The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) is developing a block-chain run platform for launch and public use early next year. The Verified...

Washington DC: Consul general of Jamaica in New York, Alsion Wilson, has hailed the Help Jamaica Medical Mission (HelpJaMM) for its unwavering dedication to providing ‘quality healthcare to the mentally disadvantaged in Jamaica and New Jersey’. In...

NEW YORK: The Jamaican diaspora in New York has lost another community stalwart with the passing of Dr Michelle Malcolm-James, president of the Organization for International Development (OID). She died suddenly last Sunday at the age of 56 years....

New York: The Jamaican Consulate in New York will host its outreach programme to Chicago from November 16-18 where services such as application/assistance in obtaining Jamaican passport and citizenship will be made on a local level. The Consulate...

The Manchester businessman charged with fraud over his alleged failure to hand over money from the sale of vehicles amounting to millions was today granted $1 million bail with surety in the St Catherine Parish Court. Garfield Biggs, 40, of Balvine...

A high court judge has found that the Bank of Nova Scotia did not commit a breach in its practise to charge a fee to encash a cheque. Opposition Member of Parliament Fitz Jackson had filed a claim against the bank seeking a declaration that...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Trench Town, Jones Town, Craig Town and Admiral Town in Kingston. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, November 17. The...

A 16-year-old St James boy has been charged for being among persons who allegedly engaged the police in a shootout in Gutt Bottom in Granville. He is charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, two counts of shooting with intent, using a...

Detectives assigned to the Major Investigations Division (MID) have charged a man in relation to the gun attack at the football match in Pleasant Heights, Rockfort, Kingston last month that left five persons dead and the two others injured. He is...

Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, says the Government has initiated the recruitment of 20 attorneys for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to strengthen the preparation and timely completion of case files, in order to enhance greater efficiency...

The case against the three cops who are charged in relation to the 2014 death of Mario Deane is to be transferred to the Westmoreland Circuit Court. Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant are set to appear in...

The parliamentary Opposition is expressing concern about what it says is a recent surge in violence targeting educational institutions and is urging the Government to establish «Safe Spaces» around key institutions, such as...

Two policemen, who were charged two years ago with a 2008 murder, are to stand trial on October 6, 2025. Their trial date was confirmed on Thursday, during an appearance in the St Catherine Circuit Court. 

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has established a working committee to look at the challenges facing the tourism sector, such as reduced occupancy rates, and their impact on workers, some of whom have taken industrial action...

The St Elizabeth police have arrested and charged two people following investigations into the robbery of a supermarket in Maggotty last month that resulted in the death of a resident.  Speaking at Thursday's monthly meeting of the St...

Stella Maris Preparatory School in St Andrew is seeking to distance itself from the robbery which took place on the Stella Maris compound earlier this week. A statement issued this morning by the principal, Sister Mary Joseph, says "...

Barita Investments Limited, a leading financial services company, has made a substantial contribution of $10 million to Project STAR, the social and economic transformation initiative spearheaded by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ...

THE JAMAICA Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) and Agro-Investment Corporation (Agro-Invest) have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to drive agricultural development and investment in Jamaica by converting former bauxite mining lands into...

AT FOLLY Point, near Portland’s capital town of Port Antonio, there are ruins of a 60-room mansion, commonly referred to as ‘Folly Mansion’, and located on a small peninsular. There are several stories about how the place came to be called Folly....

The endowed Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University in Toronto, recently held an appreciation gathering to thank those who have supported its mission and to showcase its work from 2021 to 2023. Dr Carl James,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry Thomas, councillor for the Mount Salem Division in St James, is urging the National Works Agency (NWA) to improve the drainage infrastructure along the Tucker main road in light of recent flooding associated with heavy...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to replace Damian Williams, the Jamaican-American US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Williams will be succeeded by former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman, Jay Clayton....

WESTERN BUREAU: The three police officers who are charged in relation to the 2014 death of Mario Deane will learn on Friday morning, November 15, which parish their case will be transferred to for trial. Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables...

After more than two decades leading the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Dr Marlene Street Forrest will be retiring on December 4, the Financial Gleaner has learned. However, she is expected to remain in charge of the exchange beyond her retirement date until...

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug,...

Thirty-one-year-old Jermaine Knight, taxi operator of Long Lane, Kingston, has been charged with larceny of motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, obtaining money by means of false pretence and possession of Revenue Paper before such ...

Aundrene Cameron was today chosen to be the Jamaica Rhodes Scholar for 2025. King's House made the announcement after a full day of interviewing ten finalists vying for the scholarship. Aundrene Cameron is a first-class honours graduate of the...

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) says it has received instructions from Prime Minister, Dr  Andrew Holness, to acquire 10 additional acres of land to build a micro business park at the Morant Bay Urban Centre in St Thomas. Speaking...

A man who purported to be a medical doctor and allegedly fraudulently collected money to provide a US visa has been arrested and charged. The accused has been identified as Andrew Clarke, a 57-year-old labourer of Spring Farm, St James....

The three Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers charged in connection with the May 2010 shooting death of businessman Keith Clarke were today found not guilty after the prosecution was unable to pinpoint them as the shooters. Lance Corporals Greg...

An operation by the police in Old Harbour, St Catherine, led to the discovery of a rifle under a pile of stones on Wednesday. The weapon seized is a Chinese SKS rifle. Police reports state that about 8:45 a.m., police went on a...

Justice Dale Palmer has ruled that the three Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers charged in connection with the May 2010 shooting death of businessman Keith Clarke do not have a case to answer. Lance corporals Greg Tingling and Odel Buckley, along...

The Police High Command has ordered the detention of two policemen involved in Sunday's fatal shooting of two men on Windward Road in Kingston. The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force says the order was given...

Councillor for the Olympic Gardens division in West Central St Andrew, Christopher Townsend, has died.  Jamaica Labour Party Deputy Leader, Desmond McKenzie, said Townsend died Wednesday night due to what is believed to be...

A 54 year old man from St Mary has been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl in his community between September 2023 and January 2024. Conrad Gray was charged by detectives attached to the Port Maria Criminal Investigation Branch....