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-...

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...

The sentencing hearing for dental assistant Kayodi Satchell, who admitted to slashing eight-year-old Danielle Rowe's throat last year June, this afternoon heard that the child was murdered after the killer contracted HIV from the child's...

Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Nesta Morgan, says he stands ready to provide support to the families of the two students who were killed in this morning's crash along the Bustamante Highway. The deceased where students...

In another historic moment for St Thomas, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) began operating in the parish today with two buses, the 701 and the 702, leaving from Yallahs Bay and Morant Bay, respectively. On schedule, JIS News observed...

The driver who fled the scene of the crash in Clarendon that claimed the lives of two students and injured three others this morning has been held while reportedly attempting to leave Jamaica. He was apprehended by the police at the Norman Manley...

The Transport Authority is investigating reports that one of its teams was chasing one the vehicles involved in Monday's fatal crash along the Bustamante Highway in Clarendon. The authority is the agency that regulates the public transportation...

Jamaican football fans at home and aboard will have the opportunity to watch more marches live and free of cost. The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has partnered with Kingston Made Production to produce more live broadcasts of matches of...

An elderly woman was killed on Saturday after the driver of the car in which she was travelling swerved to “avoid potholes” and collided head-on with another vehicle, a police report has revealed. The crash occurred along the...

The Independent Commission of Investigations is probing in the fatal shooting of a senior citizen by the police in Portmore, St Catherine during an alleged machete attack. The deceased has been identified as 68-year-old Robert Gayle of Passage Fort...

Two students, a boy and a girl, of Lennon High School in Clarendon were this morning killed in a two-vehicle crash and others rushed to hospital. The collision occurred along the Bustamante Highway around 8:30 in the York Town area and involved a...

With less than a month to go before the end of year, Jamaica's murder tally has climbed to 1,060. This was revealed in the latest crime figures, which was published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) this morning and covers January 1 to...

The Ministry of Education says it is deeply saddened by today's crash in Clarendon that left two students of Lennon High School dead and other students in hospital. It is reported that one of the injured students is in critical condition....