CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) After years of stumbles and delays, Boeing has finally launched astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will...

The three-day Caribbean Medical Professionals’ Summit (CAMPS) concluded earlier this month with resounding success, marking a milestone in the advancement of healthcare in the region. The summit, held May 31 to June 2 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel...

Martha Miller, the first female CEO of National Rums of Jamaica (NRJ) Limited, delivered an inspiring keynote address at the 11th Annual Joan Duncan Memorial Lecture, held at the University of Technology (UTech). The event, a collaborative...

Yoni Epstein, chairman and CEO of itel, became the 13th laureate from Jamaica to receive the Anthony N. Sabga prestigious Caribbean Excellence Award last weekend. The annual event was held at Hilton Barbados Hotel in Barbados recently. Epstein won...

NCB Group Chairman Michael Lee-Chin is set to headline a stellar list of business leaders at the second staging of the Re-Align Business and Investment Conference, scheduled for July 23 at the AC Hotel Kingston. Garfield Daley, founder and chairman...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it is probing an incident involving members of the St Elizabeth police who were chasing a motorcyclist in Pepper on Saturday.

The police are trying to establish a motive for Saturday's gun attack that left a female exotic dancer dead and a businessman injured in Mandeville, Manchester. 

The police have charged 27-year-old Tahij Dias with the murder of a man from Spanish Town Road in Kingston almost two years ago.  

The Trelawny police have charged three men over a recent shooting incident in Clarks Town that left an elderly woman and two other persons injured.  They are 27-year-old Marvin Nelson, 26-year-old Romar McIntosh and Andrae Hall, 23, all...

The Court of Appeal will start hearing arguments tomorrow to determine whether entertainer Vybz Kartel and three other men should be retried for the alleged murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams in 2011. 

French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the National Assembly and called a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament.

Hello mi neighbour! “What a gwan mi bredrin?” “Bway, mi nuh deh pon nutten yuh nuh”. “How yuh mean nuh deh pon nutten?” “Becau nutten nah gwan fi me... “Mi baan in poverty, live in poverty and gwaine die in poverty! Everybody round mi poor.” Does...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): Leaders of the United Methodist Church expressed regret over the recent decision by the branch in Ivory Coast to leave the union following the church’s decision to repeal a long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ clergy but pledged to...

At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating social media as a parent – not to mention a...

Gwendolyn Morgan Kluge arrived in Germany long before the Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Germany, came down in 1989. In over 50 years, the octogenarian not only became the first black woman in her city to own and run a business, but she...

Pastor Paul Norman, who collapsed while preaching at Saturday's funeral for Constable Ricardo Fairclough in St Ann, says he is home and doing well. 

National senior champion Nickisha Pryce is now the fastest-ever Jamaican woman over 400 metres after running 48.89 seconds to break Lorraine Fenton's 21-year-old record on Saturday. 

A St Ann videographer, who allegedly assaulted a teenager he met on Instagram, has been charged with rape and abduction.

Two men were shot dead and two others injured in a gun attack at a bar in Dover district in St Mary last night. 

Cabinet is set to approve a $250 million contract on Monday to construct a new bridge in Spring Village, St Catherine, Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, announced during a visit to the community on Friday.  Poultry producer, the...

Iga Swiatek won her third consecutive French Open tennis championship and fourth in five years by defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the final on Saturday.

A 38-year-old St Catherine woman, accused of stealing another woman's identity to obtain several documents, was reportedly planning to travel overseas.

The police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate two female wards of the state who have been missing from the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St Andrew, since Friday. 

Thirty-two-year-old Dockerel Miller otherwise called 'Killer Miller' was shot dead in an alleged confrontation with the security forces in Beckford Kraal in northern Clarendon on Friday. 

Relatives and well-wishers are today bidding farewell to Ricardo Fairclough, the police constable who was shot dead as he assisted a woman who was being robbed in St Ann in April. 

The police seized an RF 15 multi-caliber firearm during a joint operation with the military in the Lottery community in Amity Hall, St James on Friday. 

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.