This year marks the 60 anniversary of the existence of Church Teachers’ College: Mandeville (CTC). In these 60 years, the college has exceeded its mandate to train teachers for the Jamaican education system. The college has expanded every aspect of...

A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal, Environment...

We’ve long been warned about the looming demise of traditional journalism in the face of digital disruption. But some tech giants, once the very disruptors themselves, have been positioning themselves as journalism’s saviours. Programmes such as...

The University of Technology Jamaica (UTech) has launched its UTech Open School of Lifelong Learning and Professional Development. The school operates as the oniversity’s open learning access entity, serving the needs of communities across Jamaica...

WESTERN BUREAU: With major plans to continue strengthening the relationship between Jamaica and his home country, Mayank Joshi, newly installed Indian high commissioner to Jamaica, believes the local tourism sector can benefit from an influx of...

The Clarendon police have launched an investigation into the sudden death of 51-year-old Detective Inspector Donovan Hutchinson.

Police seized two illegal firearms and arrested four men in operations in St Andrew on Saturday.

A constable from the St Ann's Bay police station is hospitalised following an alleged accidental shooting by a colleague on Saturday night.

The Clarendon police have launched an investigation into the sudden death of 51-year-old Detective Inspector Donovan Hutchinson.

Detectives have charged two men in connection with separate murders in Kingston and St Andrew

Construction worker Antwone 'Bredda' Robinson, 18, has been charged with larceny for allegedly breaking into a Gregory Park home in Portmore, St Catherine, and stealing $33,000 worth of items.

Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain. 

The police have identified the three victims of Saturday's fatal taxi-truck crash on Brunswick Avenue, St Catherine.

A 31-year-old man was fatally shot by police after he and others allegedly fired at officers during an operation in St Catherine on Saturday.

Apple's ubiquitous iPhone is about to break new ground with a shift into artificial intelligence that will do everything from smartening up its frequently dim-witted assistant Siri to creating customised emojis on the fly. The new era will dawn Monday with the unveiling of the hotly anticipated iPhone 16 in a Cupertino, California, auditorium named after Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who pulled out the first iPhone in 2007 and waved it like a magic wand while predicting it would reshape society.

HELLO, MI neighbour! Seriously, how do you see yourself? The way we see ourselves affects the way we see others, and the way we see others affects the way we interact with them. Of course, that’s a no-brainer eenh? By the same token, how they see...

AP: For more than a year, religious organisations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of...

Karleen Allen’s emotions are a mix of frustration and anger as she grapples with the matter of a commercial property that was established in her residential neighbourhood of Greenwood, St James, roughly six years ago. According to Allen, she had...

WESTERN BUREAU: The family of a 71-year-old man who passed away last Wednesday after falling and hitting his head at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, is voicing frustration with how the authorities managed the tragic...

As Hurricane Beryl wreaked havoc on the facilities at the Portland-based Happy Grove High, the damage extended well beyond the immediate impact of the storm. The official start of school has been pushed back a few weeks, giving administrators time...

Four persons were arrested following the seizure of 200 pounds of ganja in Salem, St Ann, on Friday.  Police reportedly swooped down on a dwelling around 5:40 a.m..

Three persons are dead following a crash involving a taxi along Brunswick Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Saturday afternoon. 

Aryna Sabalenka got past Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking US Open tennis women’s final Saturday to win her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title of her career.

The woman who died in a car crash in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Friday night was a firefighter returning home after her shift at the Stony Hill station in St Andrew, the Jamaica Fire Brigade says 

The authorities are investigating the shooting injury of a policeman after the reported discharge of his service weapon during a patrol in St Thomas on Saturday morning.

Colin ‘Shaka Fame’ Bell, the People's National Party (PNP) representative for the Portland Eastern constituency, has resigned from the position, citing a lack of support. 

Mount Pleasant Football Academy goalkeeper Shaquan Davis has been called up to the Reggae Boyz squad to replace Coniah Boyce-Clarke, who has been recalled by his club Reading FC in the English Football League.

«A di worse experience I ever experience all of my life ...out a sea, breakdown and drifting,» said Fitzroy Russell, one of two fishermen rescued off the St Elizabeth coast Friday by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF).

Israeli soldiers killed an American woman demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank on Friday, according to a witness who said she was shot while posing no threat to Israeli forces. 

A 19-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Brunswick Avenue and Angels Toll Plaza Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Friday night.

The St Andrew Central police  arrested two men over the seizure of two illegal guns and 20 rounds of ammunition Saturday. 

Dickon Mitchell, prime minister of Grenada and chairman of CARICOM, and Dr Terrance Drew, prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis, are headlining the agenda at the 2024 Virtual Island Summit (VIS) scheduled for September 9-13, joining a panel of other...

The Ministry of Health...

The City and Guilds Institute is offering a fully subsidised diploma in engineering to secondary-level students, as one of its Skills Proficiency Awards, through a contract with the Ministry of Education and Youth. A 10-year contract was signed in...

LONDON (AP): One doesn’t need to know sign language to understand what Michael Connolly feels about his colleagues’ efforts to break down the barriers posed by his deafness. When asked what he thought of his teammates’ decision to learn British...