Steve McClaren has resigned as head coach of the Reggae Boyz following Jamaica’s failure to automatically qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Jamaica and Curaçao played to a scoreless draw at the National Stadium tonight. Speaking with the media...

Investor and wealth manager Donovan Lewis will deliver the final lecture in St George’s College’s three-part series, ‘Pioneers of Tomorrow’, on Tuesday, December 2, at the Abe Issa Auditorium. Lewis is expected to share insights from his career...

The Portmore City Municipality on Sunday delivered another batch of relief supplies to communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, making its second trip to western Jamaica. This time the aid went to Roaring River, a farming community in central...

Midlife changes are often associated with women, but health experts say men also undergo significant hormonal shifts that can affect their energy, mood, and overall well-being. The condition, known as andropause, or age-related testosterone decline...

The Jamaican Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) has pledged to deliver at least 1,000 care packages two to three times per week to communities recovering from Hurricane Melissa. In partnership with the Chinese Community of Jamaica, the CBA said...

Jamaica missed out on automatic qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a scoreless draw with Curaçao at the National Stadium earlier tonight. Needing a win to advance, Jamaica failed to find the back of the net in regulation time. With...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The police in Trinidad on Tuesday said that a 16-year-old secondary school student is due to appear in a magistrate's court on Wednesday after he was detained and discovered with cannabis and a concealed weapon in his...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it has temporarily suspended service disconnections and late payment fees for customers arising from Hurricane Melissa. JPS notes that the bills that customers will receive in the coming days are for...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a Trump administration legal challenge to New York policies that block immigration officials from arresting people at state courthouses, saying the federal government can’t force states to cooperate with...

The Christiana police in Manchester are advising motorists to exercise caution when travelling along the Sedburg main road as a section of the roadway has been partially damaged. A breakaway has developed along the roadway. Motorists are being...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking. US...

The case against the man accused of the murder of University of Technology, Jamaica student Anisa Dilworth has again been postponed in the St Catherine Parish Court. When the matter was called up today, the court was informed that the voluntary...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says Jamaica’s financial sector is in a position to absorb the negative impact of Hurricane Melissa, which it says is expected to adversely affect domestic GDP growth over the coming quarters. The BOJ, in a media release...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of an unidentified man in St Catherine on Monday. The deceased is yet to be identified. It has been reported that about 4:45 p.m., the police...

A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday. At 12:44 p.m...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is undertaking extensive repairs to its traffic signal infrastructure in the Western parishes of St James, Trelawny, Westmoreland and Hanover. The parishes were among the worst affected by Hurricane Melissa. The...

MAGA, Nigeria (AP) — A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school's principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday, as hunters joined security forces in the search for...

Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Government will work with established importers and capable local farmers to bring food into the island as it tries to fill market shortages caused by Hurricane Melissa. “We do have people who are...

HURRICANE MELISSA, which inflicted catastrophic damage to several parishes, has left the island’s small business sector grappling with the aftermath. Amid the devastation, there is a strong call for entrepreneurs to seize opportunities to rebound....

MINISTER OF Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says the Government is moving swiftly to get farmers back into production following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. “The reality is that this can’t wait, and as we seek to...

The RG CARES’s visit to St Elizabeth on Saturday, November 8, was filled with mixed emotions for team members. Almost 40 volunteers from RJRGLEANER, the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica, the United Church, and members of the Securipro and Jamaica...

With the peak winter tourism season set to begin on December 15, stakeholders in Portland are rallying to support recovery efforts in the island’s western tourism belt, following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. Hah-R-Mony Entertainment...

Senior Parish Judge Sanchia Burrell yesterday cleared the way for the continuation of the long-running multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused, after dismissing two major objections from the...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body – and...

Opened to much fanfare on June 16, 2024, one of Ocho Rios’ most unique attractions, the Poko Loko floating bar, lasted just 17 days before Hurricane Beryl tore it apart on July 3, with looters then descending on it. The double blow resulted in...

Several councillors in Clarendon say they have been neglected and sidelined in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, claiming they were not given adequate support to help residents prepare for the storm or recover from its destruction. Their frustrations...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Indian community in Montego Bay, St James, has raised $10 million to support recovery efforts across the parish and has committed to help restore one of the worst-affected schools in the southern region following the devastation...

The Court of Appeal has quashed the sex-assault convictions of former high school football coach Kevin Williams, ruling that the trial judge caused a “miscarriage of justice” by refusing to postpone the case when Williams’ chosen lawyer was...

AS I listen to many comments and questions about disasters, I am reminded that faith in faith is much more common than faith in God. Many religious leaders and their adherents believe that storms can be prayed away. And it is okay to pray. That is...

Black River High School and Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth were not spared the wrath of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on October 28, making operations at both institutions malfunction. But, while there is no timeline as to when they both will...

WESTERN BUREAU: Shelleitha Curtis did not expect to cry that morning. She was packing care packages – adding rice, juices, diapers, disposable food containers, garbage bags, cooking oil, and other essentials – for team members shaken by Hurricane...

Seventeen-year-old Mijaun Talbot, the joint regional top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics performer for 2025, believes mathematics cannot simply be taught from the front of a classroom. For him, it is a subject to be...

The savage winds of Hurricane Melissa did not just strip roofs and flatten homes; they obliterated or damaged about 40 heritage structures that anchor Jamaican identity, memory and national spirit. That figure is expected to rise once privately...

A 24-year-old man was shot and injured after he allegedly pulled a gun on a police party in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Friday. Reports are that about 4 p.m., the police went to the French Street area of the town, based on information...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has removed over 700 truckloads of solid waste material from Catherine Hall and Westgreen in St James following flood damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. Minister without Portfolio in the...