The Government has set aside more than $800 million for completion works and purchasing of machines for the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St James. Details are outlined in the 2025/2026 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in...

The Government has allocated $270 million for continuation of the project to transform the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). As contained in the 2025/2026 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the funds...

Phase II of the Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Insurance Plan (JECIP), which will offer health coverage for creatives and entertainers is to be launched shortly. The JECIP, an initiative of the Government, was unveiled in November last year. It...

Clovalyn Wilson is usually giving awards, so it was a different experience for her to be on the receiving end of a community award at the Peel United Cultural Partners’ 24th Black History Month concert in Brampton, Ontario, in Canada at the weekend...

LONDON (ANI): A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from Queen Mary University of London has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from termite mounds visible from space to beavers creating wetlands and hippos...

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has extended congratulations to Justice Winston Anderson on his appointment as president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Senator Donna Scott-Mottley, opposition spokesperson on justice, in a...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has reaffirmed his belief that Jamaica’s economic stability and growth are the foundation for national progress, emphasising that a strong and resilient economy is the key to delivering critical infrastructure and...

In a matter of days, needy households across Jamaica are to receive their share of 10,000 black tanks from the Government, to improve their water-storage capabilities. “The procurement is complete, which is the hardest part of these things … so...

It all begins innocently – a late-night peek at your favourite social media site before bed. You catch a headline that grabs your attention with “breaking news” you can’t afford to miss. Like following digital breadcrumbs, one click leads to...

SO MANY families are today in unexplainable, prolonged pain, sorrow and tears. Curses are unseen, and unidentifiable forces are speaking against one’s well-being, progress or existence. It can be an instrument for punishment or persecution. You see...

ISAAC BARNES was born to parents who were peasants in Nain, St Elizabeth. He founded the Kingston Christadelphian Assembly at 26½ Mark Lane. As a theologian, the polyglot lived and worked in Liberia, Scotland, Britain and South Africa, from which...

THE CONVERSATION: What do you picture when you think of water? An icy, refreshing drink? A crystal-blue ocean stretching to the horizon? A lake reflecting majestic mountains? Or a small pond that looks dark and murky? You would probably be more...

THE CONVERSATION: A glance at the day’s headlines reveals a universal truth: Leadership matters. Whether uplifting and ethical or toxic and abusive, leaders profoundly shape our lives. And this is especially true on the job. Research consistently...

Sharon Silvester* is a broken woman. Ever since losing her son a month ago, her world has been a strange place, where sleep eludes and tears visit her nightly. Silvester’s 27-year-old son, Kirk Gooden, an employee of Tank-Weld Metals, died in a...

WASHINGTON, DC: Two outstanding Jamaican philanthropists are to receive special recognition at this year’s David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Scholarship’s red carpet gala, set for Saturday, March 8. The Washington, DC-based scholarship foundation will recognise...

CEMEX, A leading sustainable construction materials and solutions company with innovation and sustainability at its core, has recognised the outstanding efforts of two of its Jamaican employees for their unrelenting efforts in restoring the...

Jamar and Natassia Wright, founders of Mind Food International, a Kingston-based company that offers leadership training and human resources services in Jamaica and the diaspora, said investing in the growth and empowerment of individuals within a...

The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) has launched a public education campaign titled ‘Big Man Ting’. This media initiative aims to promote positive masculinity by engaging men and boys as allies in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV)...

KINGSTON-BORN Isaac Edmestone Barnes, a trained surveyor and fruit exporter, established his own church, the Kingston Christadelphian Assembly, at 26½ Mark Lane. To escape racism in Jamaica he travelled to Britain, and then as a missionary to...

A man has been arrested over the seizure of a firearm on Maxfield Avenue in St Andrew on Friday morning. The Taurus 9mm pistol was affixed with an empty magazine, a police statement said. The Hunts Bay police said the gun was found during the...

Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has rejected Jamaicans for Justice’s (JFJ) criticisms over the high rate of fatal police shootings, arguing that the rights group is misguided and seeking relevance. In a video statement released on Friday,...

Ground has been broken for a $124-million cold storage facility at the greenhouse cluster in Content, Kirkvine, Manchester, which is expected to benefit more than 1,500 farmers and producers. The initiative is being implemented by the Government...

MIAMI (AP) — A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of an orphanage in Haiti of sexually abusing boys at the facility in Port-au-Prince. Court records show 73-year-old Michael Geilenfeld was found guilty Thursday night of six counts of...

A 19-year-old labourer from Huntley district, Manchester, who was found hiding under a bed after allegedly breaking into a house in his community, has been charged. Shane Powell was charged Wednesday with house breaking and larceny over the...

Over 4,000 Jamaicans have yet to collect their $20,000 disbursement from the Government under the Reverse Income Tax Credit initiative. Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says the funds were disturbed to remittance agencies. TAJ says these 4,171...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first US inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die March 7. On Friday, he became...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is throwing out protections that shielded roughly half a million Haitians from deportation, meaning they would lose their work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the country by August. The...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging persons to adopt a simple yet life-saving habit of closing their bedroom doors while sleeping. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that this practice can increase survival chances and reduce...

There was an increased security presence at the St Catherine Parish Court today as dancehall artiste Kiprich, whose given name is Marlon Plunkett, made his first court appearance on allegations of promoting gang violence. Kiprich was charged by...

The police are mourning the death of a policewoman who reportedly died by suicide this morning in St Ann. Constable Alsiania Flynch of St Ann allegedly shot herself in the head. Reports are that she visited the office of the Firearm Licensing...

Hundreds of residents of Thompson Town and surrounding communities in Clarendon are now receiving improved services at the renovated health centre, done at a cost of $25 million. The project was carried out under the Government’s Operation...

Business operators and residents in Westmoreland and from nearby parishes are invited to participate in the National Housing Trust (NHT) Compliance 365 Expo today. This event, which will take place at the Savanna-la-Mar Methodist Church, forms...

Proper nutrition is the foundation of a child’s growth, shaping both their physical and cognitive development. This fundamental belief guided the life’s work of Patricia Thompson, registered nutritionist and founder and executive director of the...

Wes Hall, chairman and CEO of Kingsdale Advisors, a shareholder advisory firm, has been included in the newly launched 19-member Prime Minister’s Council on Canada-United States (US) Relations announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the...

I Persist is Dr Patricia Smith’s latest book, capturing her odyssey through life-sapping abandonment by her mother into the arms of a cruel grand aunt who subjected her to daily trauma and abuse. Adding to her trauma was exploitation through...