The Irwin High School community in St James has gone into mourning following the death of a female student who was struck by a MoBay Metro bus Wednesday afternoon. The deceased girl has been identified as Deanna Solomon, a grade seven student. The...

The government is to pay $2.6 million to claimant Talbert Smith for constitutional breach after a Supreme Court Judge who reserved judgment in December 2010 went on retirement in 2015 without delivering the judgment in his lawsuit. Smith was...

WESTERN BUREAU: Gloria Henry, who served an extended stint as president of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), says the organisation is already in high gear in its preparation for next year when it will be seeking to transform its...

Safety is essential for both inside and outside the home, especially now that we are in the season for fun, food and family. Here are 10 tips from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) that can help homeowners and families remain safe during the...

The Government of Japan has donated 27 new service vehicles to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In addition, the Japanese Government has donated five ambulances and an inflatable...

Western Bureau: Residents in southern Trelawny, who were anxiously looking forward to the construction of the promised fire station in Ulster Spring, are now wondering if the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has walked back the...

A female student at Irwin High School in St James is in critical condition at the Cornwall Regional Hospital after being struck by a Montego Bay Metro bus outside the institution's compound on Wednesday afternoon. The student is said to be in...

The police say one of the suspects implicated in the murder of Corporal Christopher Smith on Friday night was arrested at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Wednesday. The police say his identity is being withheld as the...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that it today captured a man wanted for murder in Westmoreland. Apprehended was Nicholas Muthra of Benta district in Withorn in parish. The JCF says Muthra was wanted for the November 10 shooting...

The five-star RIU Negril Hotel has reopened following a significant transformation, including fully renovated rooms and new offerings, such as the American Country restaurant and RIU Party events. The resort reopened the Negril property last...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says while more automated banking machines (ABMs) have been installed islandwide, the machines have not been meeting the «uptime» set out in its service level standards. It told the Standing Finance...

The procurement process to engage the services of a consulting firm to design a museum at the old courthouse in Morant Bay, St Thomas, is under way. Member of Parliament (MP) for St Thomas Eastern, Dr Michelle Charles, made the disclosure...

Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby says a written report has been demanded from the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation's (KSAMC) Chief Engineering Officer on the construction of an apartment complex, which the Integrity Commission says...

Detectives attached to the St Mary Criminal Investigations Branch today arrested two 18-year-old suspects believed to be responsible for a series of break-ins in the Port Maria area. A team of police officers reportedly observed the two men while...

Detectives from the Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch have arrested and charged a man for shooting a woman in her foot with an AK-47 rifle during an argument. Charged with wounding with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon, and...

The Linstead police in St Catherine are investigating two incidents which left one man dead and another injured in the Time and Patience community on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as 34-year-old Nicholas Campbell of Wallen Housing...

The St Catherine North police have launched an investigation into a case of death by misadventure after a man was killed by heavy-duty equipment on a construction site in the parish on Tuesday. He has been identified as Wayne Blackstock, a 28-year-...

Several workers of The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited staged a demonstration Wednesday to protest the entity's decision not to pay new salary rates and retroactive payments for December payroll. «No money, no work,» chanted placard-...

The Judicial Review Court has quashed a decision by the Jamaica Racing Commission to suspend female jockey Samantha Fletcher in March last year for 20 race days. She was suspended for failing to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the horse...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, is reminding persons undertaking projects that include the painting of curb walls that they should be done in the colours specified in the country's Road Code and not political colours. “I use...

For Tiana Larmond, the ‘code’ has always been to defy the odds and strive for success. The BSc. Computing First Class Honours University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica graduate consistently executed this plan over the last four years by...

With the introduction of two new Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) routes in St Thomas a week ago, the Government is assessing appropriate facilities to ensure the safe and comfortable offering of the service in the parish. Chief among them is...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, is stressing that the rights of students with special needs across Jamaica must be prioritised and protected. Speaking during a recent visit to Green Island High...

Small farmers have, so far, generated sales totalling nearly $400 million via the Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX) platform in 2024. Describing this as being “very significant”, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett noted that this out-turn resulted from...

WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Malike Kellier, and Audrey Budai, the coordinator for the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons, say the victims of human trafficking who do not get counselling may be resistant...

An Integrity Commission investigation has found that a company linked to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his business partner Norman Brown built an apartment complex in St Andrew with more rooms than allowed, breaching the law. Brown is chairman...

Jamaica is one step closer to becoming a republic and moving away from the British monarchy. The Government this afternoon introduced in Parliament a law to replace King Charles III with a ceremonial Jamaican president. The bill was tabled by...

Estatebridge Holdings Limited has rejected a report of the Integrity Commission that it breached the building law in the construction of an apartment complex in St Andrew. In the report, which was tabled in Parliament today, the commission said the...

The man charged for killing a woman and burying her body in Glengoffe, St Catherine was further remanded in the parish court today. Orlando Chin, 27, otherwise called 'Juckie', is charged with murder and unlawful burial. Chin is charged for...

Correctional officer Morris Bennett, who is charged for allegedly trying to smuggle a quantity of ganja into the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre is to be tried on March 3,2025. The date was set when Bennett appeared before the parish court...

Twenty-four-year-old Junior Coleman, who is one of two men charged over the gun attack at the wake of the grandmother of reggae artiste Christopher Martin, is seeking bail. During an application in the St Catherine Parish Court today, the parish...

An Integrity Commission investigation has found that a company linked to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his business partner Norman Brown built an apartment complex in St Andrew with more rooms than allowed, breaching the law. Brown is chairman...

Jamaica is now ranked number one in the Caribbean for the collection of plastic bottles for recycling, says Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda. The local collection rate of plastics for...

The Fraud Division of the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC) has arrested and charged seven persons for scamming US$63,871.87 and $10,162,468 from a customer of a bank. The scam, according to C-TOC, involved unknown...

Retired politician Pearnel Charles Sr has urged councillors of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) to prioritise defending the interests of the poor in their work. Speaking at Tuesday's meeting of the KSAMC, Charles Sr, who...