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...

The Government is set to restart discussions with the Portmore City Municipality regarding the establishment of a modern market, a conversation initially started in 2021. Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie made the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dutch national Patrick Crawford, who has been charged for allegedly attempting to smuggle $28.3 million worth of cocaine on a flight on May 9, is to next appearance before the court on June 10. Crawford, a 44-year-old carpenter of a...

WESTERN BUREAU: A long-awaited psychiatric evaluation for a St James woman accused of fatally throwing her five-month-old daughter off a three-storey roof in December 2023 is expected to be ready in a month. The accused, Shamoya Green, made her...

A case management conference will be held tomorrow in chambers at the Court of Appeal for a date to be set for an expedited hearing against the Constitutional Court's ruling on the second extension of tenure granted to Director of Public...

Education Minister Fayval Williams says «no decision» has been made to ban corporal punishment in homes, just days after Justice Minister Delroy Chuck's recent announcement that the Government plans to outlaw parental beatings.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake" was made after an Israeli strike in the Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians and killed at least 45 people.

The Negril police in Westmoreland have arrested a security guard in connection with the seizure of an illegal firearm at a tourist resort early Monday morning. 

Jamaica's crime plan monitoring group is welcoming the achievement of key targets such as the upgrade of police stations while insisting that more work is needed to deal with at-risk youth and parents.

The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced work to rehabilitate sections of the Burnt Ground to Ramble and Mackfield to Ramble roads in Hanover at a cost of $36.5 million. This was disclosed by Community Relations Officer at the NWA's...

A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday’s landslide and has formally asked for international help.

Attorney Trudy-Ann Russell has won her appeal against a ruling by the General Legal Council that she was guilty of professional misconduct over retainer fees charged to process the sale of a property in Kingston.

Rafael Nadal lost in the first round of the French Open tennis championship to Alexander Zverev on Monday in what might turn out to be the 14-time Roland Garros champion’s last match at his favorite tournament.

The Southern Regional Health Authority has expressed sadness at the death of Dr Peter Wellington, a surgeon and former longstanding senior medical officer at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester.  The health authority said he died on Sunday, after a period of illness. 

A policeman has been arrested after he was allegedly found with ganja, a SIM card and other contraband at the lock-up at the Whithorn police station in Westmoreland. The incident happened about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Gunmen shot and injured three persons at a grocery shop near the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens cemetery in Frazer's Content, St Catherine on Sunday. The incident happened 5:10 p.m. 

Subsequent to its receipt of a US$25,000 grant from the United States (US) Embassy in Jamaica, the Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) is well on its way with the implementation of a project designed to enrich the lives of 500...

General Accident has announced the return of its Annual Blood Drive and, this year, the goal is to surpass last year’s 55 unit target to collect 100 units of blood. Scheduled to take place on June 12, the blood drive aims to rally support and make...