Dwayne...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he is disappointed, but not surprised at the Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) refusal to sign off on the constitutional reform report.  The report from the Constitutional Reform Committee (...

PRAGUE (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, according to his Facebook profile. The populist, pro-Russian leader, 59, was hit...

This morning's official roll-out of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Beat Officer Patrol Division in St James was marred by the fatal shooting of a man in downtown Montego Bay. Armed thugs murdered the unidentified man at the corner of...

Two men are dead and another hospitalised following a gun attack in Burnside Valley, Red Hills, St Andrew this morning. The incident occurred sometime after 9 o'clock. The dead men, who are reportedly in their 20s, are not from the community....

A desk with flowers shined brightly amid a wave of sadness which engulfed students and teachers at Titchfield High in a classroom once occupied by grade 9 student Jajaun Wynter who was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Portland on Tuesday. It...

Classes were suspended at Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St Elizabeth this morning and students sent home after a female teacher had what is suspected to be a mental health breakdown. In a video circulating on social media platforms, the teacher is...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Parish Court has granted bail in the sum of $600,000 to a St James man accused of the March 17 shooting death of security officer Nastacia Smith, while his son has been remanded until June 12, when the case will be...

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon is confident that the long-standing Bogue lands saga will soon end, with the timeline for that resolution now dependent on how swiftly the current Public Investment Appraisal Branch [PIAB] process...

Farmer Andrew Martin of Coolshade district near Linstead, St Catherine, has fallen on hard times since he lost two of his toes to diabetes. He says he used to plant cassava, plantain and banana to make a living but, because of his illness, he...

CARLEIGH FRANKLIN was beside herself when her name was called as the grand prize winner of a trip for two to Jamaica in the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) essay competition last year while a student at The Westminster Schools in...

MANY YOUNG people learn from their own mistakes, but it takes a particular youngster to recognise the destructive behaviours of others and avoid following their examples. This is even more challenging in an underserved, crime-prone community like...

A plea and case management hearing has been set for July 9 for three men charged for allegedly pocketing money from the sale of phone credit at a Portmore gas station. Morris Murrant, Cheveroll Osbourne and Tyrique Austin are...

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC) is to receive an additional 100 buses in July. Vaz, who is attending the inaugural Caribbean Spectrum Management Conference being held in Montego Bay, St James, told...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has been barred by a Supreme Court order from convening its July 10 annual general meeting to select its next president. Justice Tracy-Ann Johnson ordered today that the injunction must remain in force until...