The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) will launch its Budget Breakdown 2025 report on Thursday, delving into the government’s recently announced budget. The launch is open to the public and will take place at The UWI Regional Headquarters...

The new permanent representative of Haiti to the Organization of American States (OAS), Myrtha Désulmé, recently presented her credentials to the secretary general of the OAS, Luis Almagro, during a ceremony that took place at the organisation’s...

Former Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, assumed office as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth on Tuesday, April 1, pledging to advance the values of the Commonwealth Charter at a time of...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to screen for colorectal cancer, as it continues to be an increasing cause of death on the island. The call comes from Radiation Oncologist and Head of the Radiotherapy Department for the National Cancer Treatment...

Curtis Nathaniel McInnis, a remarkable centenarian, recently celebrated his extraordinary life journey, offering a powerful testament to perseverance, hard work, and unwavering integrity. Born on March 17, 1924, in Bennett, a small community near...

Child rights advocacy group, Hear The Children’s Cry, has asserted that the recent reports of a sexual assault incident at a primary school in Kingston is another glaring example of the fact that Jamaica is morally on a slippery slope, with...

The US Embassy has moved to address what it says are inaccuracies circulating online regarding the submission of documents during the visa application process. In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday, the embassy stated that...

Police have charged 27-year-old security guard, Akeim Lawson, otherwise called ‘Fire Biggs’, alleging that he was among a group of persons who stole a motor car from a man with whom they were purportedly meeting to purchase the vehicle. The Red...

Daniel McIntosh, who was among men who escaped from the Barnett Street Police Station lock-up in St James last December, was on Tuesday fatally shot by the police during an operation to capture him. According to the police, a loaded AK47 rifle...

Police have charged three women who allegedly broke into a woman's bedroom at an apartment at Plantation Heights in St Andrew and stole $800,000 cash on March 27. Sixty-six-year-old Yvette Johnstone, 48-year-old Zodia Ramdatt, and 35-year-old...

A man has been hospitalised after being shot during an attempted robbery of his motor car in Naggo Head, Portmore, St Catherine, early this morning. It is reported that about 2:10 the 53-year-old construction worker was on Casinor Lane when he...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a US ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday. The official, who was not authorized to comment...

The St Ann police have launched an investigation into the death of a British woman who was found unresponsive in her room at the Riu Hotel. The deceased has been identified as 66-year-old retiree Rosa McKane of Doncaster in England. Reports are...

BELMOPAN, Belize, – A 40-year-old owner of a funeral parlour in Belize will return to court on April 25 for sentencing after he was found guilty of having sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old child. Patrick Robinson appeared before Justice...

The police in St Ann are probing the death of a one-year-old girl in Golden Grove district on Tuesday who was allegedly left in a tub of water by her stepfather. She has been identified as Aliyah Michael. The incident happened around 8:30 a.m. It...

Government Senator Dr Elon Thompson has pushed back against criticisms raised by Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes about the mould problem at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), accusing him of partisan opportunism. Speaking at a...

The beach at the Harmony Beach Park in St James has been temporarily closed by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) as it works to address a water quality issue. In a statement today, the UDC explained that during a recent safety assessment,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favourite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65. Kilmer died Tuesday...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reporting an increase in the number of functional fire hydrants across the country. Commissioner of the JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that this is directly linked to ongoing infrastructure developments. “...

A 19-year-old Westmoreland man has been charged for stabbing a relative repeatedly during a dispute. Charged with wounding with intent is Demar Rankine, a labourer of Georges Plain. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that about 1:30 p.m....

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department’s extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Donald...

Students at Avondale Preparatory School in Kingston, Kahleel Hutchinson and Khalif Wright, emerged top performers in the first month of the Wizdom CRM Virtual Stock Market Game, hosted in collaboration with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). On...

During fiscal year 2025/2026, HEART/NSTA Trust will continue to execute its mandate to provide vocational, lifelong learning and employability skills that pivot the economy towards increased productivity and higher value-added activities in...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has made a substantial donation of $1,104,000 to assist in acquiring hearing aids for two members of a family in dire need of these devices. Phillisia Graham and her daughter, Azaliah Walker, are the...

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says the Tourism Entertainment Academy (TEA) will not only redefine the island’s tourism landscape, but is also a transformative initiative aimed at harnessing the vibrant power of Jamaican entertainment....

Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann was abuzz with activities as it hosted the St Ann 4-H Clubs Annual Parish Achievement Day and Exposition 2025 last week. Among the schools that participated were Inverness Primary and Infant, Brown’s...

President Donald Trump’ s administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison last month, but is arguing against returning him to the United States because of his...

Dhana Warren, who is charged for allegedly making threats in a video posted on social media following the police killing of reputed don Othneil ‘Thickman’ Lobban, is set to go on trial on April 24. Warren, 22, of May Pen, Clarendon, is charged...

The Jamaica Labour Party Caucus in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) wants People’s National Party (PNP) Councillor Jesse James Clarke to resign as Opposition Junior Spokesman on Water over his claims that water being...

Five scrapped motor vehicles suspected of being stolen were today discovered in a section of Burger Gully in Mountain View by the Kingston Eastern police. The vehicles are believed to be two white Nissan AD Wagons, a white Toyota Probox, a white...

Manchester car dealer Sandre Swaby, otherwise called 'Budha', was on Monday charged for the May 2024 shooting death of a man at his gate in Lancaster district. Swaby, who is from Bethel Isle in Newport district, is charged with murder...

Minister of Finance Fayval Williams has stated that the contraction in the local economy for the December quarter was less than had been projected by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday,...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it is deeply disturbed by the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old girl by an 11-year-old boy at the Jessie Ripoll Primary School in St Andrew. CPFSA says its investigations into...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has announced a two-month extension of its Special Arrears Settlement Programme, which allows taxpayers with outstanding debt for selected tax types to pay the arrears without incurring penalties, interest and...

Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes is asserting that Jamaica is facing a “cancer crisis” due to the lack of properly functioning diagnostic equipment in the island’s hospitals. Speaking at a press conference today, Dawes, who is also...