The Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI) is set to introduce City and Guilds certification for spa professionals on the island. This was announced by Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett during the sixth annual Jamaica Health and Wellness...

The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) is making significant strides in strengthening its offerings, with a key focus on creating a framework that will enable intellectual property (IP) companies to benefit from Special Economic Zone (...

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 during...

Owen Smith, general manager of the Jamaica Automobile Association, wants Jamaicans to adopt the ‘Safe Systems Approach’ to reduce the level of human errors that contribute to road crashes and the economic impact it has taken on the country. Smith...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, is encouraging more women to get involved in representational politics. She made the call while addressing the opening ceremony for an Organization of American States (OAS)...

ROME (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse urged the Vatican today to expand its zero-tolerance policy that it approved for the United States Catholic Church in 2002 to the rest of the world, arguing that children everywhere should be...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says investigations into the cause of today's fire at the Pearnel Charles Arcade in downtown Kingston are now under way. The massive fire destroyed 95 stalls, affecting...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says it is currently working with the public health authorities to manage a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak among inmates at the Hunts Bay lock-up in the St Andrew South Division. “We wish to reassure the...

Firefighters are still trying to contain a massive blaze that has left millions of dollars worth of damage at the Azan's Supercentre warehouse and Pure Ice Factory on Ashenheim Road in Kingston. Senior Superintendent Patrick Gooden,...

West Portland Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz says the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) will be hard-pressed to unseat his wife Ann-Marie Vaz, who is the MP for East Portland. Addressing a combine constituency conference for East and...

Montego Bay Multi Sports Development Limited has been selected to lease the Montego Bay Sports Complex in St James. The announcement was made today by procurement officer at the St James Municipal Corporation Kimberly Webb. The bid opened in...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, CMC – Caribbean development organisations say they continue to trail the world as it relates to accessing available climate funds and implementation of climate resilient projects. Speaking of the region's challenges at...

An innocent man who spent eight years in custody awaiting trial in a murder case until he was freed in June has filed a lawsuit against the Government seeking millions in damages for the agony, trauma,  humiliation and financial losses he...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says investigations into the cause of today's fire at the Pearnel Charles Arcade in downtown Kingston are now underway. The massive fire destroyed 95 stalls, affecting...

Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been charged for the shooting deaths of two men and a teen boy along Windward Road in Kingston earlier this month. Fatally shot were 17-year-old Oshane Stubbs, 19-year-old Orando Campbell and...

Some 95 shops were this morning destroyed in a massive inferno which ravaged sections of the Pearnel Charles Arcade in downtown, Kingston. The affected shops were occupied by 54 vendors. Divisional Commander of the Kingston and St Andrew Division...

Investigators in the St Catherine North Police Division are searching for the persons responsible for the shooting of a man in Gordon Pen, Spanish Town last night. The 27-year-old, who is reportedly from Caribbean Estates in Portmore, remains...

Montego Bay, St James on Saturday became the first international destination for ultra-low cost airline Avelo Airlines, which is headquartered in Texas, USA. The inaugural flight carried over 150 passengers from the Bradley International...

Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest US...

The curfew that was imposed in sections of Trench Town, Jones Town, Craig Town and Admiral Town in Kingston has been extended. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, and ran until 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, November 17. The security...

Eighteen children from Ewarton Primary School in St Catherine were earlier this month treated to full medical eye evaluation and refractive/optical evaluations through Viewpoint Ophthalmology and Dermatology. The effort was coordinated through...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP): Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online...

A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that eight million people die annually from smoking related complications. Despite efforts by governments and various organisations to create awareness about the dangers, around 1.3...

The Spirits Pool Association of Jamaica has thrown its support behind the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) and its ruling to grant a geographical indication (GI) designation for ‘Jamaican Rum’. The body said the landmark decision...

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) are calling for greater enforcement from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) in punishing individuals who illegally dump in their divisions, particularly in...

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli strike early Sunday in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza killed at least 30 people, the director of a hospital there told The Associated Press. Hosam Abu Safiya with Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya also said there...

A St Ann man who allegedly brandished an illegal gun on a woman during an argument has been arrested by the Ocho Rios police. The 37 year old is being held on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of...

The Hunts Bay police in St Andrew seized two firearms along Glen Road on Saturday night. The weapons, an AK47 with an empty magazine and a Taurus pistol with five rounds, were seized during an operation carried out about 10:45 p.m. The Glen...

A 12-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Cassava Piece, Kingston 8. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. Sunday and will end at 6:00 a.m. Monday. The boundaries of the curfew are: North: From Grosvenor Heights to the intersection of Grosvenor...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is blaming government inaction for today's incident in which a staircase at a state-owned high-rise building in Torrington Park collapsed, injuring one person and leaving residents of 16 apartments unable to...

A 10-year-old boy has succumbed to injuries sustained in a hit and run in Lacovia, St Elizabeth, on Friday. The victim has been identified as Keneal Clarke, a student of Lacovia Primary School. The police report that about 7:05 a.m., Clarke...

Two men have been shot and killed by police in the St Catherine North division in separate incidents which resulted in the seizure of two illegal guns and ammunition. In one incident, a man, identified only as 'Nigel', reportedly pointed a...

“I will not die, but I will live to tell what the LORD has done.” Psalm 118:17 POWER OF life and death is in God’s hand. Yes, that death threat over your life will not succeed! Nothing has the right to terminate your life just like that. This...

WHEN OUR hearts suffer trauma, it can affect every aspect of our lives, because our heart is the well-spring of our lives. Though our experiences are often the main source of trauma, it is also possible to inherit trauma. There are issues that are...

THERE IS an argument going around that the Democratic Party lost the US National Elections due to people taking offence at too much gender politics. Vaia.com defines gender politics in this way: “Gender politics refers to the power dynamics,...