The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is alerting the public to an ongoing scam involving an individual or individuals impersonating Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake on WhatsApp. The JCF says the fraudster(s) have been attempting to engage...

A total of 42 road projects will be undertaken under Work Order 1 of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) Programme. These works, which will span 21 constituencies across eight parishes, will be...

The St Andrew South police seized six 12 gauge cartridges during an operation on St Josephs Road on Tuesday. Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that about 12:40 p.m., lawmen conducted an operation in the area when a premises was searched and...

The police in Trelawny are investigating the death of a three-year-old Canadian girl who drowned in a pool at the Riu Palace Aquarelle Hotel on Monday. She has been identified as Shea Anderson of a Toronto address. It is reported that around 1:45...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first US military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay has departed and is expected to land Tuesday evening, two US officials said. It is the first step in an expected surge in the number of...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 63-year-old police officer in Trinidad will return to the High Court on March 28 for sentencing after he was found guilty on human trafficking charges. The policeman, Valentine Eastman, was charged in 2013. It was...

Despite one of the driest periods for agriculture, with at least half of Jamaica's parishes experiencing lower rainfall than their 30-year-average, Agriculture Minister Floyd Green today informed that there has been a major reduction in the prices...

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Tuesday issued an epidemiological alert regarding yellow fever in the Americas following the recent increase in confirmed human cases in several countries in the region and a change in...

The police in Trelawny are investigating the death of a three-year-old Canadian girl who drowned in a pool at the Riu Palace Aquarelle Hotel on Monday. She has been identified as Shea Anderson of a Toronto address. It is reported that around 1:45...

Bail was today denied and a psychiatric evaluation ordered in the St Catherine Parish Court for the woman charged for allegedly making threats in a video posted to social media following the shooting death of reputed don Othneil ‘Thickman’ Lobban...

The Integrity Commission has welcomed the withdrawal of the case that was brought against it by Norman Brown, a business partner of Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, although noting that it believes Brown's case would ultimately have been...

A St Catherine man was fatally shot by the police after he allegedly engaged them in an armed confrontation on Monday in Eltham Park, Spanish Town, St Catherine. He has been identified as 24-year-old businessman Aidian McIntosh, otherwise called...

A St Thomas farmer has been charged with the murder of 28-year-old Roshni Bonfield, otherwise called ‘Danesha', whose body was found in a gully in the parish on January 27. He is 49-year-old Cecil Stewart, otherwise called 'Grabba,' of Golden...

A search has been launched for a male suspect who allegedly fatally stabbed a teenager in Naggo Head, Portmore, St Catherine, on Monday. The deceased has been identified as 18-year-old Aiden Williams, otherwise called 'Der', of Greater Portmore...

The St James police have charged a man following the seizure of an illegal gun during a mobile patrol along Fustic Road, Montego Bay, St James, on Monday. Twenty-year-old deliveryman Matthew Willis, of Star Apple Boulevard, Catherine Hall, St...

As cultural and religious diversity flourishes in Jamaica, the need for workplaces to adapt and support the rights of all employees has never been more crucial, noted Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr. Beginning with a...

Recovery grants and inputs are now restoring the livelihoods of 54 women business owners across three parishes, months after their operations were destroyed by Hurricane Beryl. The 54, which include women with disabilities, also received training...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United...

Dear Mr Bassie, I would like to know how to view my United Kingdom immigration status online. – HH Dear HH, Persons can get access to their online immigration status by reviewing their eVisa. An eVisa is an online record of someone’s...

“It’s great,” said Sylvester Crawford, a poultry farmer from Treadlight district in Clarendon, as he expressed gratitude for receiving 50 birds and feeding supplies to support his livelihood. Crawford was among 30 farmers in May Pen who benefited...

DELORIES JONES, senior vice-president of sales and marketing at JN Fund Managers, is encouraging investors to use the New Year to reassess their portfolios, ensuring that they align with their financial goals and risk tolerance. She noted that...

TWENTY-FOUR FEMALE farmers from Manchester are celebrating a major milestone as the first graduates of 2025 from the Subsistence to Success (STS) programme; a transformative nine-week journey led by Kenyan missionaries Joseph and Alice Mulaa in...

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...

People’s National Party president Mark Golding on Sunday criticised the country's economic state, charging that a PNP government will improve the lives of Jamaicans. Golding, speaking at the presentation of the party’s candidate for North West St...

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...