In an increasingly competitive professional landscape, where qualifications alone no longer guarantee advancement, Robert C. Scott is challenging conventional thinking with the upcoming e-launch of his new book, Developing Gravitas and Boosting...
This week marks Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, a celebration of the vital contributions of medical technologists and laboratory scientists across Jamaica and around the world. These professionals are among healthcare’s unsung heroes, whose...
Jamaica is being positioned as a regional model for agro-industrial development and technology transfer, through a partnership between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (...
Dear Miss Powell, I hear there are new immigration and asylum rules in Canada. Can you please help me understand? I am in Canada as a visitor and plan to apply for asylum to stay, and I am wondering how this new law could affect my application. H.E...
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, Can a person who overstayed in the US then return to Jamaica, reapply to a US college for their GED? Does that person stand any chance of obtaining a student visa? M.C. Dear M.C., There is a visa penalty for anyone who...
Dear Mr Bassie, I was born in 2003 and one of my parents is British born. I would like to know if I am eligible for British citizenship. I am hoping that you will advise on this subject. L.A. Dear L.A., Persons who were born between 1983 and June...
There was a time in Jamaica’s not-too-distant past when owning assets such as a car was more than a convenience. It was a public marker of stability and success, one that remained out of reach for the majority. Growing up in rural communities...
The 11th biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, slated for St James in June, has been contextualised by private sector leaders and government officials as one where exchanging ideas, courting investment and forging partnerships will be critical....
What began as a single pushcart in 2012 has grown into a nationwide vendor programme that is creating jobs, supporting small businesses and changing lives across Jamaica. The Bad Dawg Vendor System, an initiative developed by CB Foods, has evolved...
The administration at Jamaica College says all the students involved in an altercation captured on a viral video, including the boy who was assaulted, will face its disciplinary committee for appropriate action. The school's administration gave...
Director of Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries Prevention in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr Tamu Davidson, is imploring women aged 21 and older to take advantage of the government's subsidy for cervical cancer screening. The $1,300...
A taxi operator and a mason were allegedly held with a handgun and ammunition during a police operation on Sunday in Port Maria, St Mary. Commanding officer for the St Mary Police Division, Superintendent Anthony Wallace, says the seizure was...
The Highgate police are investigating the death of a 35 year-old woman whose body was found in an advanced state of decomposition on Friday in St Mary. According to reports, the deceased, who lived alone at Lewis Store, Highgate, in the parish,...
A top police official has confirmed that the Jamaica College (JC) student seen in a viral video violently slapping a schoolmate in the face is not in custody. Further, acting Senior Superintendent Mark Harris, commanding officer for the St...
Member of Parliament for St Ann South Eastern Dr Kenneth Russell has expressed “deep concerns” about the police fatal shooting of two men in the community of Steerfield, even as he urged angry residents to remain calm. The police report that...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the shooting of three alleged robbers, one fatally, by a policeman at his business establishment in the Coffee Shop community in Sandy Bay, Clarendon, on Monday. Police report...
The five men arrested and charged in connection with a $12-billion cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew in 2024 are scheduled to go on trial on March 8, 2027 in the Home Circuit Court. In the meantime, an application to renew bail for Clive...
A team from the Ministry of Education is now at Jamaica College (JC) as part of an investigation into an incident captured on video in which a student was violently attacked by another student. The team includes Senator Marlon Morgan,...
Operations at the Christiana Outstation of the Manchester Parish Court will be temporarily relocated to the Spalding Outstation due to scheduled renovation works at the facility. Beginning Friday, April 24, all cases set for hearing at the...
The first official disbursement of approximately $17 million in grants under the Government’s Community Church Clean-up and Restoration Initiative was made to 101 churches in St Elizabeth to repair damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. The...
Music producer Jahvel ‘Jahvy Ambassador’ Morrison, one of the accused in the shooting incident at Big Wall, is to go to court on Thursday, April 30. Morrison, a licensed firearm holder, was on Friday charged with assault occasioning actual...
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...
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".
Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) Group has advanced its Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts with a recent targeted agricultural training initiative aimed at strengthening resilience among farmers in St Elizabeth. Seventeen farmers from the Malvern...
For Shevauni Powell, Mr Supranational Jamaica 2025, leadership is not defined by position, visibility or title’ but is grounded in influence, service and the ability to inspire transformation in others. Powell underscored this view as keynote...
