WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says several traffic changes are to take place in the western city during the Christmas season, and additional spaces granted to vendors to ply their wares during the highly anticipated Grand Market...

In Christmas messages to the Jamaican diaspora, Jamaican diplomats in the United States -- Ambassador Audrey Marks, and consuls general Alsion Wilson and Oliver Mair -- have praised its members for their continued contributions to the development...

The government will have a task to convince the people that Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) programme is not another unsustainable road-patching exercise. SPARK was first mentioned during the fiscal...

This year is the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Jamaica. I am delighted to be a part of that celebration as ambassador of Japan to Jamaica. As one of the events to celebrate the anniversary, recently I gave a lecture at...

The police have identified the two men who were shot and killed during an alleged armed confrontation in Ewarton, St Catherine, on Friday. They are Horace Murray, otherwise called 'Fish Head' and Mathew Small, otherwise called '...

The St Elizabeth police are implementing measures to ensure public safety and security during the yuletide season. Head of the Division, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, said that there will be increased police presence in towns across the parish....

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the Caribbean region must not be left behind in taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to propel the tourism sector forward. He said that as the global tourism landscape becomes increasingly...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has imposed a curfew in sections of Enfield and Annotto Bay in St Mary in an attempt to stem crime in those areas. Commanding officer for the St Mary police division, acting superintendent Anthony Wallace, said...

The police say one of the five inmates who escaped from the Barnett Street Police Station on Saturday was killed in a confrontation with the police while another has been recaptured. They say 42-year-old Edgar Spence, a labourer of Belinda district...

The Westmoreland police have arrested a man who was wanted for murder and seized two firearms in separate incidents. The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force says 42-year-old Dwight Williams, otherwise called '...

WE ARE again celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Sure, Christmas is the most celebrated day in the world today. In fact, some people begin to plan for it as soon as they go into a new year. In some countries, like the USA,...

IT IS Christmastime again, time for The Salvation Army to put out its kettles at strategic points to collect money to help support its social outreach. It is perhaps one of the few religious movements to use this method to get money for social...

ON THE second Sunday of Advent, last week, Christ Church hosted the annual human rights service ahead of International Human Rights Day. On that Sunday when we lit the candle of peace, the sounds of Peter Tosh blared from the holy place: “...

Hello mi neighbour, Drawing your attention today to a few things that we must pay attention to. Draw a bench and siddung a likkle. I once gave a mango to a former coworker and her gratitude made me feel that if it were possible, I’d give her the...

WHEN THE African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its quadrennial General Conference in Ohio in August, among the agenda items was an issue that the Rev Jennifer S. Leath had...

A St Andrew businessman has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition after a loaded gun was reportedly seized during a raid at his business place. He is 47-year-old Micheal Nelson, of...

Fifty-six high schools are being targeted under a tactical programme being implemented by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information to significantly enhance student performance in Mathematics and English language in the Caribbean...

Twenty-seven-year-old labourer, Nicholas Pryce, of Savannah Cross, Clarendon, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Old Harbour, St Catherine, on Friday. It is reported that he was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a motor car at the...

The police have identified one of the three men who were fatally shot in separate incidents involving the police in St Catherine on Friday. He is Rori Foster, also known as 'Tuff Tuff', 34, of Central Way, Silverstone, St Catherine....

A search is now under way for five inmates who escaped custody from the Barnett Street Police Station in St James on Saturday. The police say they escaped between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. They are: * Forty-two-year-old Edgar Spence of Flower...

The New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) has entered a new chapter, with the handing over of keys to residents in phase one of the Victoria Palms Housing Development in Denham Town, Kingston on Friday. The 12 unit, two-storey development,...

Fewer grandparents were living with and taking care of grandchildren, there was a decline in young children going to preschool and more people stayed put in their homes in the first part of the 2020s compared with the last part of the 2010s,...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): The doll’s golden curls are intact and soon her head is too. One by one, the toys that show the wear and tear of love are restored for the holidays: sewed and combed, stuffed and dressed. From Barbie dolls to a Kung Fu...

WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels, chairman of the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC), says the corporation stands ready to provide the National Works Agency (NWA) with a solution to fix the perennial bad-road situation in Lucea....

WESTERN BUREAU: The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has left the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) in a quandary as it has rejected the corporation’s request for assistance to fund the Mayor’s Christmas Treat for Children, which is scheduled for...

WESTERN BUREAU: Ian Myles, councillor for the Little London division in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), has called for the impounding of stray animals to be privatised, as this will provide a humane solution to the issue, and enhance...

The St Mary police have charged the two 18-year-olds who were arrested earlier this week in connection with a break-in in Port Maria. Euton Jones, otherwise called 'EJ', of River Lane, Port Maria, and Gavaughn Belto, otherwise called...

Thirty-four-year-old Nicholas Muthra, the wanted man captured during heightened police operations in Westmoreland on Wednesday, has been charged. Muthra, a security guard of Williamsfield, Westmoreland, has been charged with murder, wounding with...

The father of a 13-year-old boy who brought his licensed gun to school in his backpack reportedly by mistake has been charged with negligent loss of a firearm. The 63-year-old Irwin Meadows, St James resident is also charged with failure to...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging citizens to prioritise safety, especially when handling devices powered by lithium batteries, during the festive season. Superintendent at the JFB, Emeleo Ebanks, told JIS News that individuals must observe...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging persons to exercise caution and diligence when considering financial assistance options, such as loans, during the Christmas season. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) 'Think Tank...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of the St Andrew North Police Division. The security measure began at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December 13 and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, December 15. The boundaries of the curfew are...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing a double fatal shooting by the police in a housing scheme in Ewarton, St Catherine, Friday morning. INDECOM said in a media release that initial reports indicate that two men were...

The parliamentary Opposition is calling for Prime Minister Andrew Holness to give up ministerial oversight of critical government agencies dealing with real estate amid conflict of interest concerns. The demand follows Tuesday's release of an...

The Integrity Commission's (IC) case brought against Member of Parliament (MP) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert will proceed to trial, Parish Court Judge Leighton Morris has ruled. Dalrymple-Philibert's attorneys, Peter Champagnie and Neco Pagon...