The parliamentary Opposition has dismissed the budget presentation by Finance and Public Service Minister Fayval Williams as more of the same old approach that has left Jamaica stuck in low growth and high hardship. Opposition Spokesman on...

Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson says the ruling Jamaica Labour Party cannot claim “paternity” for Jamaica’s economic turnaround, saying to do so would be claiming a «jacket». A 'jacket' in Jamaican slang refers to a child whose...

The post-graduation grace period on student loan repayments will be extended by an additional six months if the People’s National Party (PNP) forms the next government. Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Julian Robinson, who made the announcement,...

A St Catherine-based pastor today pleaded guilty to badly beating his seven-year-old stepson at the child’s school. He pleaded guilty to child abuse and cruelty to a child, while the boy’s mother, who did not report the incident, pleaded guilty...

Chairman of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, Norman Scott, today raised concerns about the planned termination of some workers at the municipality as part of a restructuring exercise. As part of the exercise, some workers are to be sent...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness today announced the appointment of Ambassador Audrey Marks to the Senate. In a statement, Holness said, Marks, Jamaica’s former Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of...

ASPIRE Jamaica, the Government's six-pillar strategy to guide economic growth, is nothing more than «5 in 4 repackaged and rebranded», the parliamentary opposition has charged. Five-in-four refers to the Economic Growth Council established by...

Corporal Orville Williams, the police witness currently testifying in the trial of three police officers in the 2014 beating of Mario Deane, today told the Westmoreland Circuit Court that Deane could have gotten station bail. The 31-year-old...

An appeal for a police service vehicle to be provided at the Longville Park Police Station in Clarendon was made at today’s monthly meeting of the Clarendon Municipal Corporation. Councillor Scean Barnswell, who oversees the Hayes division, made...

The North-East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) is advising the public that the operating theatre at the Annotto Bay Hospital will be temporarily closed for 30 days to accommodate maintenance works. According to NERHA, the temporary closure...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Wednesday welcomed home the body of Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Diana Drummond-Thomas, who reportedly collapsed and died while on special training in the United States. Friends, family and mourners gathered to...

Several arrests have been made during targeted operations by the police and the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) that are still ongoing, law enforcement sources have disclosed. The operations are related to the $47.5...

The St Catherine Municipal Corporation has voted along party lines to reject the Counties and Parishes (Amendment) Act, 2025, which was passed by both houses of Parliament to grant parish status to Portmore. During a general council meeting...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) is alerting Jamaicans about fraudulent job advertisements misusing the ministry’s logo and branding. In a media release on Thursday, the ministry said the false advertisements claim that it...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications filed at the high court on Thursday, the...

A series of targeted operations led by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is now under way in Kingston, St Andrew and Clarendon. The operations are targeting suspects linked to a «major investigation» being conducted by...

WESTERN BUREAU: Caribbean Airlines has reaffirmed its commitment to Jamaica’s air connectivity by reintroducing non-stop flights between Fort Lauderdale and both Montego Bay and Kingston, injecting 1,323 seats into the market each week. The...

Aiming to empower the next generation through a year-long mentorship programme, the JPS Foundation recently hosted a face-to-face session for seven tertiary students to equip them with practical professional insights. For Antonio Spence – first-...

Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith, has extended congratulations to Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, and International Cooperation, Albert Ramdin, on his election as...

Survivors Unlimited, a Jamaican based grief support training organisation, is set to host a workshop, ‘ Grief in the Workplace: A Guide for Leaders’, on March 19 at 9:00 a.m. This virtual event aims to equip managers, HR professionals, and other...

Less than two months after a Religious Liberty Summit was held on January 30, concerns are being raised about the potential impact on such rights after an announcement by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams that select Tax...

Minister of Sport Olivia Grange has lauded the team of local and overseas workers who participated in the resurfacing of the running track at the National Stadium, which she says was completed ahead of schedule. Grange toured the facility today....

A 19-year-old woman accused of submitting a fake digital bank transfer receipt to obtain a laptop from a store has been charged by the police in St Catherine. Breanna Barnes, a customer service representative of May Pen, Clarendon, and Portmore,...

A St James farmer has been charged with murder and using a firearm to commit a felony following the fatal shooting of a man at a party in Hampton district on Saturday, March 8. The accused, 36-year-old Ryan Bernard of Retirement in Gutters, is...

Jamaicans who shop on Amazon and spend a minimum of US$35 on eligible items will now qualify for free international shipping. The information is outlined on Amazon’s website. “You can identify eligible items by the ‘FREE Shipping’ message on the...

Minister of Sport Olivia Grange has lauded the team of local and overseas workers who participated in the resurfacing of the running track at the National Stadium, which she says was completed ahead of schedule. Grange toured the facility today....

A 54-year-old St Catherine man charged for the alleged sexual molestation of his 15-year-old stepdaughter was on Tuesday granted $300,000 bail with one or two sureties. The accused is answering charges of sexual touching, sexual grooming, and...

Motorists will pay less for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $0.79 to sell for $148.55 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $0.77 to sell for $156.56....

A fire broke out in a section of the May Pen Cemetery in west Kingston on Wednesday. However, no injuries were reported, and the blaze was confined to a «very small» area, according to Robert Hill, chief executive officer of the Kingston and St...

The Trelawny police have come out against the illegal sand mining in Stewart Town. It is reported that mining activities have been observed along the Dornoch River, which falls within a no-mining zone in the Cockpit Country. "We became aware of...

The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists says it hopes the religious freedoms of Sabbath-keepers will not be infringed upon in the Government’s plan to open select tax offices on Saturdays. The announcement was made yesterday by...

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano has confirmed that Argentine icon Lionel Messi will travel to Jamaica for the second leg of Inter Miami’s Concacaf Champions Cup tie against Jamaican champions Cavalier at the National Stadium tomorrow....

Two policemen who were accused of shooting and killing a man in St Catherine 12 years ago were freed in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday. They are constables Ricardo Johnson and David Williams of the St Catherine South police division...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday extended its ban on flights to Haiti’s capital until September 8 because of escalating gang violence, which the UN’s human rights expert on the Caribbean nation said is more dire than ever. The...

The police in Manchester have charged a man for the shooting death of two persons and the injury of another in an attack at a bar in 2024. Killed in the attack were 39-year-old businesswoman Taniesha Burton and 74-year-old Wilford Mallison, both...