In the small rural community of Giddy Hall, St Elizabeth, Alandor Barrett and his wife, Doris Clarke-Barrett, cultivate the land that sustains them and feeds the nation. As Jamaica celebrates Farmers’ Month in April under the theme ‘Celebrating our...

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has trained, sensitised and onboarded approximately 200 ministries, departments and agencies on how to use the data visualisation and business intelligence (DVBI) platform. The DVBI platform is the unique...

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) will be rolling out its traceability and regulatory platform later this year. Established in 2017 under the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority Act, JACRA is a...

AS FARMERS’ Month activities wind down for April, the spirits of those optimistic about the future of farming in Jamaica remain high. Twenty-eight-year-old Kimaal Barrett-Prehay is one of them and she is determined to use farming to secure early...

FROM APRIL 10-12, two elite debate teams from the Jamaican Association for Debating and Empowerment (JADE) Limited and the St Thomas Renaissance Foundation (STTRF) participated in the 2025 Bluebonnet World Schools Debate International Tournament...

A Westmoreland man has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition following seizure of a loaded firearm along the Anchovy main road in St James on Saturday. He is Chavoy McKenzie, a 29-year-old...

UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles. The package delivery company said Tuesday that it anticipates making the job cuts this year. It...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has called for balance in the conversation surrounding police fatal shootings, as he visibly supported members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on Tuesday by wearing blue. The wearing of blue on Tuesday by...

Three hundred and eighteen seasonal agricultural workers departed Jamaica for Canada on Tuesday under the Ministry of Labour's Overseas Employment Programme. A group of 95 left early Tuesday morning while another group of 223 departed later...

WASHINGTON, CMC – A new report by the World Bank says organised crime and violence have become a central obstacle to development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank,...

The St Catherine North police are probing a case of suspected suicide in relation to the death of a man whose body was found at his home on John's Road in Spanish Town. The deceased has been identified as 49-year-old mechanic Oniel Williams,...

A man was arrested in Castleton, St Mary this morning over the seizure of a gun allegedly found at his home. The weapon is a nine millimetre pistol which was loaded with 23 nine millimetre rounds of ammunition. The police report that a team went...

Detectives assigned to the St Andrew North police are probing the murder of a 25-year-old man who was killed during a live stream on TikTok on Monday in Red Hills. Dead is Jabari Johnson, alias 'BabaSkenng'. Reports are that about 6:30 p.m...

Increased export earnings from hot pepper are among the projected outcomes from the soon-to-be concluded ‘Improving Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities along the Hot Pepper Value Chain in Jamaica’ project. The project aims...

An illegal gun and ammunition were seized by the police in Brissett district, Lucea, Hanover on Monday after a driver fled a traffic stop. Reports from the Lucea police are that about 6:30 a.m., a team was on an operation along the Johnson Town...

IN THE demanding landscape of the legal system where schedules are packed and decisions take time, financial planning often takes a back seat. For Hannah Smith* that has been the reality. She juggles demanding court schedules and tight deadlines....

THE CURTAINS have closed on Expo Jamaica 2025, and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) – one of the 20 agencies of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce – is celebrating a powerful outcome of unprecedented international reach...

WESTERN BUREAU: The original plan announced by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to construct 720 houses on 148 acres of former sugar cane lands in Parnassus, near Clark’s Town in Trelawny, has been revised to include more than 100 additional units...

People’s National Party’s (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell has blasted Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), for not fulfilling several promises he made to the Jamaican electorate. Most of those...

LONDON: London-based Jamaican philanthropist Captain Lesa Thomas is again giving a helping hand to her parent’s home land by partnering with local eyecare/eyewear provider, EyeQ Opitcal Ltd, in a project to benefit some 300 children in St...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Monday said that an individual had been arrested with TT$30,000 and that an investigation had been launched to “determine whether this discovery is connected to election-...

Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Mickel Jackson has warned that a call by Senator Marlon Morgan for Jamaicans to wear blue in support of the police tomorrow, the same day that the JFJ plans to protest against rising police...

Heavy rainfall in Spanish Town, St Catherine, resulted in the flooding of several roadways on Monday afternoon. Along sections of Brunswick Avenue several vehicles stalled in the torrential rain, which overwhelmed the road and drainage system...

The Clarendon police have charged 36-year-old John Edwards of Quarry Path, Kingston 11, with housebreaking and larceny committed in Clarendon on January 24. The May Pen police say about 1:30 p.m., a woman locked her house in Toby Heights,...

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In the bustling heart of downtown Kingston, the Lenworth Jacobs Clinic (LJC) has quietly stood as a pillar of care and hope for nearly six decades. Since its establishment in 1962, this community clinic has opened its doors to everyone, from young...

The thoughtful brush strokes of York Castle High student Kimmeisha Wright produced a first-place finish in the recent Transforming Our Police Service (TOPS) Poster Competition for secondary schools in Area 2 (St Ann, St Mary and Portland police...

East Portland: The inaugural electrification f, hosted by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in collaboration with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), and which sought to educate and sensitise residents about saving energy and the importance...

How many of us, when our time on Earth is over, can say that we changed the world for good? Such was the life of Professor Graham Serjeant. His dual passions, for his wife of 60 years, Beryl, and research to improve the treatment and lives of...

IS THIS sound advice? If your relationship is problematic, rather than further complicating matters by lingering, simply dump the partner and engage someone new. Aren’t there millions of (better) fishes in the sea, and don’t you deserve at least...

NEW DELHI (AP): A deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir has again moved India and Pakistan closer to war as the two rivals downgraded diplomatic and trade ties, closed the main border crossing and revoked visas for each other’s...

VATICAN CITY (AP): World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor. Though...

A statement from the National Water Commission (NWC) is being met with scepticism and frustration from crocodile conservationists, following the death of at least 10 of the protected species at the Greater Portmore Sewage Ponds in St Catherine – an...

Girlie Harris, a longtime resident of Golden Valley in St Mary, says she feels a wave of fear every time she travels along certain sections of the Junction main road – especially those lacking embankments or retaining walls. Her fear intensified...