The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has moved swiftly to remove a barrier that was erected on its Long Bay Beach property in Negril, restoring full public access. The Corporation says it did not install the fence and, within one hour of...
Arguing that schools are limited in their ability to deal with the issue of violence among students, the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) is calling for the Ministry of Education to take urgent action to protect the right to education and the...
The Ministry of National Security and Peace has prioritised several key pieces of legislation for fiscal year 2026/2027. Portfolio Minister, Dr Horace Chang, said that the measures include completing amendments to the Aliens Act, the Immigration...
Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives Phillip Paulwell has called for Speaker of the House Juliet Holness to resign from all parliamentary committees for which she is not the chair, arguing that her presence as a regular...
A British woman, Kamarra Fraser-Munroe, who was allegedly held with cocaine at one of Jamaica's airports, was granted bail in the sum of $1 million on Tuesday. She was granted bail following an application by her attorney, Able-Don Foote, in...
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is urging the Government to reconsider its approach to oil and gas exploration amid recent positive updates from United Oil and Gas regarding the prospect of oil offshore Jamaica. In a media release...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into an incident in which a policeman discharged his service weapon and used pepper spray to disperse a crowd along Chancery Avenue in St Andrew on Tuesday morning. The...
A police constable attached to the St Ann Division has been arrested on suspicion of corruption following allegations that he collected money from a motorist for the release of a vehicle that was seized following a crash. He was taken into...
Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Central Dennis Gordon has snubbed Parliament’s Ethics Committee after it summoned him to clarify comments he made at an earlier in-camera meeting in relation to an exemption granted to the opposition...
The case against the man accused of the murder of University of Technology, Jamaica student Anisa Dilworth has been transferred from the St Catherine Parish Court to the Home Circuit Court in Kingston. The case against 29-year-old in-Drive...
A mother has been taken into custody as the police probe the death of her three-month-old son. The boy was found wrapped in a blanket in a two-bedroom house along Marl Road in Rockfort, Kingston on Sunday night. The child, identified by the...
The Constitutional Court has rejected a sweeping challenge brought by four protesters who claimed the Government violated their fundamental rights when police broke up their protest against COVID-19 vaccines in 2021. "It is accepted that the...
The first quarter of 2026, which covers January to March, showed Jamaica in recovery mode after Hurricane Melissa, according to the latest Business and Consumer Confidence Survey. Consumers are feeling more confident than they did immediately...
Farmers across several parishes are set to benefit from fertiliser and planting material, as the Government intensifies recovery efforts through partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Minister of...
The Ministry of Education has expressed deep concern and outrage following the fatal stabbing of a student of Seaforth High School during a dispute at the Morant Bay Bus Park in St Thomas on Monday afternoon. According to the ministry,...
Member of Parliament (MP) for South East St Ann, Dr Kenneth Russell, has called for a full and transparent investigation into the killing of two brothers by the police in Steerfield, St Ann, early Monday morning. Dead are brothers Ramone Henry and...
Defence attorneys in the Acadia Drive murder trial yesterday objected to the identification of an exhibit in the Home Circuit Court, contending that the seal on the envelope had already been broken. Earlier, a former crime scene officer, who was...
Newly elected president of the Jamaica Association of Health Education and Promotion (JAHEP) Dahlia Gayle Reid is looking to strengthen collaboration among various stakeholders to advance the work of the association and strengthen its impact within...
A pointed warning about the future of work and education took centre stage as the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), UWI, Mona brought together leaders from academia and industry to confront a pressing question: is the Caribbean truly...
The education ministry has ordered an immediate investigation after a video emerged showing students in school uniform violently assaulting a fellow student at what "appears to be a prominent corporate area high school". "Violence and bullying...
A former deputy managing director at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) has secured the right to challenge the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (ODPP) decision not to pursue criminal charges against the company over a...
Procurement is under way for a renewable-energy laboratory at St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), with construction scheduled for the summer holidays and commissioning expected in September. The facility will introduce students to solar...
A Call for Applications has been opened to eligible micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to participate in the Industrial Development and Technology Transfer among the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) project. The...
Students at St John’s Primary School recently received a practical lesson in transportation and road safety during a visit by officers from the Green Acres Police Station. The outreach initiative, led by station manager Sergeant Clarine Brooks,...
EdgeChem Jamaica Limited will contribute more than $18 million in financial support and in-kind resources to the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in exchange for access to staff training, under a new three-year strategic...
