Two Jamaican icons — Gordon “Butch” Stewart and Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, who died recently — are to be posthumously honoured with the Key to the City of Kingston, deputy mayor, Councillor Wins...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A high-level multi-agency investigation, involving international counterparts, is currently underway following Monday's recovery of 19 illegal firearms and a large number of assorted ammunition during...

Ed Bartlett yesterday named a special task force to spearhead efforts to boost Jamaica's COVID-19 testing capacity in light of the increasing demand for such tests, fuelled by new travel requirements in key tourism source markets....

SHORTLY after watering the flowers he treasured dearly and laundering some clothes, Kemar Cover walked with a girlfriend to a bus stop near his Myrrhvilla Road home yesterday afternoon.After she left, he went to a cook shop, purch...

Women living on Fourth Street in Trench Town, Kingston, who allege that they have been marked for death by gunmen engaged in a gang feud running for more than a year, say they are not only fearful about the threats to their lives...

IN addition to efforts to obtain vaccines under the COVAX facility, the Jamaican Government yesterday announced that it will be conducting bilateral meetings with several countries to include India, China and Cuba as it seeks out ...

CARRERAS Ltd, a major player in the local tobacco industry, says it will be affected when new proposed legislation eventually gets signed into law and as such is eager to contribute to the process of the Bill's development as the ...

Today is the 13th day of 2020. There are 352 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1993: A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Kingston, Jamaica, which caused significant damage to many buildings and infrastructure across the city. ...

THE Chinese technology giant Huawei is preparing to broaden its footprint locally despite pressure on the Jamaican Government from the United States to reduce the influence of the company in the country's telecommunications infras...

ACTING managing director at the Transport Authority (TA) Willard Hylton is on a mission to improve the authority and the services it provides.Hylton, who has just completed his first month in his new position at the TA, told JIS ...

Dear readers,Due to steady increases in the overall cost of production, which we have absorbed for as long as we could, we have been forced to increase the price of our daily and Sunday papers.Starting on January 16, 2021, the new...

STATE minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Robert Morgan has lauded the administration of Crescent Primary School in St Catherine for establishing a COVID-19 isolation unit.

SATURDAY'S celebration of Jamaica Blue Mountain (JBM) Coffee Day highlighted the end of a week-long celebration of one of Jamaica's most globally distinguishable beverages.It was the third anniversary of the event, which received ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) said yesterday it was “deeply disappointed and concerned” by Venezuela's announcement of a plan to establish a new territory in the area over which it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's days in office are numbered. But he's already stopped doing much of his job.In the last three weeks a bomb went off in a major city and the president said nothing about it.The coron...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) ministers of foreign affairs will have talks with their Canadian counterpart, François- Philippe Champagne, on Wednesday during the inaugural meeting of the Caricom- ...

TULUM, Mexico (AP) — The friends from Jackson, Mississippi, relaxed on lounge chairs dug into a white sand beach and romped in the turquoise Caribbean waters, grateful for a break from the pandemic winter in the United State...

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday and made the first Canadian to soar into space his foreign minister. Former astronaut Marc Garneau moves from the role as transport minist...

THE island's educators are already out of the blocks with their claims for the new negotiation period, as public sector groups gear up for the upcoming round of wage and benefits negotiations with the Government.The current public...

Q. What consular services are currently being offered by the embassy during the coronavirus pandemic?

Dear Mr Brown:I was wondering if one obtained the coronavirus vaccine whether they would still have to quarantine when travelling to Canada.– CM Dear CM:

WHEN five-year-old Andre Arnett first started complaining of pain in his right arm while playing in April last year, his mother did not think much of it. She gave him some pain medicine and told him to rest. ...

LOBBY group Equality for All Jamaica Foundation Ltd, which bats for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, is calling for further thought to be given to the proposed amendments for the Rent Act, argui...

NEGOTIATIONS have begun between the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association (IMAJ) and trade unions representing more than 20,000 unionised construction workers for a new wage package.The first meeting was held last Thursday and t...

ADMINISTRATORS and staff at the Annotto Bay and Port Antonio hospitals have welcomed the news that they have been named as beneficiaries of the 2021 Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run.