The city of Philadelphia is to host the inaugural Jamaica Diaspora Conference from June 12–14, as part of Caribbean American Heritage Month celebrations this year. This ground breaking, three-day event will convene Jamaicans and friends of...

The Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Jamaica’s largest and longest-serving umbrella non-governmental organisation, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Securys Jamaica Limited. A media release notes that the initiative...

After a two-year hiatus, Relay For Life, the Jamaica Cancer Society’s (JCS) flagship fundraising and awareness event, is making a comeback. The event is to be staged on Saturday, June 7 at the Police Officers’ Club, on Hope Road, under the theme ‘...

On Thursday, May 8, Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) hosted its annual blood drive at the National Blood Transfusion Service on Slipe Road, Kingston. Now a highly anticipated event on the SVL calendar, the drive brought together employees, volunteers...

The board and management of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) have condemned the violent assault on one of its nurses following circulation of a video of the incident. "The safety, dignity, and well-being of all our staff members...

Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, is urging Jamaicans to take responsibility for their family’s future by making a will. He said the failure of citizens to prepare wills, resulting in billions in unclaimed assets, systemic overload, family...

A Clarendon woman has been charged with fraudulent conversion after she allegedly fleeced a complainant of $150,000. She is 49-year-old Sherlyn Taylor, otherwise called ‘Sunshine’ of Hollywood Drive, Hayes in Clarendon. The Lionel Town police...

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of Opposition People's National Party General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell, granting declarations that the multiple states of public emergency (SOEs) declared by the Government between 2018 and 2023...

Residents of Burger Gully in Mountain View, St Andrew, were on Friday evening seeking to dry out their homes and salvage their belongings after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in the area in the afternoon. Some persons reportedly had to...

The 2025 staging of the Everyone’s A Winner (EAW) 3K...

Abu Dhabi in Dubai hosted its 2025 international book fair, April 26 to May 5. The region was represented by Jamaica’s Kwame McPherson, the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Competition winner, making him the first Jamaican to win the biggest global...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has commended the Women in Maritime Association, Caribbean (WiMAC), on its 10th anniversary, for its contributions to development and reform, support for regional integration, commitment to...

Medical Officer of Health for Portland, Dr Sharon Lewis, has issued an appeal for persons to adhere to the immunisation schedule to ensure that they receive the most effective protection against a range of serious diseases. Her call is in...

Dr Velma Ricketts Walker, CEO and commissioner of the Jamaica Customs Agency, was officially inducted as an Honorary Member of the Women in Maritime Association, Caribbean (WiMAC) during the organisation’s 10th anniversary gala held on Monday at...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is rejecting the findings of a performance audit conducted by the Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) that revealed poor oversight in the distribution of fertiliser donated by the Kingdom of...

A 17-year-old boy has been hospitalised after being injured in a gun attack while walking along a roadway in Old Harbour, St Catherine early this morning. The shooting happened along Walkers Road in the community of Succaba Gardens. The incident...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has declared that St Thomas is no longer the so-called forgotten parish following the opening of the $6 billion Morant Bay Urban Centre on Thursday. It came nearly six years after ground was broken on the 25-...

Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, on Wednesday, broke ground for the $1.2 billion Munroe Road to Seaview Avenue Pipeline Project in St Andrew. The project, being implemented by the National Water Commission (NWC), includes upgrades to potable...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Minister Wayne Sturge has ordered that the itinerary of Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel be cut, citing his past legal troubles. According to a report in the Trinidad Guardian,...

The defence team for Constable Noel Maitland this morning sought to establish that a taxi driver or a stalker may have been behind the disappearance of his girlfriend Donna-Lee Donaldson. Maitland is on trial in the Home Circuit Court for murder...

Water supply disruptions that have plagued several communities in St James for the past three weeks reached a new level of urgency on Thursday as Green Pond High School was forced to dismiss classes early due to the absence of the commodity. The...

The police are reporting that a third man who was involved with last week’s abduction of a teacher in Pell River, Hanover was fatally shot by cops during an alleged confrontation in the parish yesterday. The deceased has been identified as 38-...

The police are reminding the public that impeding operations can pose a risk to residents and personnel on duty, as the constabulary force today indicated that an investigation has been launched into an incident where a woman was shot amid a clash...

A man was fatally shot by the police in Watermount, Point Hill, St Catherine this morning during an alleged shoot-out. According to the police, a shotgun was seized from the deceased, who is yet to be identified. Reports are that about 5:00 a.m...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has received 1,000 mobile electronic traffic ticketing machines, 1,500 mobile printers and 600 data-enabled mobile police radios to enhance patrol divisions, traffic enforcement teams, and front-line officers...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad’s Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher was on Wednesday sent on 66 days leave, 48 hours after she returned to her desk following the decision by Director of Public Prosecution Roger Gaspard SC that...

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Delano Seiveright, state minister in the ministry of tourism, says the government is laying the groundwork for meaningful reform in Jamaica’s tourism ground transport sector. Seiveright was speaking following a high-level...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) general secretary, says his party will not be adopting the ‘when they go low, we go high’ approach if the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) engages in ‘gutter...

The sound of dhol drums and the swirl of colourful saris filled the air last Friday evening as Jamaica and India officially kicked off a three-day celebration to mark the 180th anniversary of the arrival of Indians in Jamaica. The festivities...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaica needs a commercial ecosystem that promotes long-term investment in the agricultural sector to significantly boost national outputs and fully sustain the island’s visitors. He said with more than four...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is partnering with the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) to conduct a national census to gain accurate data on the population and location of persons with disabilities.Portfolio Minister Pearnel...

The Bellefield Health Centre in Manchester will be temporarily closed for upgrade and repairs, effective Monday, May 19. The Southern Regional Health Authority says the closure will be for a period of six weeks. It says services can be accessed...

Two people have been detained following the seizure of approximately 663 pounds of marijuana valued at approximately $40 million from a vessel intercepted off the Westmoreland coast on Wednesday. The seizure was made by the Maritime Air and...

MBJ Airports Limited the operators of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James,, says it is implementing new parking arrangements at the facility, designed to improve traffic flow, enhance accessibility and provide a more...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump — and denied by South Africa — that «genocide» is being committed...