Tiana Dinham, Jamaica’s 2026 Rhodes Scholar, has turned her long-standing focus on water security into a practical intervention: a rainwater-harvesting scheme in rural Hanover that trains residents in safe collection and treatment and equips...

In the weeks following Hurricane Melissa’s passage across Jamaica late last year, a troubling contradiction became visible across the island. While shortages and soaring prices confronted consumers, large volumes of produce lay unsold and rotting...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): A court on Wednesday ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire from the effects of climate change, a sweeping victory for the islanders. The Hague...

High school science teachers Christopher Taylor and Rashaan Smith believe they have found a dependable formula. Each January, their students attend intensive workshops hosted by The University of the West Indies (UWI), which sharpen understanding...

Community-based organisations operating in some of Kingston and St Andrew’s most vulnerable communities are receiving critical support under the Rise...

Jamaican economist Dr Warren Smith, a «giant» of regional development and former president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), died on Friday, the institution has announced. "The Caribbean has lost a giant of the development movement....

A man was shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Sligoville, St Catherine this morning. Reports are that about 5 o’clock, police operatives conducted an operation in the area. During the operation, the team was allegedly challenged...

The Government is set to begin phase one of the implementation of Jamaica’s One Road Authority (ORA), following Cabinet’s approval of the policy framework for the creation of the executive agency, which will regulate road performance and standards...

Classes at Port Antonio High School in Portland were suspended on Friday following a security issue that forced the evacuation of the institution. Police and fire personnel responded to the incident and conducted a search of the school. Traffic...

Medical doctor Chloe Douett, who is accused of being the mastermind behind a scheme that allegedly defrauded several financial institutions of millions of dollars, was today remanded when she appeared before the St Catherine Parish Court. Douett...

Jamaicans are being advised by the Meteorological Service of Jamaica to expect cooler temperatures, gusty winds, and increased rainfall over the next few days due to a strong cold front. The Met Office says the cold front is forecast to enter the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, is to shortly announce some of the areas that are to be designated as entertainment zones. She made the disclosure during Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives,...

Commencing today, the section of Olivier Road, between Constant Spring Road and Norbrook Road, will be reduced to single lane to facilitate repairs to the roadway. The National Works Agency (NWA) says the worn asphaltic concrete surface is to be...

A St Mary taxi operator has been charged for stabbing a man during an altercation. He is 42-year-old Damion Ellis, otherwise called ‘Bradley,’ who is facing the offence of wounding with intent. He is scheduled to go to court on February 5....

(AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization. It reverses a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, recently donated $2 million to Anchovy High School to support restoration work in the aftermath of the damage done to its two campuses during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which...

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has defended the decision to install a hip roof on the expanding wing of the Greater Portmore Health Centre, a $660-million project, amid concerns about its resilience to extreme weather. He was...

After months of disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa, 38 creative entrepreneurs have received financial support through Kingston Creative’s Resilience Fund, aimed at helping small cultural businesses recover lost income and damaged assets. Backed...

Kingston will host a high-level international summit next month as the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CARIPHIL) brings global, regional and diaspora leaders together to rethink how capital and partnerships can support climate-resilient...

The St Elizabeth police are seeking to ascertain the identity of a man whose decomposing body was found inside an abandoned motor car along Redding Road in Lacovia on Wednesday. The police said that about 12:50 p.m., they were alerted to a scene...

Eighteen-year-old St Andrew resident Roy Dallas, otherwise called ‘Royo’, has been charged for shooting a man who was attending a wake. Dallas is charged with wounding with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of prohibited...

The first set of modular homes being procured by the Government to address housing issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa should arrive on the island next month, says Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana...

The Government is in the process of acquiring land in the Greater Bernard Lodge development in St Catherine to construct a Type C hospital, as Portmore moves closer to attaining parish status. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton...

A man, who is a teacher, has been taken into police custody for allegedly pulling a gun on his girlfriend during an argument at his home in Greater Portmore, St Catherine. Police say the educator is being held on suspicion of possession of a...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has received 200 tablet computers from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to support the Ministry in conducting damage assessments on houses that were destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The...

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is reporting that the Ministry of Education is to provide approximately $29.8 million in clean-up grants for early childhood institutions amid the impact of Hurricane Melissa. The funds will be sent to the ECC...

Still in awe and shock at the extent of damage wreaked by Hurricane Melissa in the western half of Jamaica last October, TotalEnergies Jamaica’s Managing Director Vincent Daniault appeared eager to oversee last Friday’s handover of 1,884 solar...

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has outlined plans to strengthen his country’s presence in Jamaica and the wider region as part of a broader effort to deepen African–Caribbean ties. Ghana’s only mission with regional...

THE ENVIRONMENTAL Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) is working with Local Forest Management Committees (LFMCs) to build capacity and strengthen their role in safeguarding Jamaica’s vital forest ecosystems. The initiative, which is being funded through...

WITH NATURE bleeding from chronic underinvestment, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has championed a shift from business as usual. According to the 2026 State of Finance for Nature report, it is time to phase out...

IN THE race for financial resources, nature is losing. That is according to findings from the just released 2026 edition of the State of Finance for Nature report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which has revealed that for...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has hailed King’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson’s “impeccable” service to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, as the veteran commissioner prepares to retire after two decades. "As a nation, we are grateful to Tom...

A St Catherine man was acquitted on Monday after prosecutors failed to disprove his self-defence claim in an alleged murder stemming from a family dispute. Tajae Hall had been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Donate Wright, who died from...

(AP) — As floods ravage Mozambique, crocodiles are appearing in submerged towns and responsible for at least three deaths. In the town of Xai-Xai, the provincial capital of Gaza province and one of the worst-affected areas in the country’s south...

Motorists will pay more for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to up by $1.20 to sell for $149.52 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $1.17 to sell for $156.06. Automotive diesel oil will up by $2....