At just 13 years old, Aaden Dunn, armed with nothing but two phone cases and a single LED light, set out on his dream path of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Today, the now 17-year-old, who recently celebrated his birthday, is the CEO of...
Tokyo, Japan: The 2025 World Athletics Championships officially gets under way this evening (Jamaica time) at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, with several Jamaican athletes set to compete across both track and field events. First in action for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar Mayor Danree Delancy, chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP)-controlled Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says the election of three PNP members of parliament (MPs) in Westmoreland is a long-overdue...
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:11 AM
Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) is moving to set the record straight that it did not claim that, at 21 per cent of polling stations voters were turned away and not allowed to vote, despite being in the line at 5 p.m., at the close...
Member of Parliament-elect Dennis Gordon has pledged to work closely with his former colleagues in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) to advocate for the reform and strengthening of local government across Jamaica. In a...
The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) says it is deeply alarmed by a directive given by Commission of Police Dr Kevin Blake, ordering that Chairman of the Police Officers’ Association (POA), Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron, vacate...
Six months ago, she was Jamaica’s top diplomat in the United States (US), but today she is the first female member of parliament to represent the Manchester North East constituency. Audrey Marks has transformed from diplomat to political...
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:06 AM
With pride on their faces and joy in every heart, generations of the Vaz Preparatory School family gathered yesterday in thanksgiving to celebrate the school’s 74-year legacy of excellence, discipline, and vision at its Founder’s Day service. The...
Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby is raising concerns over plans by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to centralise the permit process for entertainment events across the island. Addressing yesterday’s monthly sitting of the...
A dispute over the price of a tray of eggs is what may have set off a deadly chain of events in Manchester on Tuesday, which ended when a thug, armed with two guns and more than 500 bullets, was shot and killed after a fierce stand-off and gun...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis, who was unseated in the recent general election by the People’s National Party’s (PNP) newcomer Nekeisha Burchell, plans to stay around in a bid to reclaim the seat in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Mt Alvernia High School, Mt Alvernia Preparatory School, and Chetwood Memorial Primary School have jointly received a cheque for $1 million, provided by the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run charity organisation, in recognition of...
WESTERN BUREAU: More than 200 Jamaicans draped in the black, green and gold will converge on Tokyo Stadium this weekend for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, a show of unity being championed through Jamaica Sports 876’s new Triumph in Tokyo...
When Broughton Primary School in Westmoreland kicked off the new school year on Monday, amid the excitement as students walked along the red carpet into a warm welcome and gifts, they were also greeted with a clear message about the importance of...
PARIS (AP): Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months. Prime Minister François...
A Jamaican professor from Atlanta, Georgia, was the historical consultant for a documentary about Ghana’s first prime minister and president, Kwame Nkrumah, that had its world premiere last week at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)....
Just three years ago, Aberdeen High School was facing serious challenges. With low pass rates, dwindling enrolment as parents pulled their children out, and staff morale at an all-time low, the school was in crisis. Today, however, Aberdeen is...
WESTERN BUREAU: Andrea Purkiss, who defeated two-term Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Dave Brown to win the Hanover Eastern seat for the People’s National Party (PNP) last Wednesday, plans to make a name for herself in the political...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon has given candidates and political parties until September 17 to remove campaign advertisements and other paraphernalia relating to the general election from public spaces. He noted that the law...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Michael Shim-Hue, the newly appointed chaplain of the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in St James, is urging educators to resist the political pressures threatening the integrity of the profession, says teaching is “...
With the new school year getting under way today, recently installed President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Mark Malabver is maintaining focus on the struggles being faced in the education system. In his first back-to-school message...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has warned that avoidance of jury duty by the middle classes and those living in gated communities has placed a disproportionate burden onto the working poor. He was speaking on Sunday during a service to mark the start of...
With an estimated 500 or more children diagnosed with autism annually in Jamaica, tackling this neuro-developmental disability has proven to be quite challenging. Some of the challenges include overcoming the stigma associated with the disorder,...
When most Jamaicans think of living in the United States, they often eye locations, such as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Atlanta in Georgia, but rarely is there mention of midwest states such as Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, among...
CMC The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says officers from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts, have deported a Jamaican criminal fugitive and alleged child rapist who had been...
