GOVERNMENT is to sponsor extra lesson classes for students in public schools whenever normal operations resumes in the education sector.Speaking in the sectoral debate in the House of Representatives yesterday Minister of Education Fayv...

The Government is now in discussions with the World Bank as it looks ahead to talks with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) company about its 10-year electricity licence, which expires in another six years.Under the conditions of the lice...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - A 15-year-old is among three road fatalities following a hit-and-run crash and two other crashes in Manchester and St Elizabeth between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.Vice-chairman of the National Road Sa...

THE nation's political leaders, colleagues and relatives paid tribute to veteran journalist Michael Sharpe yesterday, praising him for his endearing traits, outstanding contribution to journalism, and willingness to foster the developme...

Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple Philibert confirmed yesterday that she had granted the request from embattled Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright to go on leave for two months.The perio...

A MBASSADOR Anthony Johnson, a former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Cabinet minister, passed away yesterday. He was 82.Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in a statement yesterday, hailed Johnson as a selfless individual who made invaluable con...

THE Government is being urged to quickly implement a policy on securing revenues from certain digital activities carried out by companies, as major trading partners such as the United States declare their position on a global corporate ...

THE rift between both sides of the Upper House appeared to be widening yesterday with some senators drawing hard lines as the controversy surrounding Government Senator Kamina Johnson Smith claim of being harassed by e-mail intensified....

THE newly appointed sheriff in Nottingham, England where the popular Robin Hood legend was born, is Jamaican Merlita Bryan, the Hucknail Dispatch reported yesterday.Councillor Bryan was born in Jamaica and moved to Nottingham at the age...

Today is the 119th day of 2021. There are 246 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are married in an opulent ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey. OTHER EVENTS1429: Joan of Arc ente...

A St Thomas resident has appealed to entertainer Popcaan not to abandon the parish after he posted on Twitter that he would not be returning there because he was being unfairly targeted by the police.Popcaan, whose given name is Andre...

INMATES across the island are expected to begin receiving COVID-19 jabs this week although more than 80 per cent of this vulnerable population are opposed to vaccination against the coronavirus.The revelation was made by minister withou...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Guyana yesterday hinted at the possibility of introducing a "vaccine passport" as Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries continue to record deaths and new cases linked to the novel coronavirus pandemic.Presid...

PEOPLE who work shifts appear to be significantly more likely to end up in hospital with COVID-19 than people who have regular work patterns, according to research published in the online British medical journal Thorax .Professor Simon ...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the "Hamburglar" in the conservative media world.But while the false story lasted, it moved with a damaging speed and breadth, another example of a closed ecosys...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, April 29, 2021: Steady, confident and helpful, you've come to realise that making positive changes will open doors. This year, you need to protect yourself from self-doubt and excess humility. A deeper invo...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A speeding driver in Australia was sentenced to 10 months in prison yesterday for offences including what a judge described as the "heartless, cruel and disgraceful" filming of four dead and dying police offic...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An American warship fired warning shots when vessels belonging to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the US Navy said yesterday. It was the first su...

LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith was being sexually harassed by an Opposition counterpart through a series of e-mail, a police source has confirmed.An investigation was launched into the incident which re...

Several Jamaicans yesterday gave mixed responses to Opposition Senator Lambert Brown's support for jungle justice to address the issue of violence against women and girls in the event that the law fails to deal with offenders.Brown had ...

Opposition Senator Lambert Brown yesterday scoffed at claims being made on social media that he is the person referred to by Government Senator Kamina Johnson Smith as the legislator who had harassed her via e-mail."Mi nuh mind that. If...

Minister of Labour and Social Security Karl Samuda yesterday tabled Ministry Paper (number 27) outlining Government's intention to introduce a social pension programme this year.Samuda told the House of Representatives that the program...

A Bill that could have allowed the resumption of cruise vacations by July 4, 2021, was blocked in the US Upper House by Washington Senator Patty Murray eight days after its introduction, Cruise Industry News reported earlier this week.N...

The University of the West Indies Principal Dale Webber (second left) and Professor Michael Taylor (left) of the university's Faculty of Science and Technology express appreciation to National Baking Company Foundation Chairman Brian Ja...

