Caribbean Cement Company Limited (Carib Cement) recorded its highest-ever clinker and cement production in July, signalling a strong return on its $6.7 billion investment in plant expansion and efficiency upgrades. Just one month after completing...

For many self-employed people who informally ply their trade, whether as streetside vendors or ‘day’s workers’ (domestic workers), owning a home is a lofty idea. Many believe this may never come to fruition except by diligently building, over time...

Although doctors didn’t expect him to live beyond last Christmas, Javier Forbes was among the 642 students who graduated from Northern Caribbean University (NCU) at the 102nd commencement held on Sunday at the main campus in Mandeville, Manchester...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Knockalva Polytechnic College in Hanover, which is now steeped in preparation for its October 24 Founder’s Day celebration, is expressing gratitude to the stakeholders who assisted in its recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane...

LONDON (ANI): Adopting a physically active lifestyle at any stage of adulthood significantly lowers your risk of dying from any cause, especially from cardiovascular disease. A sweeping analysis of 85 studies confirms that those who stay active...

The United States (US) Embassy in Kingston has indicated that the 2025 cohort of youth ambassadors has embarked on a three-week exchange programme in the US that will bring them to Washington DC; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Charlottsville,...

In Jamaica these days, there are versions of history based on fiction, not facts. There are those mythologising Jamaica’s history. The fiction has taken hold and is hard to correct, as many people prefer fiction over facts. Fiction provides a...

Persons utilising the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) are being given an assurance that the facility’s management will be working, along with the architect, to ensure patients’ safety while mitigating added discomfort during the...

Jamaica Post says efforts are ongoing to restore full postal services to Negril, Westmoreland, after the town’s post office was closed in July last year because of the building’s deteriorating conditions. “The leadership of the PTD (Post and...

Agriculture Minister Floyd Green told a packed Half-Way Tree Square on Sunday that the Andrew Holness-led administration will introduce a billion dollar pension fund for fisherfolk and farmers. “We are going to move to introduce, for the first...

Everything will be “criss and curry come September morning” with the Government’s new rural school bus system, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has vowed. “Tek dat from Daryl Vaz,” he said during a mass rally of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (...

Health Minister and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) campaign director, Dr Christopher Tufton, said more has been done for Jamaicans under the Andrew Holness-led administration than under any other government. He was speaking at the JLP's mass...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness used the platform of Sunday's Jamaica Labour Party mass rally in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, to call for swift justice in the probe of the deadly attack on a policeman and his family on Saturday night. “I want to...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says Saturday's train derailment in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine has significantly damaged the electrical back-up system for the area, resulting in more communities being out of power supply. The...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has dismissed Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s pledge to “rescue” Jamaica from the Andrew Holness-led Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the upcoming general election. Speaking at a JLP rally in Half-Way...

D eclaring that the youth are the future of Jamaica's politics, one of the country's longest serving parliamentarians, Karl Samuda, has expressed hope that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will embrace this shift. "The future of politics lies...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is appealing to the public for information following a deadly attack on one of its members and his family in Reading, St James, on Saturday night. In a statement, the JCF confirmed that a policeman, his...

It’s a party-like atmosphere in Half-Way Tree Square, St Andrew as supporters of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) gather ahead of the much-anticipated announcement of the general election date. Scores of green-clad supporters have...

With bell in hand, one year old Kasian Hanson bounced on the hips of his grandmother, Pansyne Henry, who was dancing in the crowd at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mass rally under way in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew. Travelling from the St Ann...

Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has condemned Saturday's brutal gun attack on a policeman and his family in Reading, St James, which left the officer’s wife dead and the policeman and his young son critically injured. In a statement...

The wife of a policeman was shot and killed, and the officer and his young son were seriously injured during a gun attack in Reading, on the outskirts of Montego Bay in St James, on Saturday night. All three reportedly suffered multiple gunshot...

Frazsiers Whip won their third consecutive Jamaica Women’s Premier League football crown with a commanding 4-1 win over rivals Cavalier in Saturday night’s final at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. Destiny Powell (5th, 90+1 minutes) and...

The St Elizabeth police have launched an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a farmer in the parish on Saturday. He is 31-year-old Remoy Remone Ennis, otherwise called ‘Day Day,’ of Carisbrook, Maggotty District, in the parish. Ennis was...

Two men and a woman have been charged after allegedly breaking into a St Andrew home in the and making off with high-end electronics valued at over $450,000. The St Andrew North police said the burglary occurred on College Crescent in St Andrew...

The spouse of a policeman was shot and killed and the policeman and his young son seriously injured in a gun attack in Reading on the outskirts of Montego Bay, St James, on Saturday. The incident reportedly occurred about 8:39 p.m. The...

IF I asked you to list the things that God hates, would ‘dishonour’ have made the list? Would you agree with the sentiment that God despises dishonour? It’s a strong word to use, so take a second and mull it over. We’ve been discussing the Kingdom...

TODAY I will respond to the following: “Good day, Fr Major-Campbell. I just finished reading an article in The Sunday Gleaner titled ‘Jesus didn’t found Christianity – He undermined religious elitism’. These are the views of another religious...

Hello mi neighbour! My friend is not well and is being forced to suffer the inconvenience of loud noise from an excavator being used to remove stones from a lot near to her residence. Developers are getting ready to erect a wall for a set of...

WASHINGTON (AP): It’s official: Older people worried about cognitive decline can stay sharper for longer by exercising both their bodies and their brains and eating healthier. That’s according to initial results released last Monday from a rigorous...

AP: A coin-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope – and hype – in the growing buzz around wearable health technology. Continuous glucose monitors, small patches that provide 24-hour insight...

A 57-year-old security guard has been charged with robbery with aggravation following an incident in Lucea, Hanover, on Tuesday. The police say Fitzroy Douglas, otherwise called ‘Adrian’, of Malcolm Heights in the parish, allegedly attacked a...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness will announce the date of Jamaica’s next general election during the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) mass rally in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, on Sunday, the party said. The JLP leader confirmed the plan during a...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has launched an investigation into the derailment of a train at the entrance of the rail tunnel in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine on Saturday. Senior Superintendent Hopton Nicholson, head of...

Traffic through the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine has been brought to a halt after a train belonging to bauxite mining company Windalco derailed on Saturday afternoon, the police say. No injuries have been reported. Senior Superintendent Hopton...

Investigators in St Thomas arrested a man and seized a quantity of cash in multiple currencies during an operation in Prospect on Friday. The joint intelligence-driven probe, which began around 4:30 p.m., also led to the discovery of...