Engineers from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will be assisting with repairs to damaged buildings in Accompong and surrounding areas in St Elizabeth, says Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. Approximately 80 per cent of the structures in the...

LONDON (AP) — The right to trial by jury will be pared back in Britain in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced Tuesday. Justice Secretary David Lammy said overload and delays had created...

(AP) — Two former apartheid-era police officers in South Africa were found guilty of murder Tuesday in the 1987 killing of activist and student leader Caiphus Nyoka. Nyoka's fatal shooting at his family home near Johannesburg during the period of...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it will be monitoring the temporary customer billing relief measures announced by major utility providers in response to Hurricane Melissa. The OUR said within a week after the hurricane hit Jamaica...

Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) District Constable, Cavell Minott, has been charged following a domestic assault incident involving a woman and a baby in 2024. The incident occurred on January 27, 2024, in White River District, Portland. An...

St Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has secured a second term in office after a decisive electoral win in the eastern Caribbean Island on Monday. Pierre's Saint Lucia Labor Party beat Allen Chastanet’s United Workers Party to secure 14 of...

(AP) — Haiti’s transitional presidential council has approved an electoral law in the latest step toward holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade. The approval late Monday means that the government can finally publish an...

A 27-year-old car dealer from St James, has been charged following an alleged gun attack on a woman in his community last month. He is 27-year-old Adeno McIntosh, otherwise called ‘Baba’, from Latium district in the community of Lottery. Reports...

Finance Minister Fayval Williams will this afternoon table Jamaica's third revised budget for the ongoing 2025-2026 financial year, as the country continues to grapple with the severe economic fallout caused by Hurricane Melissa. The revised...

A submachine gun was among a cache of firearms and ammunition seized by the Kingston East police during an operation on Thompson Avenue on Tuesday morning. Authorities recovered one Uzi submachine gun, three magazines, three Glock pistol...

A SECURITY expert has warned that the widespread disruption caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa has created new opportunities for criminals to target vulnerable communities and workplaces. Hopeton Thomas, security manager at JN Bank, said...

DELARNO SMALL, a dedicated farmer from Bonnet District in Guys Hill, St Catherine, is demonstrating resilience as he recovers from losses sustained during Hurricane Melissa and pursues significant expansion of his goat-rearing operation. The 23-...

WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says Jamaica has no confirmed cholera cases after Hurricane Melissa, though leptospirosis has surfaced in several parishes, prompting intensified public health measures....

Scott’s Cove, on the St Elizabeth side of the border with Westmoreland, was once idyllic. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa changed that. On one side of the cove sat a fishing village; on the other, roadside shacks sold fried fish, which have a...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the HerRelief Jamaica Foundation has mobilised recovery efforts across affected communities, coordinating medical supplies and support with backing from the Jamaican diaspora. Founded to serve vulnerable...

WASHINGTON (CMC): The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday urged countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to strengthen their response to HIV, warning that around one-third of people living with HIV are diagnosed too late,...

WESTERN BUREAU: With the winter tourist season set to open on December 15, Montego Bay’s major resorts and attractions are accelerating their final recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa. Among the properties already at full operational...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has been actively building strategic partnerships with regional employers’ groups and national workforce bodies to keep pace with the growing demand for more entry-level workers with job-ready skills. Dr...

WESTERN BUREAU: The country’s third field hospital – a Type 2 full-service medical facility gifted by Barbados – will be fully operational before the end of this week on the grounds of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland....

The St Mary police have charged two men in relation to a shooting at a wake along Gully Road in Mason Hall. Charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition, shooting with intent, and using a prohibited weapon...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators including from the Roman Catholic church clergy protested in the Philippines on Sunday, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators and officials implicated in a corruption scandal...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people travelling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation’s capital to intensify efforts to rein in...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is encouraging persons in areas impacted by Hurricane Melissa to ensure that their properties are safe to receive power. JPS says homes and businesses affected by flooding, heavy winds, and structural damage of...

The police in St Elizabeth are investigating the death of a man whose body was found along the Myersville main road on Saturday. Reports are that about 2:30 p.m., passers-by stumbled upon the body and summoned the police. Upon arrival, it was...

Two men were shot, one fatally, at a barbershop in Commodore, St Catherine on Saturday night. Dead is the shop’s operator, 51-year-old Andrew Richards, otherwise called ‘Killer’. The other victim is an 81-year-old man of a Linstead, St Catherine...

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has identified lands owned by the Trelawny Municipal Corporation for the construction of a new administrative building, following the devastation of the existing structure during Hurricane...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has highlighted Jamaica’s significant progress in reducing violent crime, noting that, for the first time in almost four decades, the island could record fewer than 700 murders this year. Holness, in his address...

Health officials are warning residents to guard against rodents after Hurricane Melissa disrupted habitats in October. Medical Officer of Health Dr Sharon Lewis and Chief Public Health Inspector Lorenzo Hume said flooding across the parish has...

Eighty-seven recruits have joined the ranks of the Department of Correctional Services following Friday’s Passing-out Parade for the 87th Intake of Correctional Officers at the United Pentecostal Church of Jamaica Camp Site. The intake began...

About 1,200 people have been trained to deliver psychological first aid in parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. The training, supported by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, is part of broader efforts by the...

Intcomex Jamaica has adopted Cave district, Westmoreland, pledging six months of support for one of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. The announcement was made on Thursday at the company’s corporate office at the Market Place,...

WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica on October 28, flattening homes, schools, and entire communities, Pastor Mary Wildish’s church, Trumpet Call Ministries, became a beacon of hope. Located in the heavily hit city of...

The University of London has conferred the degree of Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences on Professor Sir Hilary Beckles. The award was presented during the university’s Foundation Day ceremony on November 19, marking its 189th anniversary. The...

CIBC Caribbean has honoured two Jamaicans for their quiet, consistent service to others as part of its 2025 Unsung Heroes Awards, a regional programme celebrating extraordinary contributions made without seeking recognition. Dr Kirk Morgan,...

Beverly Nichols, head of New York-based Push Start Foundation, has long supported her homeland. So when Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica’s western parishes, she quickly mobilised help. Within two weeks, Nichols chartered a jet carrying bottled...