Sometimes, the simplest gestures leave the biggest impression. By handing out cold rags, offering water, and providing access to premium spaces, Smirnoff and Rum Stripe, both brands distributed by Red Stripe, made it easy – and even cool – for...

NEW YORK: When the Hartford, Connecticut-based West Indies Social Club of Hartford holds it 75th anniversary gala on May 3, among those who will be honoured will be a 102-year-old Jamaican who is a co-founder of the club. Kenneth Bennett Sr, a...

IT APPEARS US President Donald Trump has the capacity to slow down time. The end of April marked 100 days since Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States but boy, have those 100 days felt like a lifetime. Whichever side of the...

LONDON: THE BEULAH Apostolic Church UK will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a four-day conference-style event at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester to reflect on its journey from humble beginnings. The event will also be used to craft plans for...

JAMAICA’S HEALTHCARE system is to get a boost with the provision of a mobile cancer screening unit that has been purchased by the Organisation for International Development (OID) for donation to Jamaica. The mobile unit, valued in excess of US $180...

WESTERN BUREAU: Based on statistics provided by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Jamaica once again emerged as one of the Caribbean’s tourism powerhouses last year, attracting 2.9 million stopover visitors, which made the island the...

CONSTABLE ROXANNE Brown Witter of the Greater Portmore Police Station is blending her police work with charity. She has launched a foundation to empower less fortunate children and adults by mobilising support to provide them with essential...

IN 2023, Kwame McPherson became the first Jamaican to win the prestigious, global Commonwealth Short Story competition. Since then, his presence is being requested at high-end events and on occasions, such as the one that took place at Buckingham...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay-based S Hotel has again been rewarded for excellence by emerging as the number one all-inclusive resort in Jamaica by Tripadvisor’s 2025 Traveler’s choice Best of the Best Awards, reaffirming its position as a...

AMID GROWING concerns about challenges implementing the Data Protection Act 2020 among micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has moved to educate the sector on the importance and...

Business journalism offers lucrative career opportunities for journalists willing to tackle financial topics many people find intimidating, says media executive, Kalilah Reynolds. “Many people are intimidated by financial news, but that’s exactly...

Work is progressing steadily on the construction of the new Spanish Town Hospital and the St Jago Health Centre in Spanish Town, St Catherine, with both projects moving ahead according to plan. During a tour of both sites yesterday, Minister of...

What began as a small idea born from a public health inspection quickly became a life-changing initiative for the residents of Thompson Town in St Andrew. The large-scale community clean-up project, which took place last week, was not only the...

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...

A man was shot during an alleged confrontation with the police in Bodles, St Catherine this morning. He was taken to hospital for treatment. It is reported that about 11:55 a.m., the police received information about a white Toyota Axio motor car...

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...