The Ministry of Transport is seeking public feedback on proposed toll rate adjustments for Highway 2000, which are set to take effect next week Saturday, July 6. The notice was published today and persons have five days within which to provide...

Jamaica's capacity to respond to its current dengue outbreak has been bolstered by equipment donated to the Ministry of Health and Wellness by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The equipment valued US$250,000 was...

The Opposition is calling for the Government to do more in the fight against the pollution of the Rio Cobre in St Catherine. It says the recurrence of fish kills in the river is a serious matter of concern. The Opposition wants Prime Minister...

Two Haitian women charged with illegal entry after being arrested in Old Harbour, St Catherine were today remanded in the parish court. Charged are 38-year-old Luca Vilmere and 37-year-old Dating Officiane. They were ordered to return to court...

The Government will be ramping up its effort to rid sidewalks of abandoned motor vehicles and other forms of bulky waste with the addition of 50 new garbage trucks to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA).  The trucks, which...

The National Works Agency (NW) is advising that a section of Washington Boulevard in St Andrew, in the vicinity of Dairy Industries, will be temporarily closed today to facilitate remedial pavement works. The closure, which will run from 9 p.m....

The Government is to acquire 33 new water pumps as part of plans to increase access to the commodity in communities across the island. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement during a tour of work being done in Pimento Walk in Ocho...

Arising from last week's release of Primary Exit Profile (PEP) results, the Ministry of Education is advising that general transfers of students between schools are not facilitated, except in specific adverse circumstances. According to a...

GROWING UP in Port Maria, St Mary, Sean Wellington was no stranger to the operations of a funeral home. His family’s funeral home, operated by his grandfather, Leonard Martin, and his mother, Valerie Wellington, was situated on the same property as...

BRANDO HAYDEN, managing director of JN Fund Managers, a member company of the JN Group, is assuring Jamaicans overseas that the country’s financial and real estate systems have the requisite and robust safeguards to protect their investments....

A COMPANY’S ability to respond to the economic environment directly impacts its short-term and long-term success. Corporate executives direct the strategic approach to business alignment to reduce or, in some cases, eliminate inefficiencies,...

Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment and commerce, is urging Jamaican business owners to buy into digital transformation programmes, such as the European Union (EU) and the Government of Jamaica’s €9.5 million Digital Transitioning...

FORMER JAMAICA Prime Minister, Percival J. Patterson, delivered an impassioned call to action as they deliberated at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Nassau, Bahamas. Addressing leaders from Africa and the...

Three men who pleaded guilty to breaking into a Linstead, St Catherine store and stole items valued at $4,000,000 were today each sentenced to several months in prison. Jason Mathews, 36, unemployed, 31-year-old bus conductor Kemar Foster, and...

Residents of Zephyrton in Linstead, St Catherine today awoke to the distressing sight of dead fish lining the bank of the Rio Cobre in their community. The water appeared murky and was described as «milky looking» by concerned residents....

A man was shot dead during a reported shoot-out with the police in May Pen, Clarendon today. His identity has not yet been ascertained. According to the police, a team was patrolling along Nelson Street in May Pen when they came under attack. The...

Member of Parliament for St Thomas Eastern Dr Michelle Charles is demanding a public apology from People's National Party (PNP) general secretary, Dr Dayton Campbell, for alleged defamatory statements questioning the legitimacy of her...

Counsel for the attorney general (AG) today argued that the amendment to the Constitution increasing the retirement age for the director of public prosecutions and the auditor general gave Paula Llewellyn an automatic right to remain in the office...

A fourth person who was arrested and charged in the gun bust at Kingston Wharf in March 2022 was today freed of illegal gun importation charges. Jermaine Baker, a 36-year-old chef of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was found not guilty of illegal...

Two Portland brothers accused of the 2019 shooting death of a female vendor were today freed of murder and gun charges in the Portland Circuit Court. Seriko Russell, otherwise called 'Pantro', and Maxwell Russell, also called 'Bigga...

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) says it strongly condemns Prime Minister Andrew Holness' intent to clamp down on «fake news» on social media, viewing it as a direct threat to free expression and privacy. Speaking on...

  BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A 23-year-old Jamaican national is among three people who appeared in court on Monday, charged with the murder of 32-year-old Chad Roett earlier this month. Police charged Junior Frances Campbell, along with...

The North-East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) says efforts are being made to address the condition of the Runaway Bay Community Health Centre in St Ann. The authority say among the plans on the table is for a new facility, which will...

The police in St James have charged two brothers for attacking a man whom they accused of stealing money from their grandmother's house. Charged with wounding with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon and using a firearm to commit a felony...

The Ministry of Health is suspending its Yute Expressions Yute Chatz chat line amid concerns about the sexual and reproductive health advice being given to children through the service. In a media release on Monday the ministry said it has...

The coroner's inquest into the death of 33-year-old Mandeville businessman Jason Neil, whose body was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the bathroom floor at his home on December 4, 2018, is to continue on October 3. Several family...

Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes is calling for the Ministry of Health and Wellness to clearly state the country's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity and outline the steps being taken to increase it to meet the demands of the...

A man, who is said to be mentally ill, has been arrested in connection with the death of a senior citizen who was allegedly bludgeoned with a piece of board recently. The deceased has been identified as 86-year-old Vincent Lewin of Pollyground...

Owners of Future Scholars Childcare and Pre-school in Ocho Rios, St Ann, young couple, Andre and Terrie-Ann Mesquita, were hoping to enjoy themselves as much as they could on their vacation to Panama City in February 2021. However, as fate would...

Jamaican customs brokers were among the influential voices at a recently concluded meeting at the World Customs Organisation (WCO) in Brussels, calling for greater investments in training investments to level the playfield for small island...

Supreme Ventures Limited is providing an opportunity for local athletics fans to win an all-expense-paid trip for two to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Additionally, participants in the company’s latest promotion will have an opportunity to secure weekly...

Hosanna Preparatory School in St James and Mount Airy Primary School in Westmoreland will contest the final of the fifth Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Tourism Quiz, slated for today. The match will be aired on Television Jamaica (TVJ...

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has welcomed the opening of the Poko Loko floating bar in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, noting that the new attraction has the potential to redefine the tourism landscape in the resort town. The facility, which represents...

Noah Lyles came from behind to win the 100m final at the United States track and field trials in 9.83 seconds on Sunday to qualify for that race at the Paris Olympics. 

St Catherine businesswoman 41-year-old Stacy McFarlane has been charged with fraudulent conversion. Her court date is being finalised. Reports from the Spanish Town police are that McFarlane, of Eltham Park, Spanish Town, was paid a total of $...