Project STAR has begun the implementation of comprehensive Community Transformation Action Plans across five communities, marking a significant milestone in its mission to drive sustainable economic and social development to improve the quality of...

The United Kingdom has announced funding under the Sustainable Blue Economies Programme’s Blue Social Challenge Fund to help countries across the Caribbean harness its ocean resources to improve climate resilience and livelihoods for vulnerable...

WESTERN BUREAU: While St James currently holds the dubious title as Jamaica’s murder capital, with over 100 homicides this year, the mayor of the capital city Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, is promising that come 2025, the tourism hub will...

WESTERN BUREAU: President of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, businessman Moses Chybar, the chief executive officer of Icon Importers and Distributors, has outlined a range of steps he plans to take to reposition his 25-year-old...

The People's National Party (PNP) has condemned the killing of veteran journalist Barbara Gayle. In a media release on Tuesday, the PNP said this latest attack on a journalist is "symptomatic of the larger state of insecurity in which...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says she is deeply saddened to learn of death of Gleaner journalist Barbara Gayle. Gayle was found dead at her home at Caymanas Estate in St Catherine on Tuesday. Police are still...

The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is expressing shock and outrage at the tragic death of veteran journalist Barbara Gayle. In a media release on Tuesday, the PAJ hailed her as a "trailblazing journalist who dedicated her life to...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has paid tribute to veteran court reporter Barbara Gayle, noting that her career was «defined by truth, justice, and transparency». In a statement released to the media on Tuesday following news of...

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione...

Former University of the West Indies student Matthew Hyde, who grievously assaulted his ex-girlfriend during a three-day abduction, was this afternoon sentenced to 13 years and 9 months' imprisonment. The 21 year old, who has been in custody...

Henry Cole was a prominent educator and patron of the arts who was popular in the elite social circles of early Victorian England. It was a time when the British postal system was being expanded. There was the introduction of the ‘Penny Post’,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Wheelchair attendant Ivyrine Melhado was one of several tourism workers honoured by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in a ceremony to mark the start of the 2024-25 Winter Tourist Season at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in...

GK General Insurance, a subsidiary of the GraceKennedy Financial Group (GKFG), has partnered with the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers (JNRWP) to support the resilience of 30 local female farmers in the wake of the distressing financial...

“I was surrounded by many negative influences, but I made a conscious decision not to let them define me,” was Jamar Howell’s, sales and relationship manager at JN Bank, determination as he navigated his way from a divided inner-city community into...

Western Bureau: With some 69 youngsters from Hanover recently completing training in various disciplines linked to the hospitality sector, other young people are being urged to take up the free training offer, which is a joint venture between the...

The police are being advised to look out for a portable hacking tool, one of which was confiscated recently in Jamaica during a brazen attempt to steal motor vehicles. The device, a Flipper Zero, is said is able to read, copy and emulate radio-...

Jamaica recorded 54 murders in the first two weeks of December, with 25 in the first week and 29 in the second. After 50 weeks in 2024, an average of 22 murders were committed weekly. According to the latest serious crime statistics released...

The Sligoville police in St Catherine have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the seizure of a nine millimetre pistol on Sunday. The man, who is from St Andrew, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and...

A curfew in sections of Enfield, Annotto Bay, St Mary, which was slated to end Monday evening, will continue until 6 p.m. Wednesday. The initial 48-hour curfew was imposed on Saturday evening. The boundaries of the curfew are as follows: North:...

Local officials in St Ann and neighbouring St Mary are celebrating the opening of a health and wellness centre in a strategic location to deal with health emergencies that could arise on cruise ships visiting that side of Jamaica. Mayor...

The relatives of 14-year-old Kimoya Gordon and 10-year-old Recali Smith are issuing an urgent plea for help in locating the siblings who reportedly went missing while attending Sunday's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Montego Bay, St James...

The final tally of weapons discovered in five barrels at a wharf in Kingston last week has revealed that 52 guns were hidden in the shipment from the United States which was labelled groceries and clothing. The Jamaica Customs Agency...

The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has arrested four people as it conducts a series of operations across the Corporate Area in connection with an organised fraud scheme targeting Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited....

King's House has announced that Governor General Sir Patrick Allen will undergo an elective spinal surgery today. It says the surgery is aimed at alleviating the «debilitating and painful effect of his condition». During Sir...

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 Independence gala, hosted by the Jamaican Consulate in New York, will return next year after not being held this past August. The gala will be held on August 23 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Ticket prices will start at US$...

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 '...