WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has called on CARICOM member states to take immediate steps to confront the dual threats of misinformation and citizen insecurity, warning that the very stability of regional democracies is...

Eighty-four per cent of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and private-sector entities are willing to employ participants in the Learning and Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme after their training. HEART/NSTA Trust Managing...

Cassava farmers in St. Thomas stand to gain from improved operational regularisation, following the announcement of land lease provisions under the newly established St. Thomas Cassava Growers Association Limited. Speaking during the recent St...

Eighty-four-year-old Barbara Dyer-Panton, a Jamaica-born retired nurse, was among just four guests chosen to sit with Queen Camilla during a royal reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom recently. The event, held...

WESTERN BUREAU: As was the case when she was leaving Rio Bueno Primary School five years, William Knibb High School head girl, Sana-Kay Dilworth, emerged as the top student at her school’s graduation, taking home the top prizes in mathematics,...

LONDON: A special portrait exhibition which was installed in Windrush Square, Brixton, south London last month to honour members of the Windrush generation was vandalised by unknown person or persons last week. Organisers of the temporary...

Black River, St Elizabeth, celebrated the legacy of one of its most distinguished sons on Friday, July 4, with the official renaming of School Street to C. D. Wright Road. The ceremony was led by Minister of Local Government and Community...

The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland resumed un Monday after a seven-week adjournment, with testimony from the chief crime scene examiner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). The examiner confirmed that packages...

Employees from a section of the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew have been asked to work from home in the wake of a serious mould problem affecting several offices at the location. According to a...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie says the St Elizabeth North Eastern constituency must never return to the fold of the People’s National Party (PNP), urging voters to give Delroy Slowley a second term in office. McKenzie,...

Twenty-five years ago, Dr Beverley Scott, executive director of the Family and Parenting Centre, walked through the streets of Montego Bay in St James with nothing but a pen-written flyer in hand and a heart burning with purpose. “Are you suicidal...

Thirteen adolescent mothers, who completed their studies at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation in St Andrew, were encouraged to pursue their dreams with confidence during a graduation service held at the institution on July 2. Held under the...

WESTERN BUREAU Shorna-Kay Richards, Jamaica’s ambassador to Japan, is urging more Jamaicans, especially young people, to get involved in the global movement for peace and nuclear disarmament, declaring that we must never, ever give up the fight. “...

A $642-million development project at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon has been hailed by stakeholders as a forward-thinking and transformative investment in the region’s healthcare infrastructure. Last Friday, ground was officially broken and...

Protesters gathered outside the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James on Sunday afternoon, calling for regional leaders attending the 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting to sever diplomatic ties with Israel over its ongoing...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Elon Musk said he’s carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump, announcing the America Party in response to the president’s sweeping tax cuts law. Musk, once an...

Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has described the appointment of Justice Winston Anderson, who is Jamaican, as President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the natural and distinguished next chapter...

Prime Minister of Belize, John Briceño, speaking in his capacity as Head of Government for Justice and Governance in CARICOM, has praised the newly installed President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, who is...

The bus that crashed in Trelawny early Sunday, killing five people, was “speeding” because the occupants were late for a party, according to the head of a group representing public transport operators. Egeton Newman, president of...

A wanted man was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police last night in Bridgeport, Portmore, St Catherine. The police say a firearm was also recovered from the deceased, who has been identified as Oshanie 'Voshy' Davidson,...

The St Catherine mother charged with cruelty to a child after her four-year-old daughter sustained burns from falling into a lit coal stove while she was beating her is to go on trial on October 3. The date was set when the matter was mentioned...

A man was injured in an alleged shoot-out with the police in New Harbour Village Phase Three, Old Harbour, St Catherine, this morning. He has been admitted to hospital under police guard. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has...

Police operatives have launched an intensive investigation into the gun slaying of two men and the injury of another in Ocho Rios, St Ann, last night. Those killed have been identified as 56-year-old painter Paul Brooks, otherwise called '...

Five people have been confirmed dead “so far” in an early-morning motor vehicle crash in Trelawny on Sunday, a police report has revealed. The names of the victims were not released. The crash occurred along the North Coast Highway and involved a...

GROTON, Mass. (AP): Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. A closer look revealed the five-...

JUNE AS Pride Month was celebrated by some churches across the globe. Our LGBT+ siblings are, however, still with us, although the month of June has ended. Regardless of the sentiments held by various groups, the good news is that everyone is...

HERE ARE some typical expressions that you’ll hear from finger pointers/fault finders in a typical conversation on a typical day in a typical space in our country: · Him mean yuh si! · Shi is not a good woman · Mi seh di man lie! – nevah talk truth...

NEW YORK (AP): In choosing Zohran Mamdani as their candidate for mayor, Democrats in America’s most Jewish city have nominated an outspoken critic of Israel, alarming some in New York’s Jewish community and signalling a sea change in the priorities...

LONDON: A female darts player from Jamaica has become the first person in the sport to be awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE), in the United Kingdom. Deta Hedman, 65, who was born in St Thomas and migrated to the United Kingdom at the age...

The honour and the glory of being selected head boy or head girl at any Jamaican high school is an enviable mark of distinction. Typically, one has to rise above hundreds of peers to demonstrate an aptitude and a track record for leadership, with...

MINISTER OF Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the investment being made by the Loshusan family in the construction of a supermarket in New Kingston is a signal of confidence in the Jamaican economy. “We are receiving...

FOR THE second consecutive year, the St Mary Literary Festival will read out, inside the Port Maria Anglican Church Hall in St Mary, today, July 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. And Kwame McPherson, the 2023 winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize is...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health service delivery will facilitate health predictability. Artificial intelligence is the process of using technology-driven data to assess,...

WESTERN BUREAU: More than just a food event, the 16th annual MoBay Jerk...

ONE HUNDRED and six new exhibitors will be showcased at the 11th staging of the Christmas in July tradeshow, to be held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston from July 10 to 11, beginning at 10 am each day. Director of Tourism Linkages...