Jamaica has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) 'grey list' of countries that are assessed as having deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes....

WESTERN BUREAU: THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to look overseas to fill some of the staffing positions that will become available when the new Western Children and Adolescents Hospital (WCAH) open its door within the next 12 months, has caused one local...

JARED HALL is an artist, storyteller, illustrator, graphic designer, and animator, who has a bachelor of arts degree in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design, and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in animation at California...

AS THE Charles Town Drummers, Singers and Dancers brought the 16th Annual International Charles Town Conference and Festival (AICTMCF) to a riotous close on the evening of Sunday, June 23, a special group of men, women and children sat in the Asafu...

WESTERN BUREAU: British national Sianece Clarke-Johnson has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment or a fine of $300,000 after being convicted on cocaine-smuggling charges. On February 26, Clarke-Johnson checked in at the Sangster International...

Highlighting the intricate details of the crime scene, a former government forensic analyst on Thursday provided crucial insights into the positioning and nature of blood spatters found in the master bedroom of Keith Clarke's residence after he was...

The police are advising the public that a section of the Mount Rosser main road in Ewarton, St Catherine is impassable due to an accident involving a truck that has overturned. As a result, motorists are being advised to use alternative routes. The...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has commenced preparedness activities for the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. “As the entity responsible for disaster management in the...

The Jamaica Entertainment and Creative Industries Practitioners Insurance Plan is to be launched within weeks. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, made the disclosure during her contribution to the 2024/25 Sectoral...

A 53-year-old landscaper was killed while on the job in Victoria district, Linstead, St Catherine on Wednesday. He is Fitzroy Angus, otherwise called 'Bug'. The police report that about 8:30 a.m., Angus was carrying out landscaping in...

Two members of the Jamaica Defence Force suffered injuries in separate incidents in the Corporate Area during a freak storm which lashed sections of the island on Wednesday. The storm produced heavy rains and strong wind. In the first...

The Government is looking at a programme to make lands available for housing development as part of measures to drive down housing costs for Jamaicans. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in making the disclosure at the recent opening of Sagicor Group...

Recruitment is under way to fill 1,208 positions at the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital (WCAH) in St James, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton. The facility, which is currently under construction, will provide...

The Permanent Secretaries' Board (PSB) has expressed «grave concern» about the recent public discourse relating to calls for the resignation of the Ministry of Health's permanent secretary, Dunstan Bryan. Bryan's oversight of...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says its teams are currently working to address outages in some sections of the island, which have been caused by unusually high winds impacting the distribution system. However, director of corporate...

Former National Commercial Bank (NCB) wealth advisor, Khadene Thomas, who stole $74.5 million from customers' accounts at the institution, was today sentenced to two years in prison. The 35-year-old St Ann resident, who previously pleaded...

A search is under way for a woman who allegedly fatally stabbed her child's father at St John's Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday evening.  The deceased has been identified as Lashan Parker, 26-year-old labourer, of...

Housing developer DCR Hardware Construction & Development has been sued by a couple for its alleged  failure to deliver a two-bedroom house in Ocho Rios Country Club in St Ann in a habitable condition. The claimants are Ernest Francis, a...

An educator at a St Catherine-based institution has been arrested and charged following allegations he sexually molested a female student under his care. The 30-year-old man is answering to charges of sexual touching and sexual grooming....

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...