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Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:43 AM

Two teenage boys have been charged with robbery with aggravation after they allegedly held a student at knifepoint and stole $5,000 cash along Half-Way-Tree Road in St Andrew on April 1, the police say. Reports from the Half-Way-Tree Police are...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:38 AM

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) youth arm is calling on People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding to disclose whether a company at the centre of a tax exemption controversy contributed to its 2025 general election campaign. “...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:26 AM

Dear Miss Powell, I recently saw that you posted a news story about someone whose permanent residence application was refused because IRCC used AI. I didn’t know they could do such a thing. Should I be worried about this when applying to Canada?...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:23 AM

(AP) — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts kicked off their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new distance record for humanity. The six-hour flyby...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:21 AM

Dear Mr Bassie, I would like to know if it is possible for a person to apply for bail if held in detention on immigration charges. Any assistance would be appreciated. OO Dear OO, With respect to bail applications concerning United Kingdom (UK)...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:19 AM

The Government has handed over land titles to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society, as restitution by the State for the 1963 Coral Gardens incident in St James involving the Rastafari community. The event was held on Good Friday on the...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:16 AM

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, My husband went overseas to work a few years ago, for a few months (on his visitor’s visa) and he is still there. We are in the process of a divorce as he has found another partner. I am the holder of a US visa and I...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:14 AM

(AP) — Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war in the Middle East. The United States President Donald Trump appeared to widen his threat from civilian targets to the whole Islamic Republic...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:13 AM

Emerging young music creators are urged to maximise the long-term value of their craft through publishing. Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, in making the call, said that publishing ensures that creators are...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:08 AM

Othneil Blagrove, chief, sales and marketing manager at JN Life Insurance Company, is encouraging Jamaicans who participate in individual retirement schemes to increase their contributions to the statutory maximum of 20 per cent of earnings, where...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:06 AM

More than J$1.8 million in startup support has already been invested through Project STAR’s nano grant programme, a major highlight shared at the Project STAR Town Hall Meeting held in the Rose Garden community, recently. Now three years into its...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 10:01 AM

Police in St Catherine have launched an investigation into the death of a 28-year-old woman whose body was discovered inside her bedroom at her home in Eltham Acres, Spanish Town. She has been identified as Annica Hamilton, a trainee customer...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:53 AMKeisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer

For Tracey-Ann July, general manager of National Property and General Insurance Brokers Limited (NPG), a career in Jamaica’s insurance industry has been more than steady advancement. It is, instead, a study in resilience, institutional memory, and...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:36 AMRose Marroncelli/Contributor

Denim is present in practically every country in the world and is widely adopted as one of the most common forms of everyday attire. Its appeal spans generations and social groups: jeans are worn worldwide by those who follow fashion and those who...

Published:Tuesday | April 7, 2026 | 9:10 AM

Jamaica’s push to expand advanced neurological care is getting a boost from the return of a locally trained specialist, whose new facility is aiming to reduce the need for patients to seek treatment overseas. For Dr Francene Gayle, the move was not...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 11:53 PMKimone Francis - Senior Staff Reporter

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has funnelled $1.1 billion to private banks to subsidise its External Financing Mortgage Programme (EFMP), a move that effectively outsources its mortgage book to protect a multibillion-dollar housing construction...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 10:55 PM

Yes, this is the time for possibilities! Things that were hitherto impossible to you will now become possible. Listen, something will start coming out of nothing. Our testimonies will defy all explanations from now. It is natural that something is...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 10:54 PM

I’ve said this before in an article and today, I’m saying it again: The Bible is a bloody book. In our modern-day, Western culture, blood is considered gory or unsanitary, but in Eastern cultures and in the Bible, blood is considered life (...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 10:52 PM

“There is hope, because we are invited to trust that God will do a new thing.” Prophetic words from our dearly beloved in Christ, Sarah Mullally, the first woman to be installed as the Archbishop of Canterbury! Amen, and Amen. God uses the humble...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 10:33 PM

A convicted serial rapist who carried out a string of brutal attacks on multiple victims, including an eight-year-old who was sodomised, will remain behind bars for 40 years after the Court of Appeal upheld his sentence while correcting key legal...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 6:44 PM

A St Thomas man has been charged after allegedly stabbing his spouse during a domestic dispute that left her hospitalised in serious condition. Twenty-eight-year-old Hadji Thompson, a taxi operator of Duhaney Pen, has been charged with wounding...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 6:28 PM

Police in the St Andrew North Division are searching for a man who ran from a mid-morning operation at his home in Pleasant Valley, Red Hills, leaving behind an illegal gun and ammunition. Being sought is 48-year-old technician Orlando Oneil Reid...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 5:38 PM

Roderick G. Rainford, OCC, a former Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, has died. Rainford passed away quietly at his home in St Andrew this afternoon. He served as head of the central bank from...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 4:57 PM

Some 800 workers are back on the job with the reopening of Bahia Principe in Runaway Bay, St Ann. The resumption of operations, following the property’s closure due to Hurricane Melissa last October, sees 664 rooms returning to Jamaica's tourism...

Published:Saturday | April 4, 2026 | 2:01 PM

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of three men in Sheffield, Westmoreland by police on Friday afternoon. Two of the deceased have been identified as Devonie Chase and Reagan McIntosh, while the...

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