Motor vehicle accidents are an unfortunate reality on Jamaica’s roads, and with them often come injuries that can change lives in an instant. When a person is injured due to another driver’s negligence, the law provides avenues for compensation....

Graduates of the Professional Certificate in Organisation Development (PCOD) programme were urged to move beyond credentials and become ambassadors of transformation, in a powerful and thought-provoking keynote address delivered by Professor Noble...

On Sunday, Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm. It is likely to unleash torrential rain and threaten to cause catastrophic flooding are expected in the...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AP): A United States (US) warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago ‘s capital on Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighbouring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro. The arrival of...

The notion that agriculture and farming are menial skills is a dangerous misconception that undermines the very foundation of societal well-being. Far from being a lowly pursuit, farming is a sophisticated, essential, and deeply impactful...

FROM THE Catholics to the Baptists to the other denominations, Christians from Europe and American came to the West Indies to Christianise and save the souls of the Tainos (the natives) and enslaved people on the plantations in Jamaica. It is a...

WHAT DO Montego Bay’s Hip Strip, Ziggy Marley and Noah’s ark all have in common? In 2017, Jamaica got its first Kosher not-for-profit restaurant, the ‘Hot Spot’. Located in the heart of the ‘hip strip’, this vegetarian restaurant not only serves...

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with...

WESTERN BUREAU: For residents of Retreat, Red Ground, and Red Road in Westmoreland Western , last week’s torrential downpours brought a familiar misery – flooded roads, stranded motorists, and yet another reminder of the parish’s chronic drainage...

It’s been nearly a year since torrential rains caused a massive road collapse along the main thoroughfare in McGlashen, St Andrew – yet no repairs has been made. Now, with Hurricane Melissa threatening the island, residents say the gaping hole has...

Grace Lyons, the founder and music director of Heritage Singers Canada, is overjoyed that the Heritage Singers Canada archival donation is now housed in the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections at the Scott Library, York University, and...

Over a decade later, Don-Juanique Gardener is using his second chance at life to give back to the hospital that helped save his life after a near-fatal crash in St Ann. The JN Bank merchant relationship officer returned to the St Ann’s Bay Hospital...

The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) is observing Red Cross Month 2025, under the theme ‘On the Side of Humanity’, as it celebrates 61 years of dedicated humanitarian service to the people of Jamaica. Speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think...

The theme for the September 28 Kingston Creative Artwalk Festival was ‘Food and Fashion’. And there was indeed a lot of food and ‘free’ beverages. The samples at the Colombian Embassy were to die for. The fashion, too, was blazing, on and off the...

A FIVE-YEAR initiative has been launched to address Jamaica’s urban climate and societal challenges by integrating nature-based solutions (NbS) into urban planning and community development. Dubbed ‘Jamaica Urban Solutions for the Environment’ (J-...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is appealing to citizens to stay up to date on the bulletins issued by the Meteorological Service of Jamaica and to heed the instructions given. McKenzie, who is Deputy Chair...

The Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventists is aiming to provide meals for up to 40,000 Jamaicans who go hungry each night as part of efforts to combat food insecurity across the island. Speaking during World Food Day celebrations at the Port Maria...

WE ARE still in Jamaica’s heritage month, and Heritage Week was concluded on Monday, October 20 with the annual National Honours and Awards Ceremony at King’s House. But, there is a place in Boston, Portland called Great Huts Eco Resort –...

Jamaica is among eight Caribbean countries to join a Gender Smart Facility led by the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) and Global Affairs Canada to transform how climate finance reaches women and vulnerable communities. Unlike traditional climate...

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) are calling for an improvement in the communication between the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s [NSWMA] Western Parks and Markets Limited and the residents of St...

WESTERN BUREAU: Two young women, a Sunday school teacher and a former ward of the Melody Girls’ House in St James, became the first recipients of the inaugural Bishop Philmon Samuels Scholarship Fund, which sees them getting a combined total of $...

WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, the state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), says Jamaica’s manufacturing sector is poised for renewed growth under a comprehensive strategy that seeks to sharpen competitiveness...

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says Fresh Bread Ministries International (FBMI), a non-denominational organisation based in the St James capital, has made the area richer in spirit and stronger in purpose in the 25 years it has...

“Our first event, ‘Our Love’, was held in February 2022, and that really marked the beginning of our journey. We officially registered Well Ample Productions in 2023, after realising how much impact and community energy was growing around what we...

THE MINISTRY of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is advancing Jamaica’s food security and pioneering a new frontier in blue economy sustainability through a Red Snapper Cage Culture Fin Fish Pilot Project. The project is spearheaded by the United...

An 11- member Jamaican team comprising eight students and three coaches will leave Jamaica for Panama, where they will compete in the 2025 FIRST Global Robotics Challenge that will take place in Panama City from October 29 to November 1. Often...

Established in 1935 by the sisters of the Franciscan Order, Marymount High School is celebrating 90 years in existence and can boast, among many other things, that it has become a beacon of hope to the neighbourhood of Cromwell in Highgate, St Mary...

ARDENNE HIGH School has copped the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts for the 15th year. The 2025 presentation was held on October 15 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. The...

IN TOWNS and communities across Jamaica, it’s a familiar scene: fathers carefully balancing their children on motorcycles as they navigate morning traffic, heading to school. For many families, motorcycles are not a luxury, they are the only...

On National Heroes' Day we celebrate and express gratitude to our six national heroes and heroine who transformed struggle into triumph and dreams into nationhood. Through their courage and sacrifice, they laid the foundation for a Jamaica where...

My fellow Jamaicans, on this Heroes’ Day, we stand as one people - proud and free - to celebrate the spirit that built our great nation. Ours is a story written in courage and conviction, a heritage born of struggle, guided by faith, and carried...

JPS, through its Environmental Affairs Department and its philanthropic arm, the JPS Foundation, participated in the coastal clean-up activity held on International Coastal Cleanup Day (September 20). With assistance from partners including the...