WESTERN BUREAU: In a startling outburst, hoteliers and business leaders in Negril have described the resort town – spanning both Westmoreland and Hanover – as filthy and are expressing deep concerns about its continued deterioration. Senior...

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon has renewed calls for residents of St James, particularly in the parish capital, to take greater responsibility for waste disposal, warning that current practices could lead to a health crisis....

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) is encouraging Jamaicans to play their part in safeguarding the island’s groundwater sources from saline intrusion. Eighty-four per cent of the fresh water in Jamaica used for drinking, agriculture, irrigation...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has launched a Positive Behaviour Management Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Manual, as a crucial step towards converting juvenile correctional facilities into places of transformation. With a focus...

A 61-year-old landscaper was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Trelawny on Saturday night. He has been identified as Balford Green of Blackwin district in Deeside, Trelawny. Head of the Trelawny police, Superintendent Winston Milton, says...

An alleged mentally ill man has been charged with murder and three counts of wounding with intent after a stabbing incident in Hague Settlement in Trelawny. The accused is 34-year-old Dorando Brown, unemployed, of Hague settlement. It is...

WASHINGTON, CMC – Five Caribbean nations—Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, and Cuba—have been included in a proposed list of countries facing potential travel restrictions under the Trump administration. According...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says it was alerted to a fish kill along a section of the Rio Cobre in St Catherine about 6:45 a.m. Saturday. The agency says it was made aware of the incident via its Early Warning System and...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising its customers in Spanish Town and surrounding areas in St Catherine to expect low water pressure or intermittent supply due to the suspected Rio Cobre fish kill incident currently under investigation...

AP: The Trump administration is pushing for the United States (US) Supreme Court to allow some restrictions on birthright citizenship, even as legal battles continue over President Donald Trump’s orders to end what has long been seen as a...

WESTERN BUREAU: A 67-year-old retiree remained traumatised two months after she was viciously attacked by six mongrel dogs and, since then, her community has been left in fear of the animals that freely roam the streets. The woman, who asked that...

A St Ann videographer will have to fork out $1.5 million in damages plus interest, including plastic surgery costs, to pay a businesswoman after she was attacked and bitten by one of his dogs. Last month, the Supreme Court awarded damages to the...

Suzette Green’s weekly routine involves doing her family’s laundry under a large tree outside her German Town, St James home, surrounded by five pans and buckets. Water is a scarce resource in the area, so her washing machine is merely a showpiece...

(CMC): Antigua and Barbuda has formally requested clarification from the United States (US) following reports that it is among six Caribbean countries placed on a “yellow list” of nations facing potential travel restrictions. In a diplomatic note...

International Women’s Day 2025 celebrates 30 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, agreed by 189 governments in 1995. In the secretary general’s review of 159 countries, he found significant gains for women, especially in health...

The first Jamaican to settle in England’s north-western city of Bolton during the 1960s has lost her battle to live. Ralmeta Gayle died of heart failure, age 92, on February 12, 2025. The mother of three sons also had an 18-month battle with cancer...

JAMAICAN-CARIBBEAN tourism and hospitality personality/businesswoman Nicola Madden-Greig was recently honoured with the ‘Professional Services Businesswoman of the Year Sales...

The Black Angel Foundation (BAF) awarded $1.4 million in music scholarships to six deserving Jamaican students at its ‘Riddimz of Love’ event. The recipients of the 2025-26 BAF music scholarships include Douglas Stewart Jr. from Mona Prep, Shailene...

Despite facing hardships as a child, growing up in a rural community with deaf and mute parents, Jace Witter, Jamaica’s under-20 gold medallist, is now on a mission to ensure that young athletes in need get the training resources he once lacked. As...

The police’s Area One, which covers Jamaica’s premier tourism region, has recorded the highest reduction in crime among all police divisions in the country, a milestone achievement highlighted by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Glenford...

TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by US President Donald Trump, annexation threats and an expected federal...

Arion Beckford, otherwise called ‘Yaw Yaw’, who was charged with murder after being deported from the United States last week, was remanded in the St Catherine Parish Court today in connection with the killing of a man in Thompson Pen, Spanish...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returned to federal court in New York City on Friday, pleading not guilty to the latest version of an indictment charging him with two decades of sex trafficking crimes. The 55-year-old Combs, his beard...

The Island Traffic Authority says an issue which led to its inability to provide fitness certificates at three of its depots on Thursday has been resolved. It said the disruption at the Swallowfield, Spanish Town Road, and Spanish Town depots...

Newly-appointed Government Senator Audrey Marks says she is “excited” to serve in the Jamaican legislature. She was speaking in the Senate on Friday after taking the Oath of Allegiance. “Ready to go,” Marks said. Her appointment was announced...

An unidentified man who allegedly challenged members of a police party in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, was fatally shot and an illegal gun reportedly seized from him. Reports are that about 3:40 a.m. Friday police personnel went to Terminal...

Eight people were arrested over the last 24 hours in connection with the $47.5 million phishing scam uncovered at the National Commercial Bank (NCB), the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has disclosed. The five men and...

The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has hailed late journalist Owen James as a pioneer in business journalism locally. James, a media practitioner for over 50 years, died yesterday. ‘The Business Day’ and ‘The Business Review’ are just two...

It seemed only appropriate that the organisers of this year’s Grounation should dedicate the final week of its annual Reggae Month symposia to the African continent, since the man at the centre of the discussions had done an entire album on it. ‘...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade has collaborated with Yassuh Holding Inc, a technology company, to boost its emergency response systems by accessing technology that empowers its emergency services to act faster, more efficiently, and with greater...

The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is advising the public that the annual Close Season for all Spiny Lobster begins on April 1, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2025. Fishing for any type of lobster during the close season is illegal, as the period is...

The approximately 25 students at Port Royal Basic School in Kingston now have a newly rebuilt place to call home. The school, which was severely damaged by a fire last year, was officially handed over this week thanks to the efforts of the Barita...

Western Bureau: One year after it opened its doors to the public, the Hopewell Police Station in Hanover is now getting high marks as it is being credited for the significant decline in the lawlessness that once plagued the community and its...

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...