TORONTO: One year after he died, a park in Toronto has been renamed to honour the late community advocate, Louis March, founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movement which was set up with a goal of ending gun violence in Toronto and beyond. The Sumach...
EAST HANOVER, New Jersey: Four distinguished Jamaican-Americans received dual recognition for their outstanding contributions as Highland Park Mayor Elsie Foster partnered with the Jamaica Organization of New Jersey (JON-J) to celebrate excellence...
NEW YORK, NY: Patricia Lawrence Haughton, former president and CEO of Alken Tours...
TORONTO: Should you meet Dr Michael Vaughan, it is easy to understand why the gregarious and outgoing medical doctor took on the role of honorary consul for Jamaica in Victoria, British Columbia, in 2012 and retired recently after almost 13 years...
Disclaimer: The writer is not an investment advisor and it is not his intention to provide investment advice. Please consult one of the many qualified investment advisors worldwide for advice on your investment choices. IN PART one, we mentioned...
The JN Financial Academy Summer Camp is hosting its camp for the fourth year with a renewed focus on empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs and wealth creators. Under the theme ‘Building the future business mogul – diversifying income for...
Starting September, the practice of moving students from one grade level to the next, irrespective of academic development, will be discontinued. The announcement was made by Chairman of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC), Dr...
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is ramping up support for customers as the country transitions to the new electronic Motor Vehicle Registration and Fitness System, which officially came into effect on July 21. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on July...
THE STORY of the Jamaican Maroons is the story of the beginning of the evolution of the Jamaican nation. They were the first people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere to free themselves from European enslavers. Their official Emancipation...
ONE OF the panels at the Africa Caribbean Symposium held inside the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, St James on Tuesday, July 8, was entitled, ‘Trade and Finance as a Bridge’ under the theme of, ‘Financing Afro-Caribbean Trade and...
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...
