Jamaican fugitive Orville Pernell, who escaped from the Kingston Central police lock-up in December 2021, is in custody after being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Savannah, Georgia. The 32-year-old escaped...

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government...

LONDON (AP) — Five years after COVID-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions, the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft “pandemic treaty” that sets guidelines for how the international...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of George Griffiths, otherwise called 'Cookie', by the police during an alleged confrontation on Tuesday in Cambridge, St Elizabeth. The police report that about...

A smart bus stop is to be established in the community of Mount Salem, St James in short order. This was announced by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, during a press briefing at the St James Municipal Corporation on Monday. “We...

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Exporters at China’s largest trade fair spoke on Wednesday of stalled shipments and lower sales forecasts due to the ongoing trade war with the United States. Zhang Haiyun, overseas sales director for Airdog, an air...

Cops attached to the Kingston Western Division have seized an illegal gun in Denham Town. No arrest was made in connection with the seizure. Reports from the Denham Town police are that about 4:20 p.m., cops, acting on information, carried out a...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is introducing a new qualification called the Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC). This will restructure traditional subjects into modular formats, allowing students to learn at their own pace...

Intermittent overnight showers have rendered the main thoroughfare from New Road to Nonsuch via Lydarth in Portland impassable due to a massive landslide. The blocked roadway has halted vehicular traffic and restricted the movement of residents,...

The Wilson family is once again celebrating an extraordinary academic achievement, as 11-year-old Blake Wilson – an exceptionally bright and determined student at Bright Beginnings Educational Centre in Portmore – has claimed first place in the...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government continues to advance key engagements aimed at strategically positioning Jamaica to become the fourth node in the global logistics network. Among those he highlighted are infrastructure upgrades;...

The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) has welcomed the recent announcement that the government has approved the long-awaited School Nutrition Policy (SNP). “JYAN, which has been advocating for the policy for several years, sees this as a major...

Senator, Professor Floyd Morris, is urging Jamaicans to treat senior citizens with respect, showing them care and appreciation for their efforts and contributions to building the country. The senator is one of the members on the Special Select...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is encouraging citizens to stay calm and make informed decisions in the terrifying event of being trapped inside a burning building. “One of the things that we encourage you not to do, which is very difficult, is not...

Earl Jarrett, chief executive officer of The Jamaica National Group, has lauded Expo Jamaica 2025, held at the National Arena and National Indoor Sports Centre from April 3 to 6, for its strong showing and its organisers for again providing a...

WITH REPORTS consistently highlighting challenges regarding debt management, particularly credit card debt in Jamaica, to include poor usage and limited knowledge and understanding of how credit cards work, Rose Miller, financial education...

MICHAEL MARAGH, chief financial officer at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, urged JN Life Insurance employees to celebrate small wins while running their own race in life, encouraging them not to focus on others if they want to achieve their...

Rooted in the rich soil of Rastafari culture and reggae tradition, Karbon is an artiste whose music radiates authenticity, soul, and deep respect for the culture he represents. With a voice that carries warmth and conviction, Karbon has quickly...

Tributes and gifts rained on members of the winning 2025 TVJ Schools’ Challenge Quiz winner, Titchfield High School, along with their coaches, during a hyped-up ceremony on Monday at the Portland-located institution. It was Daryl Vaz, minister with...

Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. It is considered the most widely observed of any Jewish holiday,...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism landscape is now entering a new era, as LCH Developments is partnering with global lifestyle hospitality group Ennismore, which is a part of the Accor Group, to launch the island’s first luxury branded residences...

WESTERN BUREAU: Pastor Ted Wilson, the president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), has commended Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness for the Jamaican government’s stance on upholding the country’s reputation for religious...

It has become the norm for alumni of Jamaica’s high schools to contribute financially to the improvement of their school’s physical plant. And Radcliffe Kerlew, managing director of MO7 Maintenance and Construction Company Limited, is the...

Camperdown High School in east Kingston is one of two schools chosen to participate in an essay competition in which the student with the best essay wins $1 million. Fifty students from Camperdown will participate in the competition. Jamaica’s...

A 27-year-old truck driver and sales representative has been charged with a murder committed in 2021 during a dispute. He is Joel Needham of Golden Grove district, St Catherine. He's accused of the murder of 22-year-old Joel Walker, a farmer of...

Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Dr Andrew Holness, has urged party members in Westmoreland Western to be on their best behaviour during Sunday's internal election to select the party's representative in the constituency, while emphasising the...

Voting has started in the Jamaica Labour Party's internal selection in which approximately 600 delegates are choosing between two candidates to represent the party in the Westmoreland Western constituency in the upcoming general election....

A St Catherine man who was accused of collecting money from persons seeking to travel overseas for work was freed in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday after making restitution to the complainants. Kirk Letford, 30, was charged with three...

Several charges have been laid against a 26-year-old Trelawny man after he allegedly forcibly abducted and raped a woman with whom he had gone to a party on April 10. Brandon Haughton, otherwise called ‘KJ’, of Greenvale district, is charged...

Thirty-two-year-old labourer Ricardo Kerr, of Strathbogie district in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition following a stop and search in his community on...

A woman whose four-year-old daughter suffered severe burns as she allegedly used a broomstick to beat the child was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. The 24-year-old woman is answering to a charge of...

“HAVE YOU ever received the heart-wrenching diagnosis of a special-need for your child? Do you find yourself in tears, overwhelmed by the complexities of navigating the world of special-needs parenting?” Vanesia Bowden asks in a blurb at the back...

FOR THE past few weeks, we’ve been discussing the New Covenant that all believers join when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. This is a covenant built on grace, not on the Law of Moses, and this sets us free from sin instead of...

CHRISTIANS SHOULD use Holy Week to return to the way of Christ. Too many have strayed from the ways of love and service. Nationalism, selfish ambitions, xenophobia and inhospitable approaches have replaced the Christ consciousness of diversity,...

AP: Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. They’ve been largely banned for a second year, one of many concerns for the faithful in a country that human rights...