WESTERN BUREAU: Less than 10 years after Mario Deane died from injuries he received after being beaten while in custody at the Barnett Street Police Station’s lock-up in Montego Bay, St James, his mother Mercia Fraser still struggles with renewed...

Amid increasing real estate prices, inflation, and an uptick in mortgage rates, Earl Samuels, assistant general manager and chief development financing officer at the JN Group, has called for the government to revisit implementing a rent-to-own...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government remains committed to continue delivering on policies conducive to youth empowerment, where young people can self-actualise and achieve their dreams like never before. Speaking to a group of young...

THE JAMAICA Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) was established in 1988 with a mandate to conserve Jamaica’s natural environment. It might not be visible in mass and social media every day, but it is making strides to fulfil its mandate. And...

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and registered charitable institutions facing financial hardships are being urged to submit applications under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Contribution Amnesty Programme. The initiative aims to...

A third shelter for victims of domestic violence is currently being constructed, with work projected for completion by the end of this financial year. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, made the disclosure during...

Motorists will pay more for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $2.66 to sell for $174.16 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will also go up by $2.66 to sell for $182.14....

As Jamaica grapples with growing health challenges amid increasing migration, the Government has signed a Letter of Intent with the Philippines to collaborate on the training, recruitment and clinical rotation of healthcare professionals...

Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has indicated the Government's readiness to “go after” people who spread “blatant lies” online.  Dixon also sought to assure Jamaicans that the Government is not engaged in...

Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton is condemning what he says is the sustained and coordinated attacks on civil servants in the health sector by the Opposition People's National Party (PNP).  Tufton also dismissed calls by the PNP...

Thirty-five-year-old Dwight Hall, otherwise called Jim Brown, was freed of robbery with aggravation in the St Catherine Parish Court due to the continued absence of a witness. When the matter came up for mention on Wednesday, the clerk of courts...

As Jamaica grapples with growing health challenges amid increasing migration, the government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippines to collaborate on the training, recruitment and clinical rotation of healthcare...

The lawyer representing Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says her letter to the Public Service Commission was never about seeking an extension of her time in office and that it would have been unbelievable for her to do so....

Principal of Yallahs High School in St Thomas, Mark Malabver, has won the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA's) presidential election. Seven candidates contested the election held June 17 to 21. Malabver, having secured the...

The police are probing the gun slaying of a 37-year-old vendor along March Pen Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Christopher Mattis, of Corletts Road in Spanish Town. It is reported that...

WASHINGTON, (CMC): Three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been listed in the top tier of the 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, released by the United States State Department on Monday. Washington said that the governments in...

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...

Students at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Cave Hill Campus are set to benefit from expanded opportunities in international trade policy research and professional development following the signing of a memorandum of understanding...

The European Union (EU) has successfully raised $4.5 million to support three schools in improving literacy levels and lowering their vulnerability to crime and violence. This was made possible by the more than 3,500 people who registered for the...

FOR FOUR days this past weekend, the Maroon community of Charles Town in Portland was a melting pot of cultural and academic activities as they held their 16th Annual International Charles Town Maroon Conference and Festival. Part of the activities...

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...