Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising motorists how to treat with traffic accidents now that the new electronic motor-vehicle fitness and registration system has taken effect. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on July 18, Chief Corporate...

AS WE enjoy the vibrant days of summer, surrounded by the natural beauty that defines our island home, Jamaica, we must also confront a pressing reality: the impact of plastic pollution on our environment. This summer, through the Ministry of...

WELCOME TO our four-part primer on bitcoin, a subject that is very topical, but lacks public awareness as to the totality of its functions. We start with the big question, can bitcoin replace money? The answer depends on your definition of ‘money...

“Breadfruit deh yah fi stone dawg” is an utterance that can be heard during the breadfruit-eating season in this country. It means that the popular fruit is in great abundance, so much so, much of it is going to waste. Yellow-heart, white-heart,...

With general election approaching, the Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM) will, on Sunday, July 27 at 6 p.m., host an online forum to examine voting trends and impact within the nation’s Christian community. Based on available...

The police are reporting that three men have been arrested and charged following the seizure of 3,000 pounds of ganja, valued at $9.3 million, in Toms River, located at the border of St Mary and St Andrew. They have described the seizure as...

The St Andrew North police are probing the death of a man who succumbed to chop wounds sustained during an altercation with another man in their community of Mount Industry in Gordon Town. Dead is 29-year-old farmer Akeem Brown, who died on...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Bermuda said Tuesday that they arrested four US cruise ship passengers accused of drug possession. Police said in a statement that the suspects had a “significant quantity of illegal drugs” including...

Professor Lloyd Waller, a scholar in digital transformation and governance, has been appointed the new chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Jamaica's national skills training agency. The appointment was approved by Cabinet on June 30. It comes...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a private power company, claiming it is responsible for damages to customers’ appliances caused by chronic power outages in the United States territory. The...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that it has moved to regulate water supply in sections of St Ann, St Mary, Portland, St Thomas, and rural St Andrew arising from the impact of the ongoing drought. In a statement on Tuesday, the...

People’s National Party (PNP) caretaker for St Thomas West, Hubert Williams, is to appear in the St Thomas Parish Court on August 13, along with three other PNP activists, in relation to charges of assault and obstruction arising from an alleged...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says 40 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been charged in relation to one of its investigations since January last year. The latest cop to be charged is Constable Patrick...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says two of three monkeys that were on the loose in the Stony Hill area of St Andrew have been captured. The Agency, along with personnel from the Veterinary Services Division, the Jamaica...

A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to the rape of a woman while she was on her way to work one morning in October 2023 was on Monday sentenced to a total of over 37 years in prison. He was sentenced by Justice Yvonne Brown in the St Catherine...

People's National Party Councillor for the Bellefield division in Manchester, Mario Mitchell, says unsavoury comments posted from his account on social media platform X were published by a member of his team without his review or approval. The...

Detectives assigned to the Port Maria Criminal Investigations Branch have charged 22-year-old Constable Patrick Walters with the murder of his 20-year-old girlfriend D’Jonnay Graham. He was charged on Monday following an investigation into the...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — US immigration agents in Florida have arrested businessman, doctor and former Haitian presidential hopeful Pierre Réginald Boulos over his alleged support of violent gangs in Haiti that the US government has deemed...

MICRO, SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being warned against casting too wide a net when marketing their products and services. The caution came from digital strategist Christopher Derrell, head of Web Development at Adtelligent, who...

AS THE 2025 Atlantic hurricane season progresses, micro and small business owners are being urged to take proactive steps to safeguard their operations and strengthen their risk management strategies. Latoya Hayden-Cousins, client relations manager...

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says millions of dollars are now being spent to bring water to several well-established communities in St James Southern, which has been suffering from a chronic shortage of water over several years...

NEW YORK: The Jamaican Independence Gala set to take place in New York on August 23 is hoping to realise the goal of raising between $500,000 and $1,000,000 to fund scholarships for Jamaican students to tertiary institutions, as well as assist a...

The allure of visiting Jamaica has stayed with me ever since my first visit in 2017. The place I call “home”, the land of my parental and maternal grandparents, holds a cherished memory in my heart. Through my studies and work with The Weekly...

The newly installed president of the Rotary Club of St Andrew is planning to expand support for the Allman Town Primary School Literacy Programme, to include professional assessments for students with learning challenges, conflict resolution...

Buff Bay, Portland: Forty-four students from West Portland have been awarded for their outstanding performances, as shown in the recently released Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination results. The students were selected from 22 schools, which saw...

Eight new or returning faculty deans have been appointed across the campuses of The University of the West Indies (UWI), following approvals granted by the University Council at its annual business meeting in May, and by the Finance and General...

As customs clearance and logistics processes modernise to serve global supply chains and cross-border trade, the acumen required to keep pace with the disruptive technologies of the Fifth Industrial Revolution such as artificial intelligence (AI)...

WESTERN BUREAU: For nearly two decades, Rose Skinner stood at the intersection of discipline and compassion, growth and grit, as she quietly built one of the strongest human capital legacies in Jamaica’s hospitality industry. On her final day as...

Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby says work is to begin cleaning gullies and drains in the Corporate Area within a week. He gave the commitment after completing a two-day tour of 10 divisions in Kingston and St Andrew to assess the condition of...

Forty-five-year-old taxi operator, Floyd Miller, otherwise called ‘Tev’ and Indian’, has been charged with wounding with intent following an incident in Bamboo River, Morant Bay in St Thomas on July 14. The police say about 8:15 a.m., Miller and...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says agents from its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) have nabbed a yola-type vessel, arresting three Venezuela nationals and seizing 1,009 pounds of cocaine...

A 61-year-old taxi operator has been charged with malicious communication after reportedly using his phone to send nude images of a woman. Alfred Kelly, of Eltham Park, St Catherine, was charged by detectives assigned to the St Catherine North...

The police have announced restrictions for persons visiting the Logos Hope, the book ship docked at the Cement Coral Pier in Kingston. Citizens are being advised that all persons entering the ship will be subjected to search. No firearms,...

THE REVISED Common Lectionary presents from the Epistolary, Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians for the Sundays through to August 3, 2025. Last week, Chapter 1:1-14 gave the opening presentation. This week continues from 1:15-28. The letter is named...

OUR TIME together discussing the aspects of effective powerful prayer is coming to an end, but we couldn’t move on before we touched on this vital aspect. The text we’ve been studying says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails...