WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden made a sober entrance to the nation's capital yesterday, ready to assume power as America reels from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring unemployment and grave co...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The lack of reliable and safe transportation has caused more concerns for some school leaders in Manchester and St Elizabeth with schools resuming face-to-face classes.Principal of Roger Clarke High ...

FINANCE Minister Dr Nigel Clarke is optimistic that in another two years Jamaica's anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism framework should be at the level where it can get the full stamp of approval from the Cari...

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says the emerging inequities in access to COVID-19 vaccines could potentially get worse, propelled by fears of the virus, coupled with the approval and manufacturing process no...

MINISTER of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday tabled the Third Supplementary Estimates for 2020/21, showing a $3.5-billion reduction in spending for the fiscal year.The third estimates were largely triggered...

OPPOSITION Leader Mark Golding has labelled Government's plan to immunise 16 per cent of the population this year as “unsatisfactory”, arguing that the country's flagging economic fortunes brought on by the COVID-19 pa...

Carlos Batista and George Gardner, the two men found guilty Monday by a judge for the 2011 murder of Roderick “Bunny” Francis, a high-profile player in the local fishing industry, will on March 25 know their fate.Fran...

SIR John Golding Road in St Andrew has been closed temporarily to facilitate the completion of works on safety features along a section of the roadway that was recently reinstated.

MONTEGO, BAY, St James — Councillor for Montego Bay North East in St James Senator Charles Sinclair has condemned corruption among the country's border control employees, whom he said allow illegal guns and ammunition to ent...

MILE GULLY, Manchester — Two bar operators and a funeral home director in this Manchester north-western community have been dealt a major setback as they watched helplessly as their businesses went up in smoke yesterday morn...

BROWN'S Town, St Ann — Business operators here who have been without piped water since last Christmas Eve are hoping water will flow from their taps soon. Member of Parliament Krystal Lee, meanwhile, has assured their wait w...

NOMINATIONS are open for young leaders to apply to stand for positions on the Commonwealth Youth Council, the body which represents the Commonwealth's 1.4 billion young people.The council, one of the world's most diverse youth-led...

THE Ministry of Education, Youth and Information says salaries for most teachers will not be paid today because of a server error.“The service provider had a significant challenge in processing the payroll for January 2021 a...

A Chinese embassy spokesman in Jamaica says COVID-19 vaccines made in China or the United States both have their advantages and that China is against any nationalism or egoism which jeopardises humanitarian needs. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly blamed President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was “fed lies” and that the president and others ...

WASHINGTON, USA (AP) —As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term last January, the US recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had the virus “tot...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Back when the election was tightening and just a week away, Joe Biden went big.He flew to Warm Springs, the Georgia town whose thermal waters once brought Franklin Delano Roosevelt comfort from polio, and p...

NEW YORK (AP) — A US Army soldier was arrested yesterday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City's 9/11 Memorial and other landmarks and attack US soldiers in the Middle Eas...

DEPUTY mayor of Kingston Councillor Winston Ennis has urged residents of Kingston and St Andrew to increase their awareness of and preparedness for earthquakes, and to abide by the building codes.The call comes as Jamaica marks Ea...

ALL of the island's cays, except the Morant and Pedro Cays, were closed yesterday until February 1.The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), which made the announcement in press release yesterday, said ...

Dear Mr Brown:I have a visitor's visa for Canada but I want to know whether I can travel to Canada at this time. I heard that some people are being turned back at the airport. I want to know if this is true, as my visa is valid un...

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) yesterday announced Adam Stewart's appointment as executive chairman of the company built by his father, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the tourism industry icon who passed away on January ...

JUSTICE Marcia Veleta Dunbar-Green has been appointed to act as judge of the Court of Appeal until March 26, 2021.She was sworn in by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during a ceremony at King's House yesterday.In his address, t...

MEMBERS of the security forces yesterday maintained a strong presence in several troubled spots across Montego Bay, St James, following a bloody weekend which saw 11 people shot, seven fatally, including 76-year-old Estriana Wilso...