The National Housing Trust (NHT) has to date paid out $324 million in housing grants to 810 applicants under the Hurricane Relief Grant initiative. Managing Director of the NHT, Martin Miller, made the disclosure during the sitting of the Public...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Saturday night named February 11 as the date for a general election in her country, the second occasion that she has called a snap election within at least one year remaining on her...
A St James woman who was apprehended after being listed as wanted in connection with the death of her partner at a house in St Andrew has been charged with murder. She is 25-year-old Brittney Hall, otherwise called ‘Shadona,’ of Hurlock district...
What began as a temporary emergency response to Hurricane Melissa has evolved into a sustained healthcare crisis at Mandeville Regional Hospital, where patient numbers now far exceed capacity and exhausted staff struggle daily to keep pace. Though...
Today’s piece is intentional. I don’t want you to miss the message. Sing these words with me: If I can help somebody, as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song, If I can show somebody, that he’s travelling wrong, Then my...
The world has moved into a difficult season. There are more questions than answers. The resource of religious faith is also tested in the face of natural disaster, the threat of pandemic, and the ever-closer reality of wars and rumours of wars. It...
Six clergy members were honoured Sunday during an appreciation service at the Foursquare Gospel Church in Annotto Bay, St Mary. Those recognised included Reverend Stanley Brown, Reverend Jasmine White, Reverend Winston Flemmings, Minister Lynneve...
God is perfectly in control. Stop panicking! The right understanding of God’s authority over the affairs of all creation will always enhance our relationship with him, and also inspire our confidence in His word. The God we are serving is the...
If you’ve been with me over the past few weeks, then I pray that by now you’ve started to recognise that one of the things you need this year is greater resilience. We live in a microwave society which has conditioned us to believe that things...
Many people think faith means staying quiet. If life hurts, you accept. If things get worse, you tell yourself “G-d knows best” and you move on. But the Torah paints a different picture — one that feels far more honest. In the book of Exodus, Moses...
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is alerting the public to a fraudulent “news article” and video circulating online which falsely claim that the company has launched an investment programme for Jamaicans and asking persons to invest money. JPS,...
YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a non-graphic way. With the update that went into...
A St Andrew chef has been charged for the death of a man whose body was found on fire along a road in the Olympic Gardens area in November 2025. Charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition, and...
Alleged gang leader Courtney 'Bloodstain' Ashley has been charged by police for engaging in a conversation about the sale of a firearm. According to the police, the conversation was found in his cell phone, which they say was seized when he was...
A man who the police say was wanted in St Ann was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with cops on Jacques Road in St Andrew on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Devar Hodges, otherwise known as ‘Blackhead’ and ‘...
A St Catherine taxi operator charged for attacking a fellow cabbie, whom he accused of constantly “bad driving" him, with a machete and chopping him several times, was on Friday granted $1 million with surety in the parish court. The accused,...
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is undertaking waste separation at source as part of measures to reduce the costs associated with the massive clean-up and transportation of Hurricane Melissa debris. The move is part of...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force is reporting that two senior government employees, a man and a woman, were arrested on Friday at the Sangster International Airport in St James after cocaine valued at more than $5 million was allegedly found in...
The St Catherine North police are searching for the person(s) responsible for the fatal shooting of a man along King Street in Spanish Town on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 50-year-old Charlie Whyte of Rivoli in Spanish Town. The...
The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) is calling on Jamaicans to ensure they have a formal written contract in place before beginning any home construction, expansion or renovation project. Past President of the IMAJ,...
A Westmoreland man has been charged for allegedly setting his neighbour’s house on fire. He is 39-year-old Jason Hinds of Smithfield district in Savanna-la-Mar, who is charged with arson. His court date is being finalised. The police report that...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says greater effort is to be made to push the use of the AMANDA digital planning system amid vulnerabilities exposed by Hurricane Melissa. McKenzie wants to see the system...
Brown’s Town Primary students walked away victors of the inaugural Environmental Quiz and Expo, beating The Glen Preparatory 36-30 in a closely contested final match held at Holiday Haven in Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Runaway Bay...
The Masters of Medicine Conference, the Caribbean’s leading multidisciplinary medical forum, opens today and runs through Monday, January 19. It will bring together physicians, scientists, educators and health-system leaders from across the globe...
Principal of Denbigh High School in Clarendon, Annett Daley, is urging greater collaboration among schools and stronger partnerships with donors and stakeholders. Shared resources – particularly sports infrastructure – are, she argues, critical to...
