In one of the largest commissioning ceremonies in recent years, 148 new justices of the peace (JPs) were formally sworn in for the parish of St Andrew on Sunday. The commissioning ceremony for the St Andrew Justices of the Peace, held at the Karl...
TORONTO: The beginning of the Chinese New Year on Tuesday was an auspicious moment for Donette Chin-Loy Chang as it was announced that she was among 30 Ontarians appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest civilian honour. The...
Donald Trump’s posting on his Truth Social account platform on February 6 of headshots of Michelle and Barack Obama superimposed on the bodies of apes drew widespread expressions of horror and disgust worldwide. Trump was sending out a very clear...
REGINA, SK: Regina poet, lawyer, and author, Deidre S. Powell, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from SK Arts through the Building Arts Equity Program to support the completion of a new poetry anthology.Her proposal as detailed on the programme’s...
The police have charged five persons following coordinated, day-long operations targeting lottery scams, identity fraud, and illegal drugs across Manchester on Wednesday. The operations, which ran from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., were conducted...
The Supreme Court has rejected a renewed bid by former Education Minister Ruel Reid and three co-accused to end their corruption trial, saying their challenge had “no prospect of success real or imagined”. “We find also that their intended case...
Young Jamaica, the youth arm of the governing Jamaica Labour Party, says National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang should not withdraw his claim that some advocacy groups critical of police conduct are “living off blood money”. The comments...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of three men by police during an operation in Coral Gardens, St James. The incident occurred on Thursday night. The three deceased men have not yet been...
More charges have been laid against Dwayne Pitter, one of three persons accused of defrauding several financial institutions of millions of dollars. A total of 36 counts under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), the Law Reform (Fraudulent...
Reggae Boy Cory Burke and another man were today each fined $2,000 or five days’ imprisonment on a charge of indecent language arising from an incident with the police at a football match in Portmore, St Catherine in January. Burke and Conroy...
Responders are now trying to contain two fires they believe may have been “deliberately” started at the Riverton City Disposal Site in St Andrew. The fires were detected shortly after 11 p.m. last night in separate sections of the country’s...
A total of $334 million is being distributed to 1,217 households in Hanover under the Government’s Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelters (ROOFS) initiative, as part of ongoing recovery efforts, following Hurricane Melissa. Minister of...
Thirty-five-year-old Travis Wilson, a higgler of Patrick City, St Andrew, has been charged by the police for allegedly failing to return a car he rented from a woman in December 2025. Wilson is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle. According...
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has relaunched its ‘Strap Up Jamaica’ campaign, as part of intensified efforts to strengthen household resilience ahead of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane season. The campaign,...
The police on Thursday seized several homemade firearms, a semi-automatic pistol, and more than 50 rounds of ammunition during an operation on McIntosh Drive in Top Range, Kingston 3. No arrests were made. Reports from the Half-Way Tree police...
WESTERN BUREAU: Colin Virgo, assistant general secretary of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), used the occasion of the annual civic ceremony to mark the birthday of National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante on Tuesday to again raise...
Vendors and workers within the downtown market area benefited from a health expo, which was aimed at improving access to basic health services for under-served communities. Wednesday’s event, which was held at the Jubilee Commercial Centre, West...
Digicel Foundation has handed over a US$80,000 ($12.4 million) smart lab to Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester, as part of efforts to strengthen teacher preparation. Assistant chief education officer in the Tertiary Unit of the...
Grace Foods Canada is marking Black History Month by supporting the University of Toronto’s 2026 Black History Month Luncheon with an in‑kind contribution valued at CDN$15,000 and a CDN$5,000 student bursary. The bursary is donated in honour of Dr...
UTech’s 2026 Season of Dance was nothing short of historic – a one-night premiere that marked the Centre for the Arts’ first-ever formal season, Mudayane, a Swahili term meaning “we are one” and embodying “a melting pot of dance genres and cultural...
Several newcomers have been elected to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC), according to the results of the recently held election for council and youth council members. In the United States (US), there will be two newcomers – one in the...
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) is “heartbroken” following the death of third-year engineering student Michael Patterson, whose partially decomposed body was found in a St Catherine canal on Tuesday. “This senseless loss of a young...
The pump attendant accused of setting a woman on fire during an altercation at a gas station in Whithorn, Westmoreland, was granted bail on Wednesday, sparking emotional scenes at the local courthouse. Collate Swaby, 30, was granted bail in the...
Church leaders are calling on National Security Minister Horace Chang to withdraw comments suggesting that advocacy organisations critical of police conduct are “living off blood money.” The Watchman Church Leaders Alliance has appealed for “...
(AP) — Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan's government spokesman said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan. It is the latest escalation of violence...
