Eligible entities are being encouraged to utilise the third window of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Employer Arrears Amnesty Programme to clear up outstanding contributions and become compliant. This phase of the programme runs up to March 31...

A curfew has been imposed in sections of Portland Cottage and Hayes in Clarendon. It began at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February 3 and will remain in effect until Wednesday, February 5. The boundaries in Portland Cottage are: North: From the Portland...

The decomposing body of a woman was today found in a barrel in a gully along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, in the vicinity of Industrial Terrace. It is reported that before midday someone stumbled upon the barrel and raised an alarm. The body...

Amid a protest today, the National Water Commission (NWC) says it is not responsible for the sewage overflow along Waltham Park Road and East Road in St Andrew. The commission, in a media released, stated that it does not operate a wastewater...

Two days after non-profit groups sued the federal government over a stop-work order targeting programmes that provide information and guidance to people facing deportation, the US Justice Department reversed course and ordered that funding to the...

The police have imposed a curfew in sections of Ellerslie Pen and Tawes Meadows in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, February 3, and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, February 5. The...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The state-owned Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited (Paria) says it has entered into an agreement with Petrojam Limited in Jamaica as it seeks to expand its bunkering services. In addition, Paria said it...

Taxi operators and residents on Monday mounted roadblocks along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew to protest the condition of the road surface and presence of wastewater along the roadway. The placard-bearing protestors gathered at the intersection...

The Child Diversion Branch (CDB) in the Social Justice Division of the Ministry of Justice is calling on upstanding Jamaicans to volunteer as mentors in its Child Diversion Programme. The programme targets children aged 12 to 17, who come into...

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump held off Monday on his tariff threats against Mexico for one month of further negotiations after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country’s national guard to the...

Jamaica’s homicide figures since the start of the year show that the country is below its 2024 weekly average as the murder toll now stands at 73, according to the latest statistics published today by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). This is...

A 23-year-old man is in police custody after he allegedly robbed a patron at a nightclub in Ewarton, St Catherine, and used an illegal gun to hit his victim during the incident on Sunday night. The accused is being held on suspicion of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Fidel Ferguson, one of five inmates who escaped from the lock-up at the Barnett Street Police Station in Montego Bay, St James, on December 14 last year, has been sentenced to a one-year imprisonment at hard labour for larceny of a...

The High Commission of India in Kingston celebrated the 76th Republic Day of India on January 26 at India House with the ceremonial flag unfurling in the morning. The celebrations continued in the evening in with the formal reception, where Kamina...

The auditorium at Dinthill Technical High School in Linstead, St Catherine, was abuzz with activity as grade-10 students gathered for an interactive road safety presentation, spearheaded by the National Helmet Wearing Coalition (NHWC), a project...

Fifteen tertiary students have been selected to get a year of hands-on experience across the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) under its now under way JPS Internship Programme. The annual programme sees an intake of final year students and...

Sagicor Sigma Run 2025 has welcomed Food For The Poor as a partner to help rake in United States (US) and Canadian donations for this year’s run. This is just one of the multiple channels the Sagicor Foundation is using to reach its ambitious...

Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake was on Sunday involved in a motor vehicle accident in St Ann. It is reported that shortly before midday the driver of a Toyota Fielder motor car overtook a line of traffic and collided with the vehicle carrying...

Slain veteran journalist Barbara Gayle was today remembered as a loving, jovial, and supportive person who impacted many lives. Gayle's thanksgiving was held today at the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Andrew. The service was filled...

In 2024, the political temperature in Jamaica saw a dramatic shift, particularly surrounding the announcement of the long-overdue local government elections (LGE) scheduled for February 26. This event sparked a whirlwind of debates and heightened...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging motorists to exercise greater caution on the nation’s roadways. This follows revelation of a slight increase in the number of motor-vehicle crashes to which the JFB responded last year, when compared to 2023...

In June 2024, during an interview on The All-In Podcast, President Donald Trump outlined a bold vision for the more than one million international students in the US, promising green cards upon graduation. However, many fear this could be little...

MORE THAN 7,000 customers have responded to the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Amnesty Programme, with many successfully formalising their contracts and reconnecting to the NWC’s network. Since the launch of the initiative on January 2,...

THE CHILD Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has received a $10-million donation from businesswomen Dr Patricia Smith, who is a former ward of the State. The presentation was made during the agency’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), on Thursday, honoured 52 students for their outstanding academic performance in external examinations. They were awarded during the CPFSA’s 2024 Educational Achievement Awards Ceremony at the...

The case against Rushawn Patterson, who is accused of the October 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneka 'Slickianna' Townsend, was delayed in the St James Circuit Court today because the file is incomplete. The court was told that an...

A man was shot and killed by the police in Fort Stewart, St Mary during an alleged confrontation on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Joseph Williamson, otherwise called “Rider,” of the community. The...

The highly-anticipated Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica (ALGA-J) ended in chaos this morning after a dispute over the meeting's agenda escalated into a physical confrontation. Chairman...

WESTERN BUREAU: Fidel Ferguson, one of the five inmates who escaped from police custody on December 14, 2024, and who was recaptured the following day, will know his fate when he returns to the St James Parish Court for sentencing in that matter on...

Folly Road, Portland Businessman Telief ‘Peter’ Hall and his team from Roots 21 fine-dining restaurant at lower West Street, Port Antonio, have donated $100,000 to the Portland Rehabilitation Centre to assist with their day-to-day operations. Hall...

Western Bureau: When former member of parliament (MP) A.U. Belinfanti announced plans to develop a major water supply project at the Quashi River in Freeman’s Hall, Trelawny, in the 1970s, no one could have envisioned that, more than 50 years later...

KNOWN THE world over as a race leader, black pride activist, and civil rights campaigner, Marcus Mosiah Garvey was an eloquent orator, whose booming, rapid-pace voice was greatly admired by his supporters and detractors alike. He was a politician...

WESTERN BUREAU Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte, the member of parliament for St James West Central, is calling for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to step up and tackle the urgent...

Jamaica recorded a 15.6 per cent reduction in fire-related deaths last year. This was revealed by Commissioner, Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, during a recent JIS Think Tank, where he shared details of the Brigade’s Emergency...

A 65-year-old man who is charged with raping a teenager was granted bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Wednesday. He is Lennox Jones of Guy's Hill, St Catherine. The matter was mentioned before...