Government lawmakers on the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee (ICOC) a short while ago voted against a motion moved by Opposition legislator Julian Robinson during a meeting of the committee. The motion calls for the Integrity Commission...

LONDON: The funeral of a Jamaican entrepreneur who became somewhat of a legend in Manchester, England, for selling his home-brewed ginger beer is expected to attract approximately 500 mourners. George Powell, who lived in Moss Side and Old Trafford...

CUSTOS ROTULORUM for Clarendon, Edith Chin, on Friday, handed over one of two retrofitted container houses, developed under an initiative she spearheads, to a family residing in Rocky Point in the parish who lost their possessions during Hurricane...

JANINE FLETCHER-TAYLOR, Marketing Services Unit manager at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), is making the call for farmers to support the development of Jamaica’s hot pepper value chain by increasing the supply of the produce to...

STUDENTS HAVE been encouraged to approach conflicts in a peaceful manner to prevent them from escalating to harmful levels, by Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck. “Students, make sure that you find the ways and means to resolve your disagreements and...

WESTERN BUREAU: POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) plastic bottles, old tyres, pieces of zinc, and other debris were among the items collected from the shoreline and mangroves of the Jobson Bay Eco Beach Park in...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has handed over a newly retrofitted inclusive classroom to the Salvation Army Arthur Wint Basic School in Lucea, Hanover. Done in partnership with the Digicel Foundation, the facility forms part of the ECC's...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public that a flash flood watch is now in effect for all parishes. According to the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, the flash flood watch will remain in...

MoneyGram is experiencing a global outage, which is affecting the disbursement of remittances here in Jamaica, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is advising. In a statement today, BOJ noted that, “overseas remittance service provider, MoneyGram Payment...

Several students of the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf in St Andrew can now confidently venture into the soap-making industry, with certification from the Scientific Research Council (SRC). This follows a free training session, held on...

A man who spent five days in police custody after three members of his family were killed by gunmen has won a lawsuit against the Government for false imprisonment and a breach of his constitutional rights. A default judgment was handed down in the...

Rushawn Patterson, the man charged with the October 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneika 'Slickianna' Townsend, is to return to the St James Circuit Court on October 18, as post-mortem and DNA reports have still not been...

A six-year-old boy drowned in the Hope River in Harbour View, St Andrew, on Sunday. He has been identified as Nickoy Anderson, of Bayshore Park, Kingston 17.  The police say about 9:45 a.m., the child was at the river, when he fell into a hole...

The Sligoville police in St Catherine have launched an investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found on the grounds of a church in Top Jackson district in the parish. The police were called to the scene about 11:...

The police are advising members of the public that Marcus Garvey Drive, in the vicinity of the Tinson Pen Aerodrome, in Kingston is impassable due to heavy rainfall. Motorists are being asked to exercise caution while traversing this...

In a bold move to blend art, technology, and community service, seven Rotary Clubs and one Rotaract Club in Kingston and St Andrew have collaborated to create a striking mural in the heart of the Kingston Creative Art Walk on Water Lane. The mural...

JPS provided more than $37 million in back-to-school aid across the parishes of St Elizabeth, Trelawny, St Thomas and Kingston and St Andrew, benefiting over 2,000 students in preparation for the 2024-25 academic year. The contribution was a part...

Jamaica’s National Commission on Violence Prevention (NCVP) has submitted a preliminary report to the government and, according to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, his administration will be seeking to develop a social consensus around the...

Western Bureau Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr says the 37 senior citizens, all female, who recently completed a 10-week course at HEART NSTA College of Innovation and Technology, international certification in digital...

Last month, OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large artificial intelligence (AI) models. This was a change of posture for the company, whose chief executive Sam...

Residents of St James are to benefit from the construction of four additional health centres in the parish. The project, to be funded by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of $500 million, will see centres being built in Farm Heights,...

Custos Rotulorum for Clarendon, Edith Chin, on Friday handed over one of two retrofitted container houses, developed under an initiative she spearheads, to a family residing in Rocky Point in the parish who lost their possessions during Hurricane...

The St Mary police are probing a double murder in Free Hill early this morning. Killed were 48-year-old firefighter Gary Samuels and 26-year-old Barrington Clarke. It is reported that the attack was carried out by men posing as the police. The...

Sections of Rivoli in Spanish Town, St Catherine are under a curfew. The security measure came amid tension in the area following the fatal shooting of two men by the police during an alleged confrontation on Saturday. Upset residents mounted...

YOU WILL defeat your enemies. This is one of the covenant promises that God gave to Abraham at that phenomenal divine encounter at Moriah. He told Abraham that his descendants shall conquer (overcome, uproot, defeat, displace) their enemies. But,...

WESTERN BUREAU: LAST WEEKEND was chock-full of activities at the Sandy Bay Seventh-day Adventist [SDA] Church in Sandy Bay, Hanover, as the church engaged in several community outreach endeavours and worship to mark its 90th anniversary. The...

THE PASSING of a family member, especially a well-beloved one, can be an emotional and psychological experience, especially under certain conditions. The period of grieving can be very long, while some people recover in a matter of months. It...

KAVUMU, Congo (AP): Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard. Last month, the World Health Organisation...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Family Court’s decision last week to free a teen of murder charges following the stabbing death of a schoolmate earlier this year has triggered a wave of criticism. But some seasoned attorneys-at-law contend that the decision...

A police investigation is now under way into a case of suspected drowning in the vicinity of the Port Henderson main road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 51-year-old Diva Wallace Harvey of Lime Tree in...

Residents of Buck Town in Rivoli, Spanish Town, St Catherine today mounted roadblocks to protest the fatal police shooting of two men in the community last night.  The incident, which occurred around 9 p.m., has ignited tension in the area....

Mayor of St Ann's Bay, Michael Belnavis, is urging the operators of food establishments to comply with health regulations, warning of consequences for those deemed non-compliant. Speaking with JIS News following the St Ann Municipal...

Aiden Bartley, the 8-year-old boy who was among eight people killed in the Cherry Tree Lane massacre in Four Paths, Clarendon, was today remembered by his family as intelligent, outspoken, and remarkably brilliant. Aiden's aunt, Nardica...

The police in St Catherine are searching for a gunman who fatally shot a police trainee in Greater Portmore last night. The deceased has been identified as Rushane Nelson, a 32-year-old student constable of a Greater Portmore address. It is...

A late-night confrontation between the police and two men in Rivoli, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Friday ended in tragedy as both men were fatally shot.  The incident occurred around 9 o'clock when cops engaged the men during an operation...