This week, Jamaica joined 67 other nations in participating in the 2025 Foreign Exchange Reserve Portfolio Management Conference in New York City. The four-day in-person programme was organised jointly by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and...

ONE OF the first-time exhibitors at the recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025 event, was Matthews...

PATRONS AT the recent Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Expo Jamaica 2025 might have seen some youngsters around a steering wheel manoeuvring a vehicle on a screen in front of them. And, they were having fun indeed with the...

In Lyssons, St Thomas, Tishauna Mullings is changing the way people think about education and opportunity. As the founder of NexxStepp Lifelong Educational Services, she’s built a space that puts community first –earning her recognition as one of...

Jerlicia Williams, the 2024 winner of the six to eight age group in the Jamaica Library Service’s (JLS) National Reading Competition, is setting her sights on the top prize in the nine to 11 category later this year. On Tuesday, during the launch...

A US$13,463 grant from American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) will enable the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to digitise and expand support to educators to effectively teach English in Creole-speaking communities, using a linguistics-based...

A 40-year-old man on a bicycle succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic collision in St Thomas last night. He has been identified as Robert Turner, a merchandiser from the Pondside district in the parish. Reports are that around 9:45 p.m.,...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than half of Haiti’s population is expected to experience severe hunger through June, and another 8,400 people living in makeshift shelters are projected to starve, according to a new report released this week....

MIAMI (AP) — A United States citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Power was restored to 98.8% of customers early Friday after an islandwide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities said. More than 1.45 million customers had electricity less than 48 hours after the outage...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Stewart Beckford, is reminding event promoters and organisers to apply early for fire-safety permits. Speaking with JIS News recently, Beckford noted that this is to ensure that all necessary inspections...

Lawmen assigned to the Clarendon division on Thursday seized a firearm and several rounds of ammunition in an open lot in Coates Pen, May Pen. Reports from the May Pen police are that about 1:45 p.m., the police, acting on information, searched...

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The Government of Cuba says starting July 1, all international travellers will need to obtain an electronic visa as part of updated immigration procedures aimed at digitising and streamlining entry processes. According to the...

Residents of Trysee in St Ann are celebrating the official opening of a newly rehabilitated roadway in their community. The event, which took place on Monday, April 15, was marked by a brief ceremony hosted by the St Ann Municipal Corporation....

Senator Delano Seiveright has officially declared his interest in becoming the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) representative for St Andrew North Central in the next general election, expected by September. In a Good Friday announcement,...

Two women who reportedly assaulted another woman at a St James-based nightclub in March were freed on Wednesday after their case was settled through mediation. Isheka Thomas and Vanessa Ewers were before the St James Parish Court on the charge...

A St James man who reportedly injured his female neighbour during a brawl over a fire that he lit in his yard has been bound over to return to the St James Parish Court on May 21, following his first court appearance on Wednesday, April 16....

A St James resident who was reportedly held with several rounds of ammunition during a police operation in Montego Bay was offered bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared before the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Twenty-four-year-old...

MILAN (AP) — A cable car carrying tourists south of Naples crashed to the ground Thursday after a cable snapped, killing at least four people and critically injuring one, officials said. The snapped cable brought both the upward and downward-...

Two women who reportedly assaulted another woman at a St James-based nightclub in March were freed on Wednesday after their case was settled through mediation. Isheka Thomas and Vanessa Ewers were before the St James Parish Court on the charge...

The Clarendon husband accused of stabbing his wife to death, then setting their home on fire, told the police after he was cautioned: “me kill me wife”, a prosecutor disclosed on Thursday. The disclosure was made during Anray Williams’ first...

The Clarendon police seized a firearm during an operation in Palmers Cross in the parish on Wednesday. The May Pen police say between 11:00 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., police conducted a raid at a residence in the area. During a search of the premises...

Today’s continuation of the case against bauxite mining company Windalco, which is before the St Catherine Parish Court regarding a 2019 fish kill in the Rio Cobre, was postponed due to the unavailability of an attorney in the case. When the...

President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) Egerton Newman says the issue of taxi operators increasing fares at this time is not widespread. His assertion follows concerns by Transport Minister Daryl Vaz that...

The Clarendon husband accused of stabbing his wife to death, then setting their home on fire, told the police after he was cautioned: “me kill me wife”, a prosecutor disclosed on Thursday. The disclosure was made during Anray Williams’ first...

Dr Ana Touza is the new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative for Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize. The FAO says the rural sociologist and gender specialist brings more than two decades of experience in...

Surging United States tariffs will weaken the global economy and push up inflation this year, according to projections to be released next week by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, said Thursday...

Cops from the Kingston Western Division on Wednesday seized a Hi-Point nine millimetre rifle in an unfinished building on Ramsey Road, Kingston 13. Reports from the Denham Town police are that about 4:25 p.m., a team conducted a targeted...

WPM Waste Management Limited is stepping up efforts to rid major roadways in western Jamaica of derelict vehicles as part of ongoing efforts to improve the region’s cleanliness. Regional Operations Manager, Edward Muir, indicated that the entity...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A passenger who landed at the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad was shot and killed early Thursday shortly after his arrival and another person was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a car parked near the...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago. Macron also announced the creation...

April 15 marked a pivotal moment in Jamaica’s cannabis journey – 10 years since the enactment of the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act (DDAA) of 2015, a landmark law that decriminalised small amounts of ganja and laid the groundwork for a regulated...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Francine Phillips-Kelly, medical officer of health for St James, says the parish remains vigilant in detecting mosquito-borne diseases such as yellow fever, even as Jamaica continues to battle a dengue outbreak. Addressing the...

In schools across Jamaica, there is a silent crisis brewing. Students who perceive, behave or process differently are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed or simply overlooked. In a country still grappling to fully incorporate special education into...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has developed and will be introducing a new qualification called the Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC). The pilot for the new certification programme will be rolled out come September 2025,...