Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising that persons awaiting receipt of their $20,000 Reverse Income Tax Credit may experience delays in getting the funds in their bank accounts. It says it is currently in dialogue with the...

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green says the Government will assist dairy farmers to significantly improve their output, through a $20-million Equipment Lease Programme. Speaking at the launch of the Dairy Livestock Innovation, Nutrition,...

A former Member of Parliament (MP) aligned to the People's National Party (PNP) has disclosed details of how he was chided by colleagues for supporting a motion moved in Parliament by a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) counterpart. The motion...

The Embassy of Mexico in Jamaica says Jamaicans travelling to Mexico do not need to have a US visa, but «it will help in the facilitation of your entrance». Jamaicans on social media have been warning others not to go to Mexico for...

The West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) says staff at the University of the West Indies, Global Campus, have withdrawn their service due to the non-payment of November salaries. In a media release on Wednesday, it said the action...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says charges are to be laid shortly against the six persons who were arrested this morning in connection with a probe into the theft of millions from an elderly customer of the National...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it will be providing oversight of the police investigation of the civilians involved in Saturday's alleged assault of a couple at a party at the National Stadium in St Andrew. In a...

PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL), the operator of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), has advised that the facility will be closed for six hours Thursday night into Friday morning for annual maintenance of the airport...

Many members of parliament (MPs), mainly backbenchers, are «clueless» about the issues discussed by the parliamentary oversight committees on which they serve, a former lawmaker has asserted. Lloyd B Smith, the former People's...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says she is «very concerned» about reports of the immigration challenges faced by Jamaicans in Mexico and some Central American countries and that her ministry is actively working to address...

Churches in Jamaica are expected to find it easier to get international funding for their humanitarian projects with the launch of the Caribbean Council for Ethical and Financial Accountability (CCEFA) on Wednesday at The University of the West...

The high-profile criminal trial of Dominique Pelicot is wrapping up. The French man is accused of drugging and raping his 72-year-old wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and also inviting 50 other men to rape her while she was unconscious. What’s captured global...

Tired of thinking about what gifts to get everyone this year? Artificial intelligence chatbots might help, but don’t expect them to do all the work or always give you the right answers. Anyone scouring the internet for holiday deals is likely going...

Disabilities Awareness Week is being observed from December 1 to 7 under the theme ‘Inclusion in Action: Connecting Communities for a Better Tomorrow’. The annual observance serves as an opportunity to highlight the achievements of persons with...

• Personalised gift recommendations: Use AI-driven platforms (like Amazon, Etsy, or specialised gift websites) to get personalised gift suggestions based on preferences, past purchases, or even social media profiles. • Budget management: Use AI-...

Police have listed the husband of British national Dawn Anderson and his twin brother as persons of interest following the discovery of what is believed to be her body in a shallow grave at Food Farm Common, Whithorn in Westmoreland on...

A man who was arrested on gun charges after he was accused of firing at the police was freed on Tuesday. Shaquille Davis, otherwise called 'Tika' and 'Oshane Gordon', was found not guilty of illegal possession of firearm and...

St Thomas fisherman, Carlton Brown, who is charged with possession of 192 pounds of ganja, was again remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday. Brown is charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, taking steps to...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging citizens to take extra precautions in the home and on the roads during the Christmas season. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that based on the data, it is important for persons to be...

A policeman who admitted to being dishonest in entries he made in a station diary was severely castigated by a judge on Monday. This after the lawyers representing the accused called for the judge to stop the case immediately because of...

Executive Director of Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL), Kandasi Walton-Levermore, says there is a need to increase efforts to eliminate HIV-related stigma and discrimination. Speaking with JIS News, she noted that while significant progress has...

“Dem mek me feel like I am a criminal,” declared Jamaican Tarrick Hamilton who says he faced mistreatment and harsh conditions after being denied entry by immigration in Mexico. It was Hamilton's first time travelling outside of...

Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert this afternoon took the Oath of Allegiance in Gordon House as she returned to the legislature little more than 14 months after resigning as Speaker in the wake of a damning report from the Integrity Commission setting out...

A person was arrested on Monday following the seizure of a gun during a traffic stop. Reports from the Duhaney Park police are that at about 2:30 p.m., a team on operation stopped and searched a motor car where a Taurus nine millimetre pistol with...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising that the Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care programme at the St Joseph's Hospital in St Andrew is to go on break for the holiday season. Operations will be suspended from December 11, 2024, to January 17, 2025...

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As part of our support for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2024, the Trade Board Limited (TBL), in partnership with the Ministry of Industry, Investment...

Seeking to foster good police-community relations, law enforcement personnel from several rural stations in the St Catherine North Police Division recently instituted an open house policy that has engaged the communities via schools....

Western Bureau: In registering his disgust with the increasing number of students from the parish who are finding themselves behind bars for criminal activities, Hanover Custos Dr David Stair says poor parenting is to blame for their deviant...

The alarming increase in schoolboy beatings and bullying across Jamaica has become a cause for national concern. Almost every week, new reports emerge of students engaging in violent acts against their peers, leaving many Jamaicans to wonder where...

St Elizabeth farmer Dionne Blake could not hide her joy as she walked on the newly paved segment of farm road in her community of Cornwall Top. “I can get up in the morning now put on my fancy slippers and my feet don't get dirty. Before...

Residents of Roaring River, Westmoreland, on Monday unearthed what is believed to be the body of 64-year-old Dawn Anderson, a Jamaica-born British woman who went missing shortly after arriving in the island last week. The body was reportedly...

Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says an investigation has commenced in relation to reports that an off-duty policeman assaulted a man and woman at a party on the weekend. Responding to questions from The Gleaner, Commissioner Blake said he...

Twenty-two-year-old fisherman, Romeo Dixon, of Burkefield Meadow, Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, has been charged with the murder of another fisherman on November 19. He is also charged with wounding with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon,...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ)  has announced that the deadline for the submission of new applications for the Government's Reverse Income Tax Credit has been extended to December 13. TAJ says it was shifted from December...