A two-year-old boy and a 25-year-old man were killed in a drive-by shooting along Grenmeade Road, Kingston 20, Monday night. The toddler has been identified as Tajaun Jackson of a Nannyville, St Andrew, address, while the man is Kimarley Powell...

WASHINGTON, CMC – Four CARICOM countries have been listed in US President Donald Trump’s “Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2026” submitted to the United States Congress. According to...

Vendors at the Falmouth Market in Trelawny are again calling for proper restrooms at the facility amid complaints of non-functioning toilets, lack of water and raw sewage flowing on the floors. The vendors also report that only two of eight...

Dear Mr Bassie, I understand that I need a digital photo to apply for a British passport online. Any guidance on this would be appreciated. – WP Dear WP, Persons will need to obtain a digital photo to apply for a passport online. They must...

STUDENTS ATTENDING the recent JN Financial Academy summer camp were encouraged to be bold when making decisions, understand their value, and embrace the opportunities available in the global economy during a practical presentation on...

FOR MOBOLJI Bryan, pan chicken vendor and chef, food is more than a meal, it is an expression of love and artistry. “Food is my life, not just a hustle. It’s my love language,” declared the 27-year-old entrepreneur from Frenchman, Slipe, in...

RECEIVING A pension can mean an individual is able to live comfortably, or better than their working years, but conversations about retirement planning have to be ongoing with the issue being taken seriously for that to happen says Othneil Blagrove...

PRESIDENT OF the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Metry Seaga, has urged stakeholders in Jamaica’s financial sector to rethink the rigid requirements imposed on entrepreneurs seeking to access financing. This, as he pointed out that...

Motorists are being advised by the police to expect delays along Hope Road, East Kings House Road, and surrounding areas in St Andrew on Tuesday as Prime Minister-designated Dr Andrew Holness is to be sworn in at King’s House. The event is...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is warning against the practise of fake kidnappings. Station Manager at the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division, Detective Inspector Paulette Wynter-Crossfield, explained that teen girls are staging...

LONDON (AP) — A British aristocrat and her boyfriend were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for killing their newborn daughter while on the run from authorities. Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex...

Three of the seven people who were arrested and charged over an illegal slaughterhouse that was discovered in Central Village, St Catherine, last December were today freed as the prosecution withdrew its case against them due to a lack of evidence...

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A judge in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two-year terms in prison with hard labour after they were convicted of plotting to kill the president using witchcraft. The men, a Zambian and a Mozambican national, were...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunmen attacked an armoured vehicle in a community near Haiti’s capital, leaving two police officers injured and one driver dead, authorities said Monday. The attack occurred over the weekend in the once peaceful...

Thirty-five-year-old St Andrew businessman Nicholas Morgan has been charged with fraud in connection with a failed car-buying transaction. According to reports from the Portmore Criminal Investigation Branch in St Catherine, between January and...

The St Ann police are seeking the public’s help to identify two men who were gunned down along the Dunnsville main road in St Ann on Saturday. The police report that about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, residents in the community heard explosions and...

An American firefighter has been charged after a gun and ammunition were reportedly found in his luggage at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday. Forty-eight-year-old Roland Douglas II, of Guntersville, Alabama...

NEW YORK (AP) — A potential strike has been averted that could have shut down the nation’s largest commuter rail system this week. Unionised workers for the Long Island Railroad announced they voted overwhelmingly Monday to authorize their labour...

Cornwall College has officially opened a memorabilia store, a venture principal Michael Ellis says will boost school spirit and strengthen the institution’s connection with both students and alumni. Speaking at Monday’s launch at the school's...

An 18-year-old sixth-form student from a prominent Kingston high school was shot and killed Monday during a pre-dawn break-in at her family’s home in Smokey Vale, St Andrew. According to police reports, the tragic incident occurred around 1:40 a...

The home of a journalist was raided by law enforcement agents as part of a “massive” money laundering investigation, sources have disclosed. Sources revealed that the investigation centres around alleged manipulation of National Commercial Bank...

For Timara Jackson, the two-year relationship she’s shared with the girls who reside at the Annie Dawson Children’s Home, awakened her inner advocate. “I am quite an introverted person, but working with the home, I realised they need people to be a...

More than 1,000 students have been assisted in entering the new school year with renewed confidence, thanks to Excelerate Energy, Inc’s flagship back-to-school initiative. The programme, designed to support high-potential students from families...

The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Awards Nomination Cocktail, held last week at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in new Kingston, saw a record 188 nominations across 28 award categories, marking the largest in the event’s history...

Commonwealth high commissioners, including representatives from Jamaica, have approved a five-year strategic plan for the Commonwealth Secretariat to deliver focused support for the 2.7 billion people it serves. To set the stage for a new era of...

The SheSecures Jamaica cybersecurity competition has been lauded for its role in helping to bolster the country’s cyberresilience and empowering women in the growing cybersecurity sector. The Ministry of National Security, in partnership with the...

British boxer Ricky Hatton, the former world champion who rose to become one of the most popular fighters in the sport, has died. He was 46. Hatton was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester, Britain's Press Association reported Sunday....

A Manchester funeral director has been charged after allegedly breaking into a house and stealing items valued at $127,000 - including a queen-sized sheet set - in College Meadows, May Day district, earlier this month. The accused, 34-year-old...

Jamaican authorities are probing the suspected drowning of a 58-year-old American tourist who died while snorkeling in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Saturday. The deceased, a male, was reportedly from Port Charlotte in Florida. He was a guest at Sandals...

(AP) - Qatar's prime minister denounced Israel on Sunday as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel's attack on Doha targeting the leadership of the militant group Hamas. “The reckless...

The police have arrested a businessman and a woman in St Mary after seizing 13 imitation rifles and an imitation pistol during an operation linked to a multi-million dollar fraud investigation. The arrests, carried out on Saturday, in White River...

Manchester City is back to winning ways. Manchester United is back to square one. City utterly dominated the 197th Manchester derby on Sunday, winning 3-0 on another humbling day for United coach Ruben Amorim. It could have been so much worse for...

Investigators in St Catherine have launched a probe after the decomposed body of a 52-year-old security guard, who was reported missing last week, was discovered in a bushy section of an abandoned quarry and reservoir in Tredegar Park. The...

A St Catherine accused accused of fatally stabbing another man during a vigil in Williamsfied earlier this year was remanded when he appeared in the parish court on Friday. The accused is 25-year-old Shavaughn ‘Mongoose’ McBean of Williamsfied...

FOR ALMOST a century, at 99 years old, Pastor Howard Holmes has lived a life defined by unwavering faith, exemplary service and a resolute commitment to ministry, igniting a spiritual legacy which has touched lives across generations and borders. “...