Mikiela Gonzales-Campbell always had an inkling that her passion was teaching but what she did not expect was that this passion would lead to the opening of an academy in the midst of a pandemic.

The last place Andrea Lowe Garwood would have expected to be gunned down was inside a church, and certainly not as she sang and prayed in worship. Surely, hell had no place in this holy sanctuary.

The police theorise that a contract killing stemming from a domestic dispute triggered yesterday's horrific death of a woman who was brutally gunned down as she worshipped at Agape Christian Fellowship Church on Market Street in ...

The Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is seeking to make contact with relatives, friends or anyone who knows the person in the accompanying photograph, who goes by either the name Jan...

RESIDENTS of St Ann are rebuking the recent spate of rapes that have been taking place in the “garden parish” since the start of 2021.New commanding officer of the St Ann Police Division, Superintendent Dwight Powell, ...

Cuban Government is ready to have dialogue and discussion with the new United States Administration led by President Joe Biden, if such a situation arises, the Spanish-speaking island's senior envoy in Jamaica has said. ...

Retired president of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour Panton and wife Carla Maxine marked 50 years of marriage yesterday, January 30. The two were wed also on a Saturday – January 30, 1971 – at the Port Antonio Me...

Legendary Jamaican actress, singer, producer and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph along with WALKGOODLA donated 15 tablets to the Chantilly Primary School in Manchester last Wednesday.

Good comeback by JDF boss Rocky MeadeLt General Rocky Meade, like the once popular action movie character with a moniker that matched his Christian name, came out in a blaze of glory last Wednesday.

THERE is a hunt on for two men suspected to be serial rapists, who have been committing sex crimes on women and girls in St Ann communities.According to a medical doctor at St Ann's Bay Hospital, medical personnel have noticed a s...

The strong protocols established, and the willingness of the people to adhere to them, have contributed significantly to COVID-19 deaths in Cuba being far less than Jamaica, despite the population being over four times that of thi...

NEW commanding officer for the St Ann Police Division Superintendent Dwight Powell is committed to improving the performance and discipline of policemen under his charge in order to restore public order and safety in the parish. ...

THE United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of “big eight” foods that causes 90 per cent of food allergies. Among them are wheat and peanuts.Sachin Rustgi, a member of the Crop Science Society of Ame...

Innswood High School student Junior Esberry beams with pride after he was presented with a tablet and other supplies by Wyatt “Spur” Williams, founder and president of Icons of Annotto Bay. This tablet is one of severa...

Vice-President of Icons of Annotto Bay, Patricia Hucey (left), presents one of several packages to manager of Pringle's Girls' Home at Carron Hall, St Mary, JeannetteRose-Bryan, to assist wards of the State at the institution. At ...

The narcotics police reported yesterday that they took a 59-year-old businessman into custody in connection with a multimillion-dollar drug seizure on Friday, January 29.The man, whose name the police did not release, is from West...

STICK your tongue out in the mirror. Do you see any deep grooves or cracks? If so, fear not. You may have a common condition known as a fissured tongue.What does a healthy tongue look like?To understand what a fissured tongue is, ...

PREGNANCY complications and early menopause increase women's future risk of heart disease, a release from ScienceDaily has said.In a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) consensus document published last week in European Heart J...

Five lucky students were recipients of a total of $1 million in support from the Teddy Tucker Scholarship Fund, the Ocho Rios-based Jamaica Inn resort has announced.

India marked its 72nd Republic Day last Tuesday, January 26, with a classy, though significantly reduced celebration at the St Andrew residence of the country's high commissioner to Jamaica.

FALMOUTH,Trelawny —Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor C Junior Gager, is elated over advanced preparation by the Government to roll out free secured Wi-Fi hot spots to cover sections of the town of Falmouth, including in the hist...

CONSUMERS will next month see adjustments in their electricity bills based on the Office of Utilities Regulation's (OUR) review of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited's (JPS) 2019-2024 tariff application. ...

DOWNSOUND Entertainment (DSE), the promoter of Reggae Sumfest, has entered the growing debate regarding the introduction of special protocols to ease the restrictions on the staging of entertainment events. ...

PROSTATE cancer is the most common cancer in men, and is reportedly twice as common as the next most frequent type.According to a recent release out of Miami, Florida, figures show that African American and Caribbean descendants h...

EXERCISING and eating properly are important in maintaining a balanced and healthy lifestyle. Marketing and communications expert Belinda Williams is testament to that.For two years — 2018 and 2019 — Williams participa...