On Tuesday, team members from Lascelles Employees and Partners Cooperative Credit Union visited the Union Gardens Infant School. Students were treated to reading exercises from popular books; “Bobbi & the bear” and “How the camel got its hump”.

Reinforcing its dedication to early childhood and primary education, the Desnoes...

A developer behind a $2 billion luxury apartment complex in St Andrew asked for time to comply with real estate laws after allegedly collecting payments from buyers without securing their interests through certain legal requirements, the Real...

Western Bureau: With the just over 5,000 farmers in Hanover now seeing a welcome increase in production, the Hanover branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is calling for the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) to establish...

THE JUNE plum is naturally sour. Even when it is ripe, it has a tangy taste, sweet and sour, if you will. And we Jamaicans, perhaps, all have stories of this sour-but-sweet fruit, embedded in our memories. But, retired University of the West...

Declaring that “Jamaica is at a precipice, not a crossroads”, Opposition spokesman on investment, trade and global logistics Anthony Hylton, says the country can choose continuity or step boldly into a new era. In his contribution to the Sectoral...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has charged the team at the Environment Health Laboratory (EHL) to place greater focus on public education on indoor air-quality monitoring to prevent potential health risks. “We are going to...

Seven top-tier United States (US) travel specialists who recently visited Kingston and Port Antonio, Portland, for an immersive destination experience, on the invitation of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), have affirmed their commitment to selling...

WESTERN BUREAU: Courtney Cephas, executive director of the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation, says that Jamaica’s primary healthcare sector has received an impressive $220 million in support under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt...

ON SATURDAY, May 24, Ray Au’Clair Jadire Studio in Lydford, St Ann will be hosting two batik-making (dying) workshops, one from 9 a.m. to noon, and the other from 1 to 4 p.m. Prospective participants may choose one or the other session. The...

PRESIDENT OF the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Metry Seaga has declared that there is need for strong structure, stability and smart, strategic investments in the Jamaican people. Speaking at the launch of the Marathon Insurance...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is this year advancing its modernisation programme, with several activities coinciding with the organisation’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Speaking recently during the official launch at The Jamaica...

THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) hosted a comprehensive health fair on Monday, benefiting almost 500 employees at the agency. The health fair, which was held at the NSWMA, Half-Way Tree Road offices, offered services including...

THE NATION’S courts will open their doors to the public today for the inaugural celebration of Judiciary Day. Under the theme ‘Preserving Justice, Honouring History, Embracing the Future’, the observance serves as an opportunity for the judiciary...

“The Jamaica Organic Agricultural Movement (JOAM) is a national organisation committed to the development and support of organic agriculture in Jamaica. Through education, advocacy, and community engagement, JOAM promotes food sovereignty,...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC -Two Jamaican women are to be deported from The Bahamas after they pleaded guilty and were charged US$500 each on prostitution charges. The women, Mikaela Selena Jacas, 28, and Toshema Tana Lee Steer, 31, appeared in the...

Three people died within a seven-hour span on Monday in separate motor vehicle crashes in St Ann, including two along the Faith's Pen main road, a police report has revealed. Two of the victims were motorcyclists. They were among four people...

BRUSSELS, CMC -The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Tuesday said that human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown. In its latest report, the UNDP shows how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could reignite...

BOARD CHAIRMAN of the Marathon Insurance Brokers (MIB), Richard Burgher, said the company is to expand its brand across the Caribbean and strategically register the entity on the local and regional stock markets. “In every crisis there are...

The Most Reverend Charles Dufour, Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, and founder of the Good Shepherd Foundation of Montego Bay, has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Florida-based Friends of Good Shepherd...

Jamaica is set to accelerate the phase-out of chemicals destructive to the Earth’s ozone layer, by partnering with four organisations to establish seven refrigerant recovery, recycling, and reclamation (RRR...

The Investing in Jamaica and Housing Forum, set to take place tomorrow at the Pyramid Club in Philadelphia and May 8 at Resorts World New York City, is expected to connect members of the Jamaican diaspora and potential investors with expanding...

More than 10,000 students in 10 high schools across 10 parishes will benefit from the 10th staging of the Acts of Kindness School Tour, scheduled from May 2 to May 26. The main objective of this annual programme, organised by the NCU Media Group,...

A year after the successful inauguration of the St Mary Literary Festival, organiser Paul Ward has published a first book of a collection of the poetry and prose that were presented at the April 2024 launch in Port Maria, St Mary. The book, St...

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Audrey Marks is back home, after nearly a decade as Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, to lead a bold mission to modernise government and empower entrepreneurs through digital transformation. Now appointed minister...

Forty-two-year-old St Andrew engineer Jomo Campbell has been charged with fraud in relation to a land buying deal. Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that between December 2023 and January 2024, a woman allegedly paid Campbell over $4 million to...

The St Catherine North Criminal Investigation Branch has charged two truck drivers for allegedly stealing a generator and a plate compactor from a premises in Golden Acres, Spanish Town and advertising the items for sale.  Charged with simple...

A construction worker was electrocuted while laying building blocks at a house along Golden Spring Road in St Andrew this afternoon. He has been identified as Errol Brooks. Reports from the St Andrew North police are that sometime after 1 p.m.,...

NEW YORK, CMC – A New York man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 murders of his Jamaican girlfriend, Karlene Barnett, her son, Dervon Brightly, and her niece, Vashawna Malcolm, who was visiting...

A man who allegedly confronted the police in Linstead, St Catherine was fatally shot on Saturday. According to the police, a loaded gun and 44 additional rounds of ammunition were found. Reports are that around 6:00 a.m., a police team was in...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, a minister said Saturday in the build-up to a national election. Minister of the Presidency António Leitão...

The police in St Ann are probing the murder of a man whose decomposing body was found inside his house with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. He has been identified as 54-year-old handyman Robert Anthony Llewellyn of Wharf Road in St Ann's Bay...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness today lauded the upbringing of sprint icon Usain Bolt and praised the contribution of his parents, Wellesley and Jennifer, in his success. Holness was paying tribute to Wellesley Bolt, whose thanksgiving was held...

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) says it has been actively discharging the functions of the Political Ombudsman. The ECJ, in a statement on Saturday, stated that since assuming the role in February 2024, it has established a dedicated...

“On the day the LORD gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the LORD in front of all the people of Israel. He said, ‘Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.” Joshua 10:12 THERE IS no...