Peter Bunting yesterday scolded the Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee (CMOC), saying that it was not doing enough independent analysis of crime to determine what critical strategies are to be prioritised and monitored. ...

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is calling for all Jamaican and foreign travellers coming into the island to produce negative COVID-19 test results on arrival and better enforcement of safety protocols across the ...

PHILADELPHIA, United States (CMC) — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says officers discovered five unemployment benefit cards bearing other beneficiaries' names in the possession of a traveller re...

DELIBERATIONS by the joint select committee of Parliament appointed to draft the new Customs Act which will repeal and replace the 1941 Act should begin in earnest on April 8 but within that time individuals who missed the initial...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The spike in novel coronavirus cases in this south-central parish continues to worsen with health officials reporting a crisis at Mandeville Regional Hospital where, up to yesterday, 34 staff members...

The leaders of two churches in Jamaica are sharply divided on the controversial issue of abortion, with one scolding some clergymen and their flock for being “tunnel-visioned” and trying to dictate how women should li...

James Sterling kisses his wife Lorna after they received documents from Prime Minister Andrew Holness for a service lot developed by the National Housing Trust at Windcrest Hills in Hellshire, St Catherine, yesterday. Seventy serv...

This man was seen recently on Molynes Road, St Andrew showing how skilled he is on a bicycle.(Photo: Jason Tulloch) 

Today is the 43rd day of 2021. There are 322 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: US President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial stemming from the Monica Lewinsky scandal. OTHER EVENTS1554: L...

MAJOR construction work is in progress on the third phase of Highway 2000 — May Pen, Clarendon to Williamsfield, Manchester.

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Head of the constabulary's Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) in St James, Deputy Superintendent Yvonne Whyte-Powell, says the relationship between the police and residents in sections of Sal...

A National Water Commission (NWC) senior executive says more revenue is needed to implement the agency's capital investment programme aimed at improving services across the island.According to Vice-President of Engineering Garth J...

Sarah Eunice Newland, a relative of United States Vice-President Kamala Harris, and mother of Sarah Newland Martin who runs the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021, aged 93.Newland's g...

THE Government is exploring measures that can be incorporated in the management of polyethylene and polypropylene containers that have replaced the expanded polystyrene foam containers on the domestic market. This was announced by...

NEW YORK, USA — Jamaicans across the United States have described Gordon “Butch” Stewart as an iconic entrepreneur who rose from being a modest salesman to the head of a large conglomerate. ...

THE University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in partnership with Field Trip Health has launched a new laboratory dedicated to the study of psilocybin and aimed at conducting research that will better offer medical treatments for...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment said yesterday the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president's orders” and reflected his violent rhet...

MINISTER without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Works C Everald Warmington says several roads are earmarked for upgrade and improvement under the new Special Infrastructure Pr...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) — Governor of the Cayman Islands Martyn Roper will be issuing a proclamation to dissolve the Parliament in this British Overseas territory, as the citizens head to the polls on April 14 R...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa F Etienne says COVID-19 vaccines soon to be available from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility are still reco...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, February 12, 2021: Multitalented, determined and conceptual, you're often devoted to a cause. This year, your endurance and persistence carry you toward success against formidable odds. Bravo! If single,...

THE State-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) yesterday announced new operating hours because of Government's adjustment of national curfew hours to help slow spread of the novel coronavirus.The new curfew hours are 8:00 p...

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday announced the closure of the Jamaican Embassy in Brazil, effective March 1.

PUBLIC Defender Arlene Harrison Henry says that granting the security forces the power to detain people in excess of five days under emergency powers such as the zones of special operations (ZOSO) is “unsafe”. ...

G overnment parliamentarian Juliet Holness has asked labour ministry officials to investigate whether tablets and food items intended for beneficiaries of the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) have act...