Tiana Dinham, Jamaica’s 2026 Rhodes Scholar, has turned her long-standing focus on water security into a practical intervention: a rainwater-harvesting scheme in rural Hanover that trains residents in safe collection and treatment and equips...
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says its executive will approve on Monday a committee to investigate sexual harassment allegations made by Councillor Julian Chang against Westmoreland Central MP Dwayne Vaz. Vaz has denied the...
(AP) — The United States has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling US$6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth US$9 billion. Both sets of sales were announced by the State Department late Friday as tensions rise in the...
A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to pouring gasolene on his former girlfriend and setting her on fire while she slept in 2023 has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Antwone “Bad Fowl” Grey, of Central Village, was sentenced in the St...
A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 was felt in sections of Jamaica on Friday afternoon, says the Earthquake Unit at The University of the West Indies, Mona. It says the quake was located about 19 kilometres near Beckford Kraal in...
Jamaican economist Dr Warren Smith, a "giant" of regional development and former president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), died on Friday, the institution has announced. "The Caribbean has lost a giant of the development movement....
A man was shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Sligoville, St Catherine this morning. Reports are that about 5 o’clock, police operatives conducted an operation in the area. During the operation, the team was allegedly challenged...
Jamaicans are being advised by the Meteorological Service of Jamaica to expect cooler temperatures, gusty winds, and increased rainfall over the next few days due to a strong cold front. The Met Office says the cold front is forecast to enter the...
Medical doctor Chloe Douett, who is accused of being the mastermind behind a scheme that allegedly defrauded several financial institutions of millions of dollars, was today remanded when she appeared before the St Catherine Parish Court. Douett...
Classes at Port Antonio High School in Portland were suspended on Friday following a security issue that forced the evacuation of the institution. Police and fire personnel responded to the incident and conducted a search of the school. Traffic...
The Government is set to begin phase one of the implementation of Jamaica’s One Road Authority (ORA), following Cabinet’s approval of the policy framework for the creation of the executive agency, which will regulate road performance and standards...
A St Mary taxi operator has been charged for stabbing a man during an altercation. He is 42-year-old Damion Ellis, otherwise called ‘Bradley,’ who is facing the offence of wounding with intent. He is scheduled to go to court on February 5....
Commencing today, the section of Olivier Road, between Constant Spring Road and Norbrook Road, will be reduced to single lane to facilitate repairs to the roadway. The National Works Agency (NWA) says the worn asphaltic concrete surface is to be...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, is to shortly announce some of the areas that are to be designated as entertainment zones. She made the disclosure during Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives,...
Kingston will host a high-level international summit next month as the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CARIPHIL) brings global, regional and diaspora leaders together to rethink how capital and partnerships can support climate-resilient...
After months of disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa, 38 creative entrepreneurs have received financial support through Kingston Creative’s Resilience Fund, aimed at helping small cultural businesses recover lost income and damaged assets. Backed...
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has defended the decision to install a hip roof on the expanding wing of the Greater Portmore Health Centre, a $660-million project, amid concerns about its resilience to extreme weather. He was...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, recently donated $2 million to Anchovy High School to support restoration work in the aftermath of the damage done to its two campuses during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which...
(AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization. It reverses a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two...
The Government has officially launched the implementation of flexible work arrangements within the public sector, starting on a phased basis on February 2, with staggered working hours. The staggered working hours include 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.;...
Chairman of the Police Officers Association, Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron, has been removed from frontline duties and granted $500,000 bail after being charged over allegations of financial irregularities at the organisation. The Jamaica...
A Spanish Town, St Catherine security guard has been charged for allegedly cutting open a money bag he received while on the job and stealing cash amounting to $460,000. Thirty-eight-year-old Ricardo Nicholas of Dela Vega City has been charged...
Eighteen-year-old St Andrew resident Roy Dallas, otherwise called ‘Royo’, has been charged for shooting a man who was attending a wake. Dallas is charged with wounding with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of prohibited...
The St Elizabeth police are seeking to ascertain the identity of a man whose decomposing body was found inside an abandoned motor car along Redding Road in Lacovia on Wednesday. The police said that about 12:50 p.m., they were alerted to a scene...
The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is reporting that the Ministry of Education is to provide approximately $29.8 million in clean-up grants for early childhood institutions amid the impact of Hurricane Melissa. The funds will be sent to the ECC...
