The St Catherine North police have pledged to take a firm stance against illegal vending, robberies, extortion, and other anti-social activities during the Christmas season. Deputy Superintendent of Police Constantine Bennett said that officers,...
Murders in Clarendon continue to decline, with police reporting 37 killings so far this year, a 42 per cent drop from the 64 recorded over the similar period last year, the Clarendon Municipal Corporation has been told. That rate is on par with...
A trip to Jamaica with friends was among the expenses a Black Lives Matter (BLM) executive paid for with money she allegedly embezzled from the American social justice movement, authorities in the United States have announced. Tashella Sheri...
Twenty-three Haitians were taken into custody following a police raid in Harbour View, in eastern Kingston, on Thursday. Around 8 a.m. officers swooped down on a premises in the area where the group was found. They are now being processed ahead...
Twenty-three Haitians were taken into custody following a police raid in Harbour View, in eastern Kingston, on Thursday. Around 8 a.m. officers swooped down on a premises in the area where the group was found. They are now being processed ahead...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has received a major boost for the sector’s recovery, with Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Limited donating $25 million worth of fertiliser for farmers severely affected by Hurricane Melissa. During the...
(AP) — Liverpool coach Arne Slot said he was having talks with Mohamed Salah on Friday after the forward's explosive outburst threw his Anfield future into doubt. Salah said last week that his relationship with Slot had broken down after being...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has estimated more than $800 million in damage to roads and public infrastructure across the parish arising from the passage of Hurricane Melissa over a month ago. During Thursday’s monthly...
WESTERN BUREAU: Although the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) reports that leptospirosis cases have begun to decline since mid-November, health minister Dr Christopher Tufton is warning Jamaicans not to become complacent in preventing the...
The Jamaica National Group will direct 40 per cent of its ISupportJamaica Fund for Hurricane Melissa relief to early childhood institutions, a move JN Foundation chairman Parris Lyew-Ayee says underscores the organisation’s commitment to rebuilding...
Twenty-one newly sworn-in Peace Corps volunteers will work in rural parishes, supporting literacy in primary schools and helping farmers strengthen sustainable agriculture and community resilience. They will also assist with post–Hurricane Melissa...
Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa ripped across western Jamaica, it left BPO employees like Aleshia Malcolm sheltering in her car and erased Dellon Hall’s home entirely. Now, Strobe Etech Communication is investing $8.5 million to help its...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners who are allowed to come to the United States without a visa could soon be required to submit information about their social media, email accounts and extensive family history to the Department of Homeland Security...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says it will waive CXC examination fees and refund parents who have already paid. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Education Minister Daryll Matthew, who added that the...
Deputy Public Health Inspector for St. Catherine, Denese Douglas, says public health personnel have heightened surveillance against leptospirosis and are urging residents to exercise caution. Douglas told today’s monthly meeting of the St....
Mayor of May Pen, Joel Williams, today praised the Councillor for the Hayes division, Scean Barnswell, for what he described as a tremendous act of goodwill in rescuing a six-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted from the St Thomas More...
Jamaica’s Independent Fiscal Commission has validated the Government’s decision to suspend the fiscal rules in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Legislated fiscal targets, or fiscal rules, require the Government to...
A man who is a dancehall music selector was arrested today in relation to the seizure of a gun during an operation in the St Andrew North Police Division. The police say the black .380 pistol was recovered inside a bedroom occupied by the man at...
At least 20 persons, including eight children, have been left displaced after a fire destroyed three houses on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston this morning. No injuries were reported. The blaze, which occurred near the intersection of Mountain...
A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged after police allegedly caught him stealing cable wires from a manhole belonging to a telecoms firm in Moneague, St Ann, last Friday. The accused, Omar Johnson, of Old Harbour Road, Spanish Town, has...
The Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) has raised concerns about the monitoring of a Government credit card issued to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) after a $29 million transaction appeared to have gone unnoticed for five months. The concerns...
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has launched a new official webpage, giving the public, social partners and the legal fraternity easier access to its awards and resources as part of its 50th-anniversary celebrations. The platform was...
One woman is dead and two men are in critical condition following a two-vehicle collision along the Queen’s Highway near the St Ann–Trelawny border on Thursday morning. Reports are that a Toyota RAV4 SUV, which was being driven towards Discovery...
Jamaica has thrown its support behind two global environmental resolutions on coral reefs and sargassum seaweed, citing the country’s escalating climate-related losses, including the US$8.8-billion devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa....
The Urban Development Corporation will, for the first time, stage New Year’s Eve fireworks in Black River, St Elizabeth, and Long Bay Beach in Negril, Westmoreland, two parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa, to uplift Jamaicans in the west....
