The National Works Agency (NWA) will on Monday, February 9, commence works along Swallowfield Road in St Andrew. Manager Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says that the road is among a list of three corridors in the...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, has called on health professionals to add their voices to the push for regulation of social media use among children 16 years and under as a mental health imperative. “I believe that the...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will implement a $100-million large-scale recovery programme for banana and plantain farmers, after Hurricane Melissa wiped out the country’s commercial crop during its passage on October 28. The...
A man suspected of being involved in several house break-ins across the St Andrew North Police Division has been arrested. He was apprehended this morning during operations conducted by police personnel. According to the police, the man was...
Two Jamaicans are among four Caribbean nationals named as regional finalists for the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work, following a competitive selection process that drew nearly 1,000 applications from across the...
Soleta Thomas was remembered on January 24 during her funeral service at East Queen Street Baptist Church in Kingston as a professional of rare steadiness and quiet influence — someone whose work shaped not only the public voice of Jamaica Public...
On a trip to New Zealand a few weeks ago, I was blown away by the astounding beauty of this South Pacific retreat. This spotlessly clean destination is overloaded with dramatic alpine vistas, pop-up mountainside waterfalls and rippling crystal...
LONDON: A relief flight to Jamaica from the UK arrived last month, delivering nearly three tonnes of essential supplies to vulnerable communities across St Elizabeth and surrounding parishes which were affected by Hurricane Melissa last October....
Three men, including a policeman, were shot during a gun attack along Chisholm Avenue in St Andrew on Friday evening. They were rushed to hospital for treatment. The 39-year-old policeman was reportedly shot in both legs. The other injured...
Twenty-nine-year-old TikToker Jevaney Burnett, otherwise called 'Siva', has been charged by police for allegedly pulled a gun on a relative during an altercation in Douglas Castle, St Ann on Tuesday. Burnett is charged with assault at common law...
The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that on Sunday, February 8, a section of the Long Hill to Anchovy main road in St James will be temporarily closed to facilitate necessary maintenance works. The NWA says the closure will be in effect...
A man who was accused of shooting at the police in November 2021 was freed in the Gun Court today arising from the repeated absence of a police witness to appear in court. Kemar Edwards, who was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and...
Bath Botanical Gardens in St Thomas will be rehabilitated over a five-month period at a cost of $29.5 million. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), along with the Ministries of Tourism, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, signed a...
The St Elizabeth farmer facing criminal charges in connection with the alleged seizure of approximately $30 million worth of cocaine in three suitcases at Sangster International Airport last month was remanded during his first court appearance on...
University student Kengu Black, charged with causing the deaths of four people in a crash last year, is to return to court on February 10 after the matter was adjourned on Friday. Her $800,000 bail was extended by the St Catherine Parish Court...
The Financial Investigations Division (FID) says it has secured a cash settlement of $1.5 million and the surrender of a motor car as part of ongoing asset-recovery proceedings stemming from a drug-trafficking case in Manchester. The settlement...
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) says it accepted politician Jolyan Silvera’s guilty plea to manslaughter after concluding it could not disprove his claim that he was provoked into shooting his wife in 2023. It also...
A 28-year-old farmer has been charged with unlawful wounding and assault occasioning bodily harm following an alleged attack on a teenage girl in Abraham district, St Elizabeth, on Wednesday. The St Elizabeth police allege the accused, Anthony '...
(AP) — President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. The...
Two persons were arrested following the alleged seizure of US$195,000 in counterfeit currency, along with a firearm, during a pre-dawn operation in Wait-A-Bit, Trelawny, on Tuesday, the police say. According to the Falmouth police, the operation...
Angry residents of Thompson Pen, St Catherine, on Thursday protested the fatal shooting of 37-year-old fisherman Demoy Campbell during a police operation. They describing the incident as a “cold-blooded murder” allegedly carried out by members of...
A Spanish Town early-childhood school was among several institutions across Jamaica that marked Play Day on Wednesday, a national observance highlighting the role of play in learning, development and emotional wellbeing. At the Kingdom Builders...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, working with the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA), yesterday launched the OFVGA Scholarship Programme, an initiative designed to support the children of Jamaican farm workers...
The UK government has invested $7.57 billion in a new agro-processing facility and administrative building that opened on Wednesday in Essex Valley, St Elizabeth, in a project aimed at strengthening Jamaica’s food security, agricultural...
Despite turning out just one student in its first graduating batch for the Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science programme last month, the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is keen on keeping the programme on its roster and expects growth in...
