Writing has always been a tool of self-expression and reflection for me. As a person who has cerebral palsy with a speech impairment, expressing myself through writing has always given me a sense of freedom. When I became a teenager, it became a...
On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, I am delighted to extend heartfelt congratulations to the principal, staff, students, alumni, and wider school community of Kingston Technical High School as you celebrate 130...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Parental involvement in schools, as it is traditionally practised, is often limited and does little to build the parenting skills needed to improve student outcomes. This, according to Kaysia Kerr, chief executive officer of...
NEW YORK (AP): Beth Brown was assigned to a major project at work when hardship struck. First, her six-month-old daughter fell ill with COVID-19. A few days later, her mother passed away. Brown, director of health and well-being at a company that...
Five financial institutions have been fleeced of more than $600 million through an elaborate and complex fraudulent scheme allegedly involving an upper St Andrew medical doctor and two accomplices, using a litany of fictitious documents, law...
Several flights in and out of Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St James have been cancelled or delayed due to a winter storm affecting parts of the United States, airport operator MBJ Airports Limited has announced. In a media...
The Waltham Park Police Post this afternoon hosted its first “Christmas in January” social and community intervention, for residents of 75 and 77 lanes in the St Andrew community. The initiative, which is expected to be done annually, comes...
A St James man has been charged after police allegedly seized an illegal firearm and ammunition during a search of his home on Friday. Detectives assigned to the St James police division laid charges of possession of a prohibited weapon and...
A 30-year-old medical doctor is among three people charged with allegedly defrauding “hundreds of millions of dollars” from several financial institutions, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says. MOCA has charged Chloe...
(AP) — Thousands of flights across the United States set to take off over the weekend were cancelled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across much of the country. It has knocked out power in many areas and covered major roadways...
The police are warning members of the public to exercise caution when purchasing goat meat especially in the Mile Gully area of Manchester, following the alleged theft of 35 goats from a local farm. "Members of the public should note that the...
(JIS) - The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has extended the entry deadline for the 2026 National Festival of the Performing Arts to Friday, January 30 at 11:59 p.m. The revised schedule also provides an additional two‑week window...
“Culture flows from leadership,” senior Supreme Court judge Simone Wolfe-Reece told a group of graduating police officers on Friday, as she urged integrity and respect for public trust and attention to mental health. “Let your leadership be...
The National Water Commission says work to fully restore the electrical system at a wastewater facility in Montego Bay, St James, is expected to be completed by Monday. It follows an overflow this week that affected nearby areas, including a high...
(AP) — Novak Djokovic became the first player to reach 400 Grand Slam tennis singles wins after defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday night local time. It improved his win-loss...
(AP) - United States President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal. It intensifies a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a...
LONDON: This week marked the 45th anniversary of the infamous New Cross fire in Lewisham, south London when 13 young black people, between the ages of 14 and 22 years old, perished in a blaze at a birthday party which many believed was an arson...
The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to reset collaboration between state and non-state actors through a renewed focus on governance and community participation, according to its executive director, Omar Frith. Speaking to The...
As recovery efforts continue following Hurricane Melissa, The Jamaica National Group, through its philanthropic arm, the JN Foundation, recently handed more than seven 40-foot containers of hurricane relief supplies to Food for the Poor for...
The late reggae icon Jimmy Chambers Cliff will receive a posthumous honour when the David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Scholarship Foundation hosts its 12th annual red-carpet gala in Washington, DC, on February 21. The recognition places one of Jamaica’s most...
Approximately $31 million will be disbursed in the first tranche of extended post–Hurricane Melissa recovery grants for privately operated early childhood institutions and independent schools, Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says.
Ingrid Stewart Boivin grew up in Drapers, Portland, attended Titchfield High School in Port Antonio and later Shortwood Teachers’ College in St Andrew. After migrating, she returned to Jamaica regularly with her children. Each visit, she said,...
The Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica (TCJ) and The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, marked the presentation of graduates with a pointed message for the country’s newest educators: artificial intelligence (AI) may reshape schooling, but it...
Travel partners and guests of Sandals and Beaches Resorts are helping to accelerate community recovery in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. Since the resorts in Ocho Rios and Negril reopened on December 6, visitors have, through the Sandals...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay will host a high-level, closed-door meeting of Caribbean tourism ministers on January 31, aimed at forging coordinated regional responses to mounting global pressures on the tourism sector. The in-camera discussions,...
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents in several St James communities continue to grapple with uncollected garbage and increased rodent activity weeks after Hurricane Melissa, prompting an extended response from the St James Health Services aimed at reducing...
Eight motor vehicles forfeited under the Proceeds of Crime Act have been handed over to the Jamaica Constabulary Force to boost the operational capacity of its anti-organised crime and financial investigations units.
One person was killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle collision along the Harmony Cove main road in Trelawny on Thursday afternoon, the police have confirmed.
(AP) — Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers nervously watched forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage barreled toward the eastern United States.
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) says the legal threshold for a surcharge has not been met, as it pushes back against an auditor general’s recommendation to recover $64.7 million in alleged fertiliser-related losses.
A man charged for the alleged rape and abduction of two young girls had to be forcibly removed from the dock after falling to the ground after he was denied bail on Wednesday in the St Catherine Parish Court. Thirty-six-year-old Ricardo Brown,...
Police Constable Noel Maitland was today found guilty of the death of his girlfriend, 24-year-old social media influencer and entrepreneur Donna-Lee Donaldson. The jury deliberated for over three hours before returning its verdict in the Home...
A St Mary man on Wednesday died after being electrocuted while in Warwick Castle district in Gayle. He has been identified by the police as 38-year-old Orace Grey, a farmer and mason of a Mango Valley address. Reports are that about 11:50 a.m....
The police in St Mary are investigating the suspected suicide of a man who died in hospital days after reportedly ingesting a corrosive substance. He has been identified by the police as 57-year-old Garfield Brown of Three Hill in Retreat....