The "very modest increase in wages" for public sector workers factored in by the Government for the 2021/22 fiscal year, which might translate to a meagre 2.5 per cent, is already causing unease amongst rank-and-file members of the Jam...

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis and her team are to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer questions in relation to an internal audit report on the department which went to the House of Representatives on April...

COVID CAPERS shares the terrible burden of a young man (he didn't want to use his name) who is wracked with guilt over the death of his 85-year-old grandmother in January, assuming he was responsible because of irresponsible behaviour. ...

Police carry out investigations Monday following a shooting at a car park on Half-Way-Tree Road in Kingston 5. (Photo: Joseph wellington)

Jamaican diplomat Courtenay Rattray has been appointed the United Nations' high representative for the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states.The appointment was announced Monday by...

Today is the 118th day of 2021. There are 247 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1967: Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the US Army. OTHER EVENTS1521: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V grants his brot...

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Oniel Taylor, a former ward of the State, is today grateful that he was among more than 100 people - current and former wards of the State - to receive a laptop or a Samsung tablet Monday to assist him in completing a ...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Scientists monitoring the La Soufrière volcano said that white steam could be seen venting near continuously from several locations on the crater floor, no dome is visible, although a spine could be seen t...

Q. What is the operational status of the Consular Section at the US Embassy in Kingston?A. The Consular Section is open for limited visa services at this time. We are constantly adjusting our operational posture, based on our resource l...

Dear Mr Brown:I would like to make a refugee claim for Canada. However, I have children. I wish to leave them behind at this time and then file for them afterwards. I am wondering how it would affect the application if I leave them behi...

The plan to give Jamaicans who got the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a second dose starting next month, using the latest batch of AstraZeneca vaccines, should be seriously reconsidered. The question is whether that is the best way ...

COVID CAPERS is mourning the absolute devastation of India by COVID-19, a nightmarish situation made even worse because of the country's selflessness and generosity in sharing its vaccines with poorer countries like Jamaica, before the ...

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) - A former Barbados government minister, Donville Inniss, was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday after he was found guilty by a federal jury in January last year for his role in a scheme to launder br...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) -Two United Nations agencies say the latest shipwreck in the Caribbean has highlighted the need for safe migration pathways, particularly in this novel coronavirus pandemic era when many borders remain closed.The In...

 NORTH CAROLINA, United States (AP) - Attorneys for the family of a black man shot and killed by deputies in North Carolina say an independent autopsy shows that he was shot five times, including a shot in the back of the head.Attorney...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - Several United States lawmakers have sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging that Washington reassess its policies towards the French-speaking Caribbean Community country of Hai...

JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) - One of the world's best-known human rights groups said yesterday that Israel is guilty of the international crimes of apartheid and persecution because of discriminatory policies toward Palestinians within its o...

NEW YORK, USA - Jamaicans here are hopeful that the United States justice system will begin to offer a more equitable treatment of minorities by white law enforcement officers, following last Tuesday's guilty verdict of former Minneapol...

MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government has been in communication with the United States and is hoping that Jamaica will be one of the beneficiaries of the 60 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to be...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifford Chambers says a high-level investigation that has been launched into the conduct of a newly-wed couple seen in a photo toting firearms will be widened to include other pe...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The US will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said yesterday, with as many as 60 million doses expe...

YOUNGSTERS at the Alpha Institute on South Camp Road in Kingston will benefit from two projects designed to provide skills training and sustainable development for music education, which were launched Monday.Both projects - the construc...

Dr Ransford Davidson, business relationship and sales manager at JN Bank, is encouraging Jamaicans not to be daunted by the many challenges that the health pandemic has created.Davidson advised persons to identify the opportunities with...

CONCERNS that students are not meeting coursework requirements ahead of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations scheduled to begin in May have prompted a call for Government to resume face-to-face classes for "prio...

A church leader in western Jamaica emerged as the lone voice of support for embattled parliamentarian George Wright yesterday as three of the country's powerful interest groups added more weight to calls for his resignation.Wright, the ...

POLICE at the St Andrew South Police Division say a group of robbers has been using women as bait to lure unsuspecting men into communities within the division, where they are then held up and robbed.Based on reports, the women reach ou...