Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions of tons of plastic water bottles, food...

Forty-two high-school students from across Jamaica have each received $175,000 to help with back-to-school expenses, as WATA awarded more than J$7 million in grants during ceremonies held in Kingston and Montego Bay, St James last week. The support...

More than 100 young people from under-represented and at-risk communities across St Elizabeth spent last week gaining new skills, building friendships, and embracing positive values at the St Elizabeth Police Division’s Non-Residential Youth Camp,...

Transforming the streets of various communities and towns into vibrant exhibits, with street lights donned in brightly coloured fabrics, accentuated by poster boards advertising member of parliament (MP) aspirants, remains a powerful tool in the...

Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP) Dr Angela Brown Burke is warning that the Opposition is prepared to take the Government to court if it fails to walk back its announcement of a by-election in Seivwright Gardens and follow the law....

The St Catherine South police have arrested a 19-year-old male suspect in connection with the murder of a man at a vigil in Portmore on Thursday. The suspect, held on Thursday, is a mechanic of a Gregory Park, Portmore address. The deceased has...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, has strengthened mechanisation support for farmers in St Elizabeth with the provision of a new tractor to the National Irrigation Commission’s (NIC) Hounslow office in Watchwell. Portfolio...

GOD CAN become silent on you because of your disobedience, mistakes or failing to follow divine instructions or directions. I have personally experienced this. And that was exactly David’s case when he was asking those emotional questions. Yes,...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP): The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by al-Qaida-linked militants more than a decade ago...

Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Julian Robinson, has told Jamaican teachers they «deserve better than zero per cent,» a day after their union walked out of a wage negotiation with the Ministry of Finance. Robinson was speaking at a People's...

Hello mi neighbour! And special greetings to my very young neighbours. Some of you are just entering or leaving college. Some of you are about to go job hunting, become a part of the family business or become your own boss. Wherever you are along...

NEW YORK (RNS): On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of churches, the muffled sounds of choir singers, handclaps and Hammond organs can be heard from the sidewalks. The borough still has a church on nearly every block, but over...

People's National Party representative Joseph 'Bunny' Witter has promised increased educational and entrepreneurial opportunities if he wins the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) stronghold of Kingston Western. He also said he hopes to help build...

Investigators assigned to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) seized over 1,800 pounds of compressed ganja worth about $5.6 million during an operation on Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11, on Friday. Three men were arrested in...

A Clarendon woman has been charged after she allegedly tried to blackmail her common-law spouse with threats to expose his sexually explicit videos and alleged dealings with politicians. She has been identified as Sophia Brown, an ex-convict, of...

Nathan Williams, one of the men charged in connection with the murder of St Catherine contractor Humphrey Brown, who was reported missing and later found buried in a shallow grave, was granted $1 million bail on Friday in the St Catherine Parish...

Paul Buchanan, the People's National Party (PNP) representative who will be challenging Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness for the St Andrew West Central seat, has urged constituents to deliver a blow to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader in the...

A din of chants, party tunes, vuvuzelas and the rev of engines, motorbike and motorcar alike, bombarded Cross Roads, St Andrew, as supporters poured into the People's National Party's Kingston and St Andrew parish meeting on Saturday evening....

MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), the operators of the Sangster International Airport, is advising passengers that two Air Canada flights scheduled for today have been cancelled as more than 10,000 of the airline's flight attendants went on strike early...

The Bog Walk police in St Catherine are investigating the tragic death of a motorist who was hit by a falling boulder on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Linton Davis, a 61-year-old labourer, of Greater Portmore, St Catherine....

The Jamaica Labour Party's representative for Manchester North Eastern, Audrey Marks, is seeking to refute reports that a man was killed at a party meeting in the constituency, stating that he was fatally stabbed during a dispute with another man...

On August 1 and August 6, Jamaica observed Emancipation Day and Independence Day, respectively. Slavery was abolished on August 1, 1838, and, on August 6, 1962, the country became a politically independent nation. But, long before those dates, the...

WASHINGTON, DC: The historic Community Baptist Church of Englewood radiated with black, green, and gold on August 10, as Mayor Michael Wildes officially proclaimed the day “Jamaica’s 63rd Anniversary of Independence Thanksgiving Day” honouring the...

Chairman of Marathon Insurance Brokers, Richard Burgher, is urging Jamaica to take immediate action to address the fact that fewer boys are making it through the formal school system. Addressing the annual Scholarship Programme Awards Ceremony,...

The official narrative of the ill-defined Windrush generation, their reasons for coming to Britain and their interface with, and experience of British society and economy tells one story. Essentially, it is a story of patriotic citizens of Britain...

WASHINGTON (AP): The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal...

A 100-member delegation is set to represent Jamaica at the 15th staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in Barbados from August 22 to 31 under the theme ‘Caribbean Roots; Global Excellence’. Hosted biennially by member states of the...

Fishers from St Elizabeth and Westmoreland have received boats and engines from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, under its new Fisheries Incentive Programme, aimed at supporting the next generation of fishers and strengthening...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will commence full renovation works on the Black River Fish Market in St Elizabeth this week, to improve facilities for vendors and enhance the overall market environment. Minister Floyd Green, in...

LONDON: A memorial service was held last month in Forest Gate, east London one year after the passing of Wentworth Newland known affectionately as ‘Wenty’, entrepreneur and founder of Wenty’s Tropical Foods. Wenty Newland continues to be fondly...

Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. believes that Jamaica has the potential not just to catch up but to lead the region in productivity – if the nation adopts a productivity-focused mindset and embraces cultural change. Speaking...

LONDON: The Jamaican Rugby Football Union has vowed to commemorate the death of one its rising talents, brutally murdered during a stabbing in Central London last month. Brendan McMillan, 27 years of age, was killed along with his father Terry...