Rainfall is threatening to delay islandwide reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Melissa, as Caribbean Cement Company Ltd says its operations are being hampered by adverse weather conditions. The development could further slow repairs to...
Dozens of struggling University of the West Indies (UWI) students are racing against time to secure clearance to sit end-of-semester examinations as mounting financial pressures threaten to derail their academic progress. The situation is “alarming...
Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has criticised the Government’s One Road Authority (ORA) initiative, arguing that it does not address the problem of inadequate funding for road maintenance. Cabinet recently approved a policy framework for the ORA,...
Dozens of schools still without electricity months after Hurricane Melissa are now being targeted for emergency support as the National Education Trust (NET) moves to plug critical gaps with the distribution of generators. The agency is compiling a...
Long lines formed early for HIV testing at this year’s Health Promotion Fair hosted by the College of Health Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica – signalling both concern and curiosity among attendees. Staged at the university’s...
Eight young Jamaicans have been selected for the 2026 cohort of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Programme, the United States Embassy in Kingston has announced. The fellowship, a flagship exchange programme, promotes...
Dr Tomlin J. Paul, the late deputy principal of The University of the West Indies (UWI), was yesterday remembered as a “Caribbean man”, a devoted father, and a distinguished medical professional, as mourners gathered at the University Chapel to bid...
The smell hits first. It is nauseating, and the sight of piles of garbage is scarring. Amid potholes and contaminated water, Waltham Park Road in Kingston has become a hazardous mess. Residents and commuters say the situation has persisted for...
Government ministries, led by their permanent secretaries, feature prominently among the top delinquent signage-fee defaulters, even as the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) prepares to impose tighter enforcement measures, once...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is making a plea for the public’s patience and cooperation as it assesses the islandwide impact, and implements contingencies to mitigate disruptions caused by the impending severance of ties with Cuban health...
Residents of Denham Town in west Kingston received a massive upgrade of street lights in the community last week, a move some residents welcomed but believed came a little too late following the murder of three-year-old Jace Pinnock and his father...
Young Caribbean entrepreneurs are being urged not to fear the challenges in the region but, instead, to use those obstacles to find innovative solutions to problems. The call was made on Wednesday by artificial intelligence (AI) business operator...
Two decades since he allegedly shot a woman in the face in front of her child, disfiguring her features and altering her speech for life, Collin ‘Tumpa Dragon’ Mowatt has been nabbed. On Wednesday, Mowatt, who was in his early 40s at the time, was...
Administrators at Kingston College (KC) spent yesterday mourning the loss of former student athlete Kevaughn Goldson, who was stabbed to death, reportedly by a woman with whom he was involved, in Jefferson City, Missouri, in the United States, on...
Children mourned openly at the Edward Seaga Infant School in Kingston on Monday following the death of three-year-old student Jace Pinnock, who was murdered in Denham Town last Saturday. Jace was shot dead by gunmen who attacked his home on Nelson...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors staged a walkout from Tuesday’s meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) after Councillor Lorraine Dobson of the Springfield Division was elected deputy mayor. The walkout followed...
Godfrey Wade, the 65-year-old United States (US) Army veteran who was detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for months, has been deported to Jamaica. Wade arrived in the island on Thursday. Wade’s attorney, Tony...
It has been a hellish week for two elderly siblings whose four-bedroom home in May Pen, Clarendon, was engulfed by fire, taking all their possessions and decades of hard work and accomplishments. Chef Byron Desport, 67, said he was at his cook...
Only a handful of major and small hotels remain closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, as the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) anticipates a strong end to the winter season this year. Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism, made the claim in a...
More than 60 per cent of Jamaican men are having sexual intercourse with multiple partners, according to a study on males’ sexual practices which also suggests that droves of them are engaging in transactional sex. The research, dubbed Sexual and...
There is a reported spike in patients being hospitalised for non-communicable diseases in the weeks after Christmas – particularly as many, often elderly persons, indulge in unhealthy lifestyle practices, while not adhering to taking their...
Debbie James, an author and educator and the only Jamaican living in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, will be boarding a flight home today with bittersweet emotions. Moved by the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa late last year,...
Flu vaccine uptake has been reported as low even as severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) remain at seasonal levels – or at the level typically expected for this time of the year – according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Jamaica’s...
A four-year-old child is among 14 persons shot and killed in incidents involving the police during the first six days of the new year, sparking concerns from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) regarding the number of fatal...
The appointment of King’s Counsel Jeremy Taylor as director of public prosecutions (DPP) for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), alongside Fitz Bailey, former deputy commissioner of police in Jamaica and now commissioner in the territory, is...
