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...

Educators who need additional support with Mathematics in their schools are being urged to reach out to the Ministry of Education and Youth for assistance and intervention. In an interview with JIS News, Mathematics Coordinator for the Education...

A man who was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly poured pesticide into another man's water tank was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. He is Devon Reid of Redwood district, St Catherine....

Thirty-seven-year-old Kareem Williams, a mechanic of Galloway Road, Kingston 13, has been charged after he allegedly used a phone to inflict a wound to a woman's head on May 14 in Duhaney Park, St Andrew. The Duhaney Park police say about...

The police in the Cayman Islands today reported that the three people who were killed a fiery crash on Monday are all Jamaicans. They have been identified as 41-year-old Shakara Stewart, 30-year-old Junior Whittaker and 53-year-old Vinroy Grant....

Health specialists from Nigeria are to come to Jamaica as part of efforts to train more nurses and other healthcare workers in the country's public health system. The Ministry of Health and Wellness, in a media release today, stated that eight...

An employee at the Transport Authority's pound in Lakes Pen, St Catherine has been arrested for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The police are probing a case of alleged collusion and fraud with a driver whose Toyota Hiace...

The Government will be rolling out a programme to retrain and recertify drivers in the public transport system. Minister of Transport, Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure following a meeting of the National Road Safety Council on May 16, at the...

The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is joining the public appeal for information on missing 29-year-old St Peter Claver Primary School teacher, Danielle Anglin. Anglin, who lives in the Hellshire area of Portmore, St Catherine, was...

St Andrew businessman Andrew Palmer has been charged with fraud in relation to a car part deal. The police say a man visited Palmer's business establishment last year where he made payments amounting to $115,000 for a 2018 Honda Civic RHD...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is looking to table the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Bill in Parliament before the end of the fiscal year. The Bill is intended to repeal the Factories Act (1943), which is limited in scope and...

THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnership between Jamaica Post and the GK Group continues to grow from strength to strength as the corporate headquarters of the island’s postal network now boasts a new sign that was erected at their 6-10 South Camp Road,...

JUDITH SLATER, British High Commissioner to Jamaica, is pleased with groundbreaking castor bean research under way at the Mona Institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS) at The UWI, Mona. The high commissioner visited the institute on Monday to see...

WESTERN BUREAU: ABEAN COOPER, manager of bond planning at Jamaica’s Spectrum Management Authority [SMA], has noted that the country will require up to 10 years to catch up to the rest of the world technologically, even amid the current global shift...

JAMAICA’S TOURISM Mecca, Montego Bay, will be inundated with tourism stakeholders from various parts of the world starting on Monday, May 20 and culminating on Thursday, May 23. It is the 42nd staging of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association...

The murder trial of the three Jamaica Defence Force soldiers implicated in the shooting death of Keith Clarke was yesterday postponed until next Monday in the Home Circuit Court. The matter was postponed to give both the prosecution and the defence...

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...