Fenley Douglas, councillor for the Waterford division in Portmore, has criticised Robert Miller, member of parliament for St Catherine South East, and Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton for failing to deliver on a promise made in...

The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) at the University of Technology, Jamaica is observing Poison Prevention Week from May 26-31 under the theme ‘Poison Connection – Linking Each Facet of Society’. Poison information coordinator at...

WESTERN BUREAU: Thomas Edwards, the Manchester resident who was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle $18.7 million worth of cocaine through Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport on May 22, was offered bail in the sum of $1.2 million when...

The Integrity Commission (IC) has indicated that former head of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) Charlton McFarlane is now complaint with the law after he paid fines and submitted outstanding income and assets declarations.

Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, is urging school administrators to make graduation ceremonies accessible to all students. Noting that they are pivotal events that mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of another for the...

A teacher at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon reportedly had to seek medical attention and is at home nursing injuries after she was allegedly assaulted by a parent and three students, two of whom are the woman's children. The...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is using the Bushfire Warning Index provided by the National Meteorological Service to better anticipate and respond to bush fires across the island, says Minister of Local Government and Community Development,...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says its decision to spend approximately $1 billion to retrofit a building in Mandeville, Manchester that it leased more than three years ago but has not yet occupied is part of efforts to improve service delivery...

The Government will this year employ 10,000 young people under the Youth Summer Employment Programme (YSEP). Making the announcement, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, said this year's intake will be the...

Two men and a woman have been charged following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in Tranquility Valley, Brown's Town, St Ann, on May 25. They are 35-year-old Richard Russell, a maintenance...

Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Lindo's Hill in Whithorn, Westmoreland, as a fatal collision between a Toyota Succeed motor car and three other vehicles claimed the lives of two individuals. Reports indicate that the Toyota Succeed was...

An alleged don in the community of August Town, St Andrew, was shot and killed in a reported confrontation with the security forces on Wednesday, officials have confirmed. He has been identified as Marvin Markland, more popularly known as 'Papa...

Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and two of his three co-accused are to know tomorrow if they will be released from custody pending a murder retrial decision in the Court of Appeal. Submissions related to a habeas corpus application seeking the...

Twenty-four-year-old Ronaldo Robinson, otherwise called 'Biggs', a construction worker of Top Road, St Mary,has been charged with the murder of an elderly woman in their community on March 31.  The Port Maria police say about 4 a....

Senior opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson says a future People’s National Party (PNP) administration will craft legislation to disqualify foreign bidders from government contracts who participate in racist practices. In his contribution to the...

More than 80 persons from Kitson Town in St Catherine who are engaged in livestock rearing and farming, are benefiting from the ‘Improving Rural Livelihoods through Resilient Agrifood Systems’ Project. The initiative, which is being implemented by...

The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is calling for more inclusive work environments where persons with various skills and abilities, including the disabled community, can contribute. President of the JCTU, St Patrice Ennis, who made...

The Windsor School of Special Education was treated to a full rollout of renovation and beautification exercises on Labour Day. The community also received a free mobile health clinic. The initiative was spearheaded by the NCU Media Group in...

JAMAICAN INSURANCE company, BCIC, has been recognised for its excellence in clear communication at the Center for Plain Language’s ClearMark Awards. The company’s Max Motor Policy clinched the top spot in the ‘Before and after – Print’ category....

IT WAS three days of presentations, meetings, pitching, displays, buying and selling; and on the fourth day, Responsible Tourism Day, some media practitioners and staff of the Jamaica Tourist Board made the trip to Floyd’s Pelican Bar off the coast...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says billions of dollars are to be spent to improve local government services for Jamaicans. In delivering his Sectoral address in parliament this afternoon, McKenzie touted the investments already made...

Opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson has called for Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness to make an “unequivocal public apology” to former clerk to the houses of parliament Valrie Curtis. In his contribution to the...

The Transport Authority is reporting that it seized 269 vehicles and that 1,577 prosecutions were undertaken for various offences as part of a crackdown on illegal public passenger vehicle (PPV)  operators over the past four weeks. The...

Separate probes are being undertaken into the shooting of a man by a policeman after the cop was reportedly stabbed during a disagreement. It is reported that about 1 o'clock Monday afternoon the man and the cop were in Church Pen, St Catherine...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy grew by an estimated 1.9 per cent during the January to March 2024 quarter. Speaking during the PIOJ's quarterly briefing on Tuesday, Senior Director in the Economic...

Two alleged goat thieves were arrested and charged on Monday in St Catherine. Charged with praedial larceny are 23-year-old Dane Thomas, of Tawes Meadows, Spanish Town, and 31-year-old Ricardo Thompson of Spanish Town Road in the Corporate...

Well-known Spanish Town medical practitioner Dr Paul Robinson is being accused of being a «system doctor» who has treated at least two members of the notorious St Catherine-based Clansman Gang.

Pope Francis apologised Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gays to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.

The funeral for acclaimed Jamaican musician Desmond 'Desi' Jones will take place on June 3 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street in Kingston. 

Former Boys' Town Football Club player Rafiek Thomas, 39, was shot dead as he slept at his home in Denham Town in western Kingston early this morning, the police have confirmed. 

A police constable is ready to get back to work after he was freed of a criminal charge that hung over his head for ten years, his attorney has said.

ON THE opening day of the just-concluded 2024 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Caribbean (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace, Nicola Madden-Greig, president of the CHTA, made a presentation on the state of tourism in the Caribbean, using...

CRITICAL ILLNESS insurance should be considered as an essential part of any financial and estate planning because of its potential to reduce the possibility of economic hardships on families, in the event that one member is diagnosed with a major...