Bishop Dr Grace Ade-Gold Contributor I HEARD a voice say to me, «Write something for fathers.» To prove it was really God, I delayed. However, a few days later while driving along Lady Musgrave Road on my way to Cross Roads, I got two sharp...

Rev Gabriel Agbo HOW LONG have you been in this condition? Tell me. The sick man near the Pool of Bethesda spent 38 years in his own condition and had enough reasons not to expect healing, and they were all facts. He was very ill and could not get...

WE SHOULD not approach end-time teachings just for information, because, when we approach spiritual things solely for knowledge, it pushes us in the wrong direction and, according to 1 Corinthians 8:1, knowledge puffs up. Seeking this knowledge...

Fr Sean Major-Campbell THE TEN Commandments have been politicised in recent years, with politicians employing the appeal to religious sentiments: often without any interest in the deeper significance of the text. In fact, many Christians blindly...

Hello, mi neighbour! Cousin John* was a very hard worker whose efforts earned him a decent weekly salary. His financial slack-handedness caused many to ‘love and cherish’ him. He treated every Tom, Dick and Harry whenever they met at their...

A senior citizen is dead while five other people are being treated at hospital, following a motor vehicle crash on Saturday in St Mary. The police say the six people were aboard a Toyota Corolla motor car which was travelling in a easterly...

Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have completed the third reviews of Jamaica's Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), with their assessment being that the country's...

A 39-year-old man is hospitalised after he was shot and injured in Gregory  Park, Portmore in St  Catherine on Friday. About 1 p.m., the victim was reportedly standing near a service station when he was approached by a...

Mayor of Falmouth Collen Gager has announced that $12.5 million is to be spent to address recent concerns highlighted at the Falmouth market in Trelawny. He made the announcement on Thursday during a tour of the market along with Executive...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to begin preparations for Hurricane Beryl, which is expected to begin impacting Jamaica on Wednesday. While addressing the St Andrew South Community Consultative Conference on Saturday Holness...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Beryl chugged toward the southeast Caribbean on Saturday and could strengthen into the year's first hurricane before reaching Barbados late Sunday. A hurricane watch was issued for Barbados as...

They say ‘politics is show business for ugly people’, and if you’re a political junkie like myself, you can see how it makes a warped kind of sense. As a former entertainment, correspondent and magazine editor, I spent over a decade involved in the...

SCORES OF students from primary and secondary schools across the island will be immersed in the intricate world of robotics during the summer. For four weeks from July 2 to 30, the students will gather at selected campuses across the island, where...

THE OBSERVANCE of the first anniversary of the launch of the Alliance of Yorubas in Jamaica (AYJ) Association of Jamaica will take the form of a ‘Cultural Exposition inside the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology, Jamaica...

FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY (AP): Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her paediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab, green hospital gown. Her cousin Giuliana Demma remembers looking at the then 1-year-old and...

The National Baking Company Foundation (NBCF) has heavily invested this summer in developing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills and career opportunities for youth in western Jamaica. This partnership with the University...

Detectives assigned to the Fraud Squad have charged a 35-year-old marketing officer for allegedly stealing 2.6 million dollars from the accounts of customers of a financial institution in Kingston. Dianne Thompson of Annandale Close, Pembroke Hall...

The Port Morant police in St Thomas are investigating a case of a man who was stabbed to death with a garden fork on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Kemar McGowan, 38-year-old businessman of Market Road, Port Morant, St...

A Supreme Court judge was left with no choice yesterday but to throw out a case against a juvenile and his co-accused after King's Counsel Peter Champagnie argued that they were charged because the police were seeking to create a reason for...

A male teacher charged over allegations that he sexually molested a 12-year-old female student under his care was remanded in the St Catherine Parish Court today. The 30-year-old is charged with indecent assault, sexual touching and sexual...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has issued new directives to its members regarding the prosecution of the offence of using an electronic device, including mobile phones, while driving. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)...

A call is being renewed to owners of short-term accommodations to better vet potential renters due to lottery scammers utilising these properties to carry out their criminal activities. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)...

Tropical Depression Two formed Friday afternoon east of the Caribbean islands and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it heads west toward the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Centre says the system could become a hurricane...

The Government is looking to provide more affordable broadband service to more Jamaicans in underserved communities across the country. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with direct oversight for...

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...

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...