The National Water Commission says work to fully restore the electrical system at a wastewater facility in Montego Bay, St James, is expected to be completed by Monday. It follows an overflow this week that affected nearby areas, including a high...
“Culture flows from leadership,” senior Supreme Court judge Simone Wolfe-Reece told a group of graduating police officers on Friday, as she urged integrity and respect for public trust and attention to mental health. “Let your leadership be...
(JIS) - The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has extended the entry deadline for the 2026 National Festival of the Performing Arts to Friday, January 30 at 11:59 p.m. The revised schedule also provides an additional two‑week window...
The Clarendon police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a man, believed to have been mentally ill, following a series of bizarre events in May Pen on Friday. The deceased has been identified only by the alias 'George Pang...
The late reggae icon Jimmy Chambers Cliff will receive a posthumous honour when the David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Scholarship Foundation hosts its 12th annual red-carpet gala in Washington, DC, on February 21. The recognition places one of Jamaica’s most...
As recovery efforts continue following Hurricane Melissa, The Jamaica National Group, through its philanthropic arm, the JN Foundation, recently handed more than seven 40-foot containers of hurricane relief supplies to Food for the Poor for...
The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to reset collaboration between state and non-state actors through a renewed focus on governance and community participation, according to its executive director, Omar Frith. Speaking to The...
LONDON: This week marked the 45th anniversary of the infamous New Cross fire in Lewisham, south London when 13 young black people, between the ages of 14 and 22 years old, perished in a blaze at a birthday party which many believed was an arson...
LONDON: The Windrush Compensation Scheme got a well-needed boost last week when the UK Home Office announced that thousands of people affected by the 2017 Windrush scandal will see greater compensation, and claims processed quicker under reforms...
A number of stirring features are to be showcased at this year’s 3rd annual Jamaica Brew Literary and Film Festival being presented by the Consulate of Jamaica, Miami, at the Broward South West Regional Library, Pembroke Pines on Saturday, January...
On the afternoon of Saturday January 17, Lecture Theatre 49 at the University of Technology Jamaica (UTech) was filled for nearly two hours with colourfully dressed members of the creative industry, alongside UTech’s principal, Dr Kevin Brown, the...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on Saturday for a three-day official visit, the Jamaican foreign ministry says. During the trip, Minister Ablakwa will meet with...
(AP) — Nearly 70 years after a United States Black man was executed, officials declared this week that he was innocent in the killing of a white woman in Texas. Prosecutors say the case was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias...
The Shipping Association of Jamaica is warning that ongoing port and warehouse congestion could worsen unless cargo owners urgently clear uncollected goods, weeks after the traditional holiday shipping rush. The association says stripped cargo...
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) says an employee has been suspended following the detection of a "suspected internal breach" at the institution. The matter has been referred to the Financial Investigations Division, the government body...
An attempt at mediation in the assault case involving murder accused Leoda Bradshaw and another detainee failed in the St Catherine Parish Court today after Bradshaw, who is the complainant, declined to participate. In court today, attorney-at-...
A Clarendon taxi operator has been taken into police custody after he allegedly mowed down a policeman along Church Street in May Pen today. Reports are that sometime after 2:00 p.m., the policeman and two other colleagues were on duty along the...
As Jamaica rebuilds in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the western end of the island in October 2025, the Save our Boys and Girls Foundation has taken aim at reducing learning loss in severely affected communities, with the...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that an audit of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC) this week uncovered two illegal parcels of cocaine inside storage facilities at the division. The JCF, in...
A woman was this morning killed and her mother was wounded in a gun attack after arriving at their home in Patrick City, St Andrew from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. Investigators are seeking the husband of the injured...
Jamar Grant, the man charged for the death of University of Technology, Jamaica student Anisa Dilworth, was today further remanded in the St Catherine Parish Court to March 6, at which time his lawyer is to seek bail. Grant, who is being...
Caribbean Airlines is refuting reports that the company has been evicted from its Hope Road location in St Andrew. The airline says it has undertaken plans to relocate following the end of its existing lease. “There is no eviction process under...
Approximately $31 million will be disbursed in the first tranche of extended post–Hurricane Melissa recovery grants for privately operated early childhood institutions and independent schools, Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says.
A woman was shot in the neck during a robbery at an establishment along Grants Pen Road in St Andrew on Thursday. She was rushed to the University Hospital of the West Indies, where she remains admitted and is undergoing treatment. Investigators...
A 21-year-old man from St Ann has been charged after allegedly tricking a woman and stealing her vehicle. Joel Nelson of Beechamville, Claremont, is charged with larceny by trick and driving away a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent....
