WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, says the long-awaited National Identification System (NIDS) should be officially launched by the end of 2024. Dixon, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister and whose portfolio...

Individuals or families seeking to undertake income-generating projects to improve their economic status, may receive assistance through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Rehabilitation Assistance Grant initiative. Through this programme...

The Coconut Industry Board (CIB) will be staging a special celebratory event in observance of World Coconut Day, on Saturday, August 31. This event, which will be held at the CIB’s Headquarters at 18 Waterloo Road in St Andrew, will last from 10 a....

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that financing is being put in place to construct six science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) schools across the country. Holness made the disclosure during the annual Primary Exit Profile...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is inviting applications for its Special Home Improvement Loan from persons whose houses sustained damage during Hurricane Beryl's passage on July 3. Funding of up to $1.5 million can be accessed, which can be...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more specifically, the joystick-...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, CMC  – A court in the Netherlands has ruled that Jamaican reggae singer Jah Cure will continue serving his six-year sentence for attempted manslaughter in the Netherlands. The ruling was handed down last week...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said today «my values have not changed», as she was questioned along with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in their first major television interview of their...

A shortage of banana and plantain can be expected across the island as a result of the damage caused by Hurricane Beryl. A detailed assessment conducted by the Banana Board reveals an average of 74 per cent damage to the sector. General Manager of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — United States federal agents seized US$6 million worth of cocaine and arrested two men from the Dominican Republic in waters south of Puerto Rico, officials said today. More than 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of...

The Super Lotto jackpot has been hit for the second time this month. A lucky Jamaican player has won the massive $236.5 million jackpot with a $300 ticket purchased at Khadulah Wholesale in Clarendon. The winning numbers were 09, 10, 22, 29, 34,...

Major Basil Jarrett has returned to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) as the Civil/Military Cooperation Officer, which took effect on August 23, 2024. He has been commissioned to the Jamaica National Reserve (JNR). Major Jarrett, who previously led...

Schools are being urged to institute COVID-19 safeguards when the 2024/25 academic year commences on September 2. The call comes from Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, amidst recent surveillance data indicating high transmission of...

The police in Manchester have launched an investigation into the murder of a man in Line of Parish district, Christiana on Wednesday. Dead is 31-year-old Cleon Russell, otherwise called 'Tajay'. It is reported...

Forty-nine-year-old Sidonia Armsby of Clifton district in St Catherine has been charged with assault at common law. Reports from the Portmore police are that about 3:00 p.m. on Monday, August 26, Armsby and a man were arguing when she allegedly...

The Ministry of Agriculture has kick-started the recovery of the banana and plantain sector with the distribution of vouchers to purchase fertilisers to over 20 banana and plantain farmers in Highgate, St Mary. Speaking on behalf of Portfolio...

As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, Guardian Life Limited (GLL) awarded approximately 50 students (who recently sat the Primary Exit Programme examinations) and students entering universities with $6 million in scholarships and grants to...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) launched its newest product, the International School for Development Justice (ISDJ), on Wednesday, August 21. The ISDJ is the world’s first-ever global business school dedicated solely to online graduate...

Jamaicans running in various elections in Florida on primary day, August 20, came away with mixed results. The most high-profile race – that for the United States Senate – saw Jamaican Stanley Campbell coming up short in seeking to win the...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has indicated that it is investigating the circumstances around a police fatal shooting incident, resulting in the death of an unidentified male “who appears young by observation”. The incident...

A 15-year-old Hellshire, Portmore, St Catherine boy was on Tuesday charged for breaking into a woman's house and stealing items and then making off with her motor car. The student, who was held in the stolen vehicle in Manchester, is charged...

A 60-year-old man who allegedly fraudulently collected cash to secure a work visa has been charged by the Linstead police. He is 60-year-old Robert Dunn, a construction worker of Above Rocks, St Catherine. He has been charged with obtaining money...

Police Constable Odaine Miller was on Tuesday charged for the 2015 shooting of a woman at an apartment complex in St Andrew. Miller is charged with wounding with intent, illegal possession of firearm, and illegal possession of ammunition. The...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the police and the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) now have full authority over the matter concerning the shooting death of Private Ejay Domville. Domville was reportedly shot in the face...

The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, says a light earthquake of preliminary magnitude 4.0 was felt in western Jamaica on Tuesday. It says the epicentre was located approximately 22 kilometres southwest of Savanna-la-...

It will now cost more than $3 billion to fund repairs to the 362 schools that were damaged by Hurricane Beryl, Education Minister Fayval Williams has revealed.  The education ministry had initially given a preliminary figure of $2.7 billion,...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has been instructed to ensure that the fuel charge on customers' September electricity bills are reversed following the spike on August bills. Minister of Energy Daryl Vaz, in a media release...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in several communities in Clarendon. The areas affected are Western Park, Cherry Tree Lane, Havannah Heights, Treadlight and York Town. The curfew began at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday and will remain in effect until 6:...

A funeral home operator was shot dead in Palmers Cross, Clarendon, on Tuesday during a dispute with another man, the police say. The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old Sherwayne Williams, also known as 'Baaba' of a New Town...

MBJ Airports Limited, the operator of Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, says the airport's runway undergoes regular maintenance and sought to assure the public that it is safe. The declaration came after the runway was...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is partnering with the Government of the United Kingdom (UK), through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide critical cash grant assistance...

Phase one of a multimillion-dollar project, which will see thousands of residents in Mason Hall, St Mary receiving piped water, commenced last Thursday. The pipe-laying works, which is being undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC), in...

The Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) is warning customers to be on the lookout for strange emails, texts and calls with suspicious requests, amid an ongoing investigation into a July cyberattack during which data may have been breached....