St George’s College has announced the second staging of its 2025 Lecture Series, taking place on September 23 at 2 p.m. in the school’s Abe Issa Auditorium on campus. The featured speaker will be Philip H. Wong, esteemed alumnus and CEO of Deltana...

If ever there were a prize perfectly suited for Merlene Ottey High School, it’s the Resilience Prize in the recent Trees for Peace Competition. Organised by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education,...

Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL), a subsidiary of global building materials leader, Cemex, commissioned its US$42-million Debottleneck Project at its Rockfort facility in east Kingston last week. Less than three years after being announced,...

Laughter echoed through Bellevue Hospital’s Oo Park last Thursday, as families, clients, and staff gathered for a moving and meaningful Family Day celebration. Hosted by the hospital’s Social Work Department and held under the theme, ‘Building...

Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz claims Opposition Leader Mark Golding will never become Prime Minister of Jamaica, dismissing his repeated intention to «rescue» the country from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). “The last...

“Don’t count your chickens before them hatch,” warned Kingston Central Member of Parliament Donovan Williams, pushing back against the People’s National Party’s (PNP) claim that it will retake the seat in the next general election. Williams was...

Senior Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) member Everald Warmington has urged Labourites in Westmoreland Central to «shut mout’, shut yuh eye and vote for Andrew Holness» if they dislike their Member of Parliament George Wright. “I am proud to be here…...

A Chinese businessman lost his life Sunday morning after his vehicle plunged into the sea while he was reportedly attempting a U-turn on the Old Causeway Bridge that linked Portmore, St Catherine, and Kingston. The deceased has been identified as...

The Clarendon police have charged a man and a woman with possession of a prohibited weapon following the seizure of an imitation firearm in Effortville, May Pen, on Saturday. The accused have been identified as 54-year-old Carlton Howe, a taxi...

The decomposing body of a retired educator was discovered at her home in the St Catherine North Police Division on Friday. She has been identified as 70-year-old Patricia Evans, a former teacher who lived on Cherry Crescent in Spanish Town in...

A man has been taken into custody following the seizure of two illegal firearms in a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in Norwood, St James, on Friday. Reports are that about 6:40 a.m. on June 27, security personnel assigned to the ZOSO carried...

A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to extortion in the Parish Court on Friday was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years. The accused, Joseph Hylton, a labourer of Spanish Town, was charged after making repeated...

Two illegal firearms, including a high-powered rifle, were seized by police in separate operations in Hanover and Kingston on Friday. In the first incident, a police team assigned to the Hanover Division seized a Zigana F 9mm pistol during an...

THIS WEEK marks 31 years since the passing of one of the most influential leaders of modern times, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known simply as “the Rebbe”. The Rebbe was credited with engineering a global Jewish renaissance after the...

DO YOU want to pray effective and powerful prayers that move Heaven? When we think about what prayer has done throughout the course of history – stopped droughts, healed the sick, raised the dead, caused the sun to stand still and so much more – we...

“When the king heard this, he tore his clothes in despair. And as the king walked along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing sackcloth underneath next to his skin. Elisha replied, “Hear this message from the Lord! This is what the...

YOU MAY have missed information on the service of lament re violence against children. Child Month is gone. However, our children are still with us and many are also still suffering from various levels of abuse and violence. The solemn occasion was...

DIVORCE RATES around the world are alarming! Divorce rates among Christians are even more alarming, for obvious reasons! “While some studies suggest that Christians have a lower divorce rate than the general population, others indicate that the...

PORT ANTONIO, PORTLAND: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Thursday broke ground for construction of the US$81 million Port Antonio bypass roadway, which is aimed at not only reducing traffic congestion in the resort town, but also creating...

WASHINGTON, DC: Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, has lauded the Atlanta-based Integrity Children’s Fund for its contribution to the education and development of at-risk children. “I am pleased to...

TORONTO: A Jamaican-Canadian paediatrician was among five female change-makers recently recognised by the Black Physicians’ Association on Ontario (BPA0) for their achievements. Dr Anna Jarvis is professor emerita of Temerty Faculty of Medicine,...

In an address to the Jamaica Diaspora United Kingdom (JDUK) Eight Biennial Conference in Sheffield, on June 14, Ambassador Curtis Ward laid out an eight-point plan for effective engagement and partnership between Jamaica and its diaspora. Speaking...

The 17th Annual International Charles Town Maroon Conference and Festival, June 20 to 23, in Portland, was rich at many levels, and patrons might have returned from whence they had come with many memorable moments. From the provocative academic...

WESTERN BUREAU: José A. Freig, vice president of international and inflight dining operations at American Airlines (AA), says the airline is continuing to assess its suspended service to Doha, Qatar, despite the reopening of that country’s airspace...

THE JAMAICA Learning Assistant (JLA), an artificial intelligence (AI) generated platform, is slated to come on stream in September of this year. Education, Youth, Skills, and Information Minister, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, made the disclosure...

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 was designated ‘Academic Conference Day’ under the theme, ‘The Land Part 2 – Ancestral Connections. Indigenous Rights. Stewardship’, at the 17th Annual International Charles Town Maroon Conference and Festival. Academic papers on...

RECENTLY, A 12-member delegation of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Jamaica, led by 2025 national president, Reneil Clarke, represented the island at the 2025 JCI Conference of the Americas, held in Roatán, Honduras, where hundreds of emerging...

A common feeling of gratitude was expressed by principals and students of the eight schools set to benefit from proceeds of the 2025 European Union 5K and 10K Run. The funds -totalling J$8.34 million, will fund summer literacy intervention camps...

“Surprisingly, not boring!” is how 30 adolescent boys, ages 15 to 18 years, from St. George’s College in Kingston and Central High School in Clarendon reacted to a series of workshops addressing gender-based violence. The sessions were hosted by...

The Government has announced a new $1-billion initiative under which 50,000 Jamaicans – including the undocumented, unemployed, elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable groups – are set to benefit from extended social support and expanding access to...

With the beat of island rhythms and a bold call to action, the Ministry of Health...

Three young women are set to battle for the Junior Minister of Tourism title after emerging tops in round one of a competition, held recently at the Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St Ann. The finals will be held in the coming weeks. The three,...