PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Wednesday announced that he will resign from office on March 16. He was speaking during a ceremony this morning to rename the D’Abadie/O’Meara Road the Lisa Morris-Julian...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama said on Tuesday that it’s working to formalize a route long used to smuggle migrants on the way to the US, which is now being increasingly used to return migrants to South America in a reverse flow triggered by the Trump...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the US Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall US assistance around the world, putting numbers on its...

Air toxics, also known as hazardous air pollutants, are substances in the air that can cause serious health effects, including cancer, respiratory issues, and neurological damage. Among the many air toxics present in the environment, five stand out...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is creating a registry for all people who are in the United States illegally, and those who don’t self-report could face fines or prosecution, immigration officials announced Tuesday. Everyone who is in...

The Government has allocated $250 million to complete the renovation of Block 11 at 14-16 Port Royal Street in Kingston, for use as the United Nations House offices. This is contained in the 2025/2026 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled...

New York-based non-profit Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) Inc is set to recognise eight individuals who have contributed significantly to the mission and vision of the organisation. The honourees will be recognised during COJO’s 30th...

Family, friends and colleagues gathered at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology (UTech) in St Andrew on Saturday to celebrate the life of the late Dr Alfred Sangster, OJ. He was an educator, scientist and a man of God, who...

The Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City communities in metro Denver, Colorado are choked by air pollution from nearby highways, an oil refinery and a Superfund site. While these neighborhoods have long suffered from air pollution, they’re...

Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) operator PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL) has announced an open call for the Kingston Airport Roundabout Art Monument Project aimed at transforming the recently renovated roundabout into a cultural...

(AP) - Ukraine and the United States have agreed on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. The officials, who were familiar with the matter...

Sadeen Green, who is charged for the 2017 murder of an elderly man whose body was found wrapped in a comforter at his home, today pleaded guilty in the St Catherine Circuit Court. Green, 31, was remanded by Justice Bertram Morrison for sentencing...

Detectives assigned to the Portland Criminal Investigations Branch have charged the Haitian man for the death of his countryman during a fight outside a bar in Windsor Forest. Claudy Phany, 41, otherwise called ‘Nak Nak’, a fisherman of Dam Marie...

The education ministry says all outstanding graduate allowances owed to teachers will be paid by Friday, a move to satisfy the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) that threatened industrial action over the issue. Tuesday's announcement follows...

The education ministry has assigned three senior officials to mediate tensions at St James High School after a dispute involving the principal and the board chairman forced the school's closure today. A video has emerged on social media showing...

The police are investigating the death of 28-year-old Romario Fraser, otherwise called 'Tuku' and 'Stick Man,' whose body was discovered in the Kingston Western division on Monday. According to police reports, Fraser, who was unemployed and...

Rushawn Patterson, who is accused of the 2022 murder of social media influencer Aneka 'Slickianna' Townsend, was shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Hanover on Tuesday morning, the police say. Patterson was on bail and was...

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...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has allotted $79 million to procure water tanks and drip irrigation hoses for farmers. Portfolio minister Floyd Green, who made the disclosure during a recent post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

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...