The special education diagnostic centre at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland is expected to be completed in the 2025/26 fiscal year. The centre is also to be furnished and equipped by March 2026. A sum of $180...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Carey Wallace, executive director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), says while it is essential and a plus for tourism businesses to embark on data collection within that sector, it is equally crucial for those businesses to...

WESTERN BUREAU: Speaking against the protest action taken by hotel works to champion their cause for better remuneration and working conditions, Dr Carey Wallace, executive director at the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), says the labour force is in...

The global demand for natural beauty products has never been higher, yet not all products on the market are what they claim to be. According to Castor Care Jamaica owner Yunique Francis Myers, many brands are diluting and compromising the...

A public consultation over the move to make Portmore into a parish ended prematurely on Tuesday evening as supporters of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) verbally clashed at the city...

The St Catherine South police have charged three men for allegedly drugging and raping a 14-year-old girl at a house and recording the alleged encounter. According to the police, the teen girl was given a pill to take before the alleged sexual...

Two men have been charged with possession of identity information following a joint police-military operation in the Kiddland and Hamstead communities of Port Maria, St Mary on Tuesday. Two other men were also detained in the operation. Head of...

A section of Waltham Park Road in St Andrew has been reduced to single lane traffic as the National Works Agency (NWA) undertakes drainage improvement works between Delacree Lane and Howard Avenue. The restriction took effect today and will...

A section of the Rio Nuevo to Lambkin Hill roadway in St Mary will be closed to vehicular traffic starting tomorrow, to facilitate repairs on a failed section. The closure, located near 'Bruk-Weh,' will begin at 10 a.m. and is expected to last...

Three men have been charged with assault after allegedly using a machete to beat a man at a bar in Denbigh, Clarendon, on January 31. They are two drivers - 32-year-old Evans Williams, from Bushy Park, and 28-year-old Neil Dawes, from Castleton...

Spain's Palladium Hotel Group is set to invest over 500 million Euros to transform its property in Point, Hanover. “This is not only our biggest investment to date but also a statement of our commitment to excellence,” said...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say six soldiers in Guyana were injured after armed men in neighbouring Venezuela opened fire in an attack expected to further heighten tensions between the two South American countries. Two of the soldiers are...

The intervention of the Ministry of Labour has been sought amid a reported impasse between protesting Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) drivers and the company’s management. The workers, who are represented by the University and Allied Workers...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) says a comprehensive report on the progress of removing garbage from the Morant Bay landfill in St Thomas to the Riverton landfill in St Andrew is expected to be delivered by March. Speaking...

The community of Browns Hall in St Catherine has been plunged into mourning following the fatal shooting of a resident last night. Dead is 40-year-old Dowayne Martin of Williams Gully. It is reported that about 9:45 p.m., Martin was at a bar near...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Monday she is weighing removing New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office after four of his top deputies announced their resignations in the latest fallout from the Justice Department’s push to...

The decision by the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to readmit George Wright, Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Central, has been slammed by the main parliamentary Opposition as a betrayal of all women across Jamaica, particularly...

A woman was shot dead and a man was injured after the car they were travelling in came under gunfire in Nutshell district, St Catherine last night. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old bartender Keneisha Bailey, otherwise called ‘Finey...

Users of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) should expect delays as drivers from its Rockfort in Kingston and Portmore and Spanish Town in St Catherine depots have withdrawn their services. In a statement, JUTC says the drivers off...

Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis is the new head coach of Montego Bay United Football Club (MBU) for the rest of the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) 2024-25 season. The announcement was made on the team’s social media page last night....

TORONTO (AP) — A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s chief executive said. Snow blown by winds...

IN TODAY’S competitive job market, standing out among hundreds of applicants can be challenging. Many job seekers are turning to AI-powered résumé optimisation tools to tailor their résumé for specific roles and increase their chances of passing...

Before the English arrived in 1655, Spanish Jamaica had eight geographical regions: Northside, Bluefields, Guanaoboa, Withywood, St Jago de la Vega, Liguanea, Yallahs and Morant. From 1655-1675, the English divided the island into parishes, a...

The Lions Club of Mona recently partnered with the Grade 6 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students and teachers of Hope Valley Experimental School in St Andrew for an engaging day of exploration and learning about climate change. The initiative aimed...

WESTERN BUREAU: Mickel Jackson, the director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), is hoping that the Westmoreland police will be able to empanel a jury for the trial of the three police officers charged in connection with the death of Mario Deane,...

In 2025’s off-year elections in the United States (US), a number of Jamaicans or persons of Jamaican descent have thrown their hats into the political ring, the biggest prizes being the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia. Sean Spiller, the...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw bowed her head and raised a gloved fist after scoring a goal on her first start for Manchester City Women since pulling out of the team because of racist abuse directed at her on social media. The...

A man who was listed as wanted for a 2021 murder committed in Duncan’s Pen Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine was on Sunday captured by the police during a traffic stop in Kitson Town. In custody is 47-year-old Gregory Ferguson, otherwise called ‘...

A 40-year-old Manchester mother was on Sunday charged for attempting to smuggle contraband hidden in slices of bread into the Christiana Police Lock-up on a visit to her son. Monique Palmer, of Ballynure district, is charged with introducing...

The Ministry of Culture, through the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), has stepped in to fund the birthday celebrations for National Hero Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover. Citing funding challenges, the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Magna Motors Dealership Limited, Jamaica’s exclusive Hyundai distributor, is set to transform the nation’s automotive landscape with the launch of a modern showroom and state-of-the-art service centre in Montego Bay, St James. This...

WESTERN BUREAU: After a prolonged dispute between the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), a path has now been cleared for work to commence on the construction of the highly...

Dr Velma Earle Pollard’s death was sudden. She passed away on February 1 at home in St Andrew, just weeks from her 88th birthday on March 26. Her service of thanksgiving will take place in The University Chapel, Mona on February 21 at 10 a.m....

The 2025 Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run blew past its target of $115 million by raising $128 million while attracting 30,477 registrants, the highest participation in the event’s 27-year history. Proceeds from this year’s staging will support critical...

The Ministry of Health & Wellness, through its ongoing #DoYourShare Campaign, conducted a wellness check-in at Faculty of Medical Sciences at The University of the West Indies, Mona...