WADE Blackwood, the confessed trigger man in the 2018 contract killing of St Andrew businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore, is to know his fate on March 11 this year.In January this year, the 24-year-old labourer, who has been in...

CONSULTATIONS with stakeholders and international partners are far advanced as the Jamaica Education Transformation Commission carries out its task of conducting a comprehensive review of all levels of the public education system....

GOVERNMENT will be using the slowdown in tourism activities due to the novel coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to upgrade the sector's infrastructure and improve the quality of Jamaica's product.

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke on Thursday joined California Congresswoman Linda T Sánchez and New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez in introducing the bicameral United Stat...

TWO senior trade union leaders are calling for an early meeting with Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke to discuss the “modest” incremental offer promised by the Government in lieu of a one-year...

LONDON, England (AFP) — Wealthy G7 powers yesterday ramped up health funding for poorer nations after accusations they are hoarding novel coronavirus vaccines, as US President Joe Biden and the rest of the leaders declared a...

A 16-year-old boy, who it is alleged is the leader of the latest criminal gang — the Bed Bugs Gang — causing havoc in Spanish Town, St Catherine is now in police custody and could face multiple charges.The teenager is ...

GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen says that further growth is projected for the agriculture sector following 1.8 per cent growth in the second quarter of last year.He said the expansion in activity was achieved despite the challe...

DIGICEL customers Elma Stewart, Andre Rochester, and Otensia Williams have been announced as the winners of the $100,000 grand prize award in the Digicel's Christmas Shake 'N Share promotion.Nail technician Stewart from Paradise, ...

THE Bureau of Standards Jamaica (SBJ) on Thursday honoured five distinguished past employees by renaming different office spaces in their honour. The renaming ceremony, which was delayed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, is a...

THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has extended the deadline for its Guaranteed Standards (GS) Jingle Competition to Friday, February 26.The competition aims to raise awareness about the guaranteed standards established for ...

GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen says the Government remains steadfast and committed to enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act.This is to protect workers and other people from harm to their safety, health and ...

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Once school is done for the day, 10-year-old Imradul Ali rushes home to change out of his uniform so he can start his job as a scavenger in India's remote north-east.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook has started blocking sensitive health information that third-party apps had been sharing with the social network in violation of its own rules, said New York officials who invest...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) – The United States said yesterday it was no longer blocking aid to Ethiopia over its controversial mega dam but voiced hope for a diplomatic solution involving Egypt and Sudan. ...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A fierce and deadly winter storm that wreaked havoc in the southern and central US and blanketed the East Coast in snow was forecast yesterday to start tapering off.

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday tabled a $830-billion budget for fiscal year 2021/22, which, he noted, is strategically aimed at economic recovery following the ravages of COVID-19 in 2020.He s...

The Government has allocated $5 billion for the procurement of more than three million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that, it expects, will significantly improve the country's immunisation programme. This will take the country well ...

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday announced the allocation of $540 million for the continuation of COVID incentive payments to health care workers who had complained that they were owed for almost a year...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Clinical coordinator at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James Dr Delroy Fray says 16 people abandoned by relatives are taking up space on the ward designated for the overflow of COVID-19 patien...

The Government yesterday said it has initiated a criminal investigation into the data breach of its JAMCOVID-19 application, even as it reiterated confidence in the digital platform, insisting that it has served the Administratio...

Leon Hines, the man accused of driving the getaway car on January 31 after 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood was shot multiple times at a church on Market Street in Trelawny, was still digesting the breakfast he had eaten in the mom...

A worshipper gives thanks to God during Ash Wednesday service at Emmanuel Apostolic Church in Kingston. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent — the season Christians observe and commemorate the passion, death and resurrecti...

The Victoria Mutual (VM) Foundation this week donated non-perishable items, valued at $100,000, to the St Jude's Primary School. The school, in association with the Parent Teacher's Association, hosted a food drive to provide nece...

Today is the 50th day of 2021. There are 315 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2007: The historic Morant Bay courthouse is destroyed by fire. OTHER EVENTS1618: Peace of Madrid is ratified, ending war between Venice and Aust...