The authorities are investigating the discovery of two guns and an imitation firearm during a routine vehicle check at the Jamaica Defence Force's headquarters at Up Park Camp in St Andrew. In a media release on Monday morning the...

The Ministry of Health is advising members of the public to take precautions to safeguard their health amid the threat of a tropical storm. It says the following precautions should be taken regarding food and water safety, persons with chronic...

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica says the weather system moving towards Jamaica is forecast to strengthen to a tropical depression later today, which means tropical storm conditions are expected to affect Jamaica within 24 hours. The Met...

Jamaica's two major telecommunications companies, Digicel and Flow, say they have readied their networks for the impending tropical storm. In a media release on Monday morning, Flow said it has now completed rigorous network-readiness and...

A tropical storm warning is now in effect for Jamaica as the Area of Low Pressure over the west-central Caribbean Sea becomes better organised while moving closer to the island and has the potential to develop into a tropical cyclone by Monday...

WESTERN BUREAU: A testament to Jamaica’s evolving business landscape was on full display as Sixt Rent a Car, the world’s third-largest car rental provider, launched operations at the Norman Manley International Airport last week. Sixt’s expansion...

Western Bureau: Ahead of the close of Fire, Life and Safety Awareness Week on Saturday, personnel at the Hanover branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) were seemingly pleased with what they had achieved through their public educational activities...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently concluded a pivotal three-day plant breeding for hot pepper production under its Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper...

Buff Bay, Portland In an attempt to preserve the environment against improper disposal of plastic material, ground was broken last Thursday for the construction of plastics redemption centre on properties owned by Portland-based spring water-...

A Portland man was charged on Saturday for attempting to flee custody after taking cops to his yard where he had buried a fake gun. Charged with possession of an imitation firearm, escaping custody, assaulting a constable, and assault occasioning...

A Spanish Town, St Catherine medical doctor has been charged for the alleged rape of a woman at his home.  Thirty-three-year-old Nigeria Solomon, otherwise known as 'Isaiah', is also charged with forcible abduction and grievous sexual...

The St Andrew South police on Saturday seized 60 rounds of ammunition and a gun and arrested three men during an operation in Olympic Gardens. They are being held on suspicion of possession of prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of...

Kirk Cornish, the Member of Parliament for the constituency of North Abaco in the Bahamas, has been acquitted of rape and assault charges, calling it the close of one of the most “difficult chapters” of his life.

The Kingston Eastern police are investigating an incident where a licensed firearm holder reportedly accidentally shot himself.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP): Investigations into potential fraud in voter registration applications in three Pennsylvania counties have become fodder for online misinformation, including from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump....

ANKARA, Turkey (AP): The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit. It was the last time Burcu Gokdeniz would see her baby alive. The doctor in charge...

JERUSALEM (AP): More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip. In northern Gaza, Hamas militants carry out hit-and-...

WESTERN BUREAU: After multiple pregnancy losses, 41-year-old Shelly-Ann Nelson faced what she described as her worst nightmare in January 2021: she learned that fibroids were the cause of her uncontrollable bleeding. “I was told five years earlier...

WESTERN BUREAU: While many Jamaican women have faced the difficult decision to undergo hysterectomies due to debilitating non-cancerous fibroids, a doctor at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is offering new hope through a...

The Met office is advising that the country is set to see an increase in rainfall over the next few days, starting on Sunday. The agency says a broad area of disturbed weather currently across the southwestern Caribbean Sea is expected to develop...

The Linstead police in St Catherine are searching for assailants who shot a woman who was walking home from work. The gun attack happened about 6:50 p.m. on Friday. It is reported that she was walking along Bassida Lane in Linstead when she was...

Detectives in the St Catherine North Police Division are searching for hoodlums who robbed a truck laden with chickens and fatally shot the driver on Friday night in Spanish Town. Dead is Reeshaun Dallas, 30, otherwise called 'Jordan', of...

TORONTO: The 25 individuals who were appointed to the Order of Ontario for 2023 and three from previous years were invested with their insignia at an investiture ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on Monday. Among them were six...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC): Governor Jane Owen is urging the public to “remain tuned in to official channels,” as the British Overseas Territory deals with the second collapse of a coalition government here within a four-year period. In a...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has told an international conference here that high crime rates, climate change, global health challenges and restricted access to international development funding are among key...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): A judge on Thursday handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’ s political left whose killing sparked outrage. Ronnie...

Air Canada will be making 14 weekly flights into the island for the upcoming 2024/25 winter tourist season. “We will be flying three times per week from Montreal to Montego Bay; seven times a week from Toronto to Montego Bay, and also four times a...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, in collaboration with the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), on Friday, launched National Parent Month 2024 under the theme: 'Surf Beyond the Surface'. This theme focuses...

A man who was severely beaten by a group of men in St Ann has died in hospital. Dead is Shawn Geminson, otherwise called 'Shanty', a 48-year-old singer of Eltham in Ocho Rios. Reports are that about 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30,...

The pilot from the Turks and Caicos Islands who was charged April last year when parcels of ganja were found in his suitcase at an airport has pleaded guilty and was fined. Kenado Thomas, 37, was today fined $15,000 for possession of ganja and...

For the second time in a week, the St James police are imposing a 48-hour curfew in the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in response to escalating violence in the area. The curfew, which starts at 8:00 p.m. Friday and ends at 8:00 p.m...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says he will be making a comprehensive submission to Cabinet aimed at bolstering solid waste management initiatives in the country. “I am now preparing a submission to...

Effective Saturday, November 2, the National Works Agency (NWA) will implement temporary traffic changes along sections of the Bogue Road in St James as China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited ramps up activities to complete the Montego...

Large boulders are now blocking a section of the Junction main road in St Andrew. The boulders are a part of a massive landslide which occurred this morning. This has left the roadway at Toms River impassable. A part of the hillside came tumbling...

The Ministry of Agriculture is reporting that the fruits and vegetables market has shown signs of stabilising, with prices coming down. According to the Ministry, the market recorded a reduction of approximately 17% in October. Of the 31 fruit and...