The N.C.B. Foundation, a leader in education and community development, has been honoured with the UCC Humanitarian of the Year award by the University College of the Caribbean (UCC). The award recognises the N.C.B. Foundation’s significant...

Jamaica’s approach towards managing disaster risks has changed since Hurricane Ivan in 2004, says Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke. “The approach is no longer an ex-post approach where you wait on the disaster and then...

AP: As the school year drew to a close, Daken Kramer worried about children who owed money for meals at his school. So the enterprising fifth-grader decided to do something about it. Daken, 11, posted a video last month challenging friends, family...

Butterkist recently kicked off its ‘Risk it for the Biscuit’ competition at Meadowbrook Prep School, which aims to empower students to showcase their teamwork while competing for a chance to win $300,000 towards their school project. Marielle Wade...

On the heels of its recent contribution to the renovation of the Sunshine Girls’ Netball House, Sygnus Real Estate Finance (SRF) has further demonstrated its commitment to community support and women’s sports by partnering with Berger Paints...

The St Mary man accused of chopping a three-year-old boy to death and injuring several of his relatives during an incident last month has been charged with murder.

Regional Director of Operations at RIU, Frank Sondern, says that with Jamaica's economic climate stable and investor-friendly, the company could soon be looking to add another property to its growing tally. Mr. Sondern said that RIU, the...

With storage levels improving at the Hermitage Dam, the National Water Commission (NWC) says customers served by the Constant Spring Water Treatment Plant will now be able to enjoy continuous water supply, starting Saturday. In a media release...

Jamaica's aviation regulator says overseas investigators are heading to the island to help probe the incident in which an American Airlines plane veered off a runway while landing in Kingston last night. 

A YouTuber who specialises in «car shenanigans» is facing federal charges after authorities said he directed a video in which two people in a helicopter blasted fireworks at a speeding Lamborghini from above. Alex Choi, 24, is charged...

Ride-hailing company inDrive says the suspect in the murder of primary school teacher Danielle Anglin did not offer his service through its platform. The police had stated that a convicted sex offender connected to inDrive Jamaica is...

National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has directed his ministry's legal team to review existing legislation to determine whether it allows for wider sharing of information on convicted sex offenders. The law currently allows for select...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has threatened to file a defamation suit against Heroy Clarke, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, following comments he reportedly made about Golding's relationship with his wife, Sandra. The comments...

PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL), the operator of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), says service continues as usual and there have been no diversion of flights following yesterday's incident involving an American...

STRIKE STAR Entertainment will host their second annual Screenwriters Workshop in Jamaica from June 20 to 21 at The Mico University College, Kingston. This educational charity workshop was established last year in collaboration with entertainment...

THE TOURISM Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) and Guardsman Hospitality have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the adoption and maintenance of the newly refurbished Old Folly Scenic Park in Discovery Bay, St Ann. This...

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) on Tuesday launched its first Information Hub at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville. Speaking at the inauguration, SLB Executive Director Nickeisha Walsh said this “strategic choice underscores the...

On a blustery week day along the boulder-lined Palisades stretch, water-booted and barefooted volunteers waded along the perimeter of the Kingston Harbour. The ready-to-work contingent comprised employees of JPS and the National Environmental and...

While sharing that she was still yearning to know the truth about what happened on the night her father was killed, the daughter of slain businessman Keith Clarke yesterday declared that she was coached by God to tell the truth about what she...

The Manchester Chamber of Commerce (MCC), in partnership with SnappLTD and the Golf View Hotel, will host the ‘Central Jamaica Business Expo 2024’ from June 7-8 in Mandeville. According to Simone Spence-Johnson, president of the MCC, this will be...

The People's National Party (PNP) representative for Trelawny Southern is criticising the Government for not moving to ensure that a new member of Parliament is elected, eight months after Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert resigned.

The police have released the identity of the 23-year-old man who was shot and killed at his home on Barbican Road in St Andrew on Wednesday afternoon. 

A delegation from The Gambia is wrapping up a five-day study tour to gain insights into Jamaica’s public sector transformation programme.

A 39-year-old farmer accused of the fatal stabbing of a man during a fight is to return to court on June 19 following postponement of his case in the St Catherine Parish Court on Thursday. He is Gregory Allen of Golden River district, Above Rocks,...

Twenty-five-year-old Omar Walker, otherwise called 'Luke', a watchman of Bullet Tree district, Old Harbour in St Catherine, has been charged with housebreaking and larceny. This follows an incident at an institution in Braeton, Portmore in...

Four men, including two construction workers, have been charged with robbery and gun possession arising from an incident in Whitby district in Manchester in March. 

The Westmoreland police are probing the death of 26-year-old fisherman, Crofton Ewers, at Pedro Cays in St Elizabeth on Wednesday. The Marine police say about 4 p.m. Ewers and a group of men went deep-sea fishing after which he had...

The operators of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) are urging dancehall artiste Skillibeng to make a formal report of his social media complaint that US$100,000 worth of  jewellery was stolen from him at facility. 

The Government is seeking to assure it has no intention of excluding local contractors from the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement (SPARK) Programme. The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) had expressed concern...

The intersections of Benson Avenue and Shortwood Road, and Shortwood Road and Russell Heights, in Kingston, will be closed for repairs, beginning Saturday. The National Works Agency (NWA) says the intersections will be closed to vehicular...

Premium Farms and Trading Limited, which had failed to pay Guyanese company Pure Harvest Incorporated US$90, 170 for two shipments of rice in December 2019, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the outstanding sum. Justice Stephanie Jackson...

New commander for Area One, Assistant Commissioner of Police Glenford Miller, and members of his security detail were fired on by gunmen on Kent Avenue, near, Flanker in St James late Wednesday night. Miller and his team had reportedly pulled over...

Guyana is a vast country located in South America. Because of our shared history of British colonialism, slavery and sugar plantation life, we have been, culturally, peas in the same Caribbean pod for generations. CARICOM is headquartered there....

The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force had its resource centre significantly transformed on Labour Day by dedicated employees of The Jamaica National Group. Organised by the JN Foundation, the 35-member volunteer corps spent the day painting and...

AS THE summer holidays approach, parents are being implored to properly store medication and household chemicals to prevent them from being ingested by children. Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, in making the...