FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie has disclosed that the St Elizabeth event during which at least two people were killed and others hospitalised is one of the more than 600 illegal ...

CHANGES to Customs law are being contemplated which could see provisions being made for individuals who identify as a gender other than their biological sex (transgender), in situations where body searches are being conducted by customs...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Police here are reporting reductions in five categories of major crimes up to July 8 this year, in comparison with the similar period last year.Superintendent Gary Francis, head of the Manchester police, told th...

THE health practices at almost a half of the 575 schools in Kingston and St Andrew have been found to be unsatisfactory as they do not meet the criteria set by the Ministry of Health and Wellness.The Kingston and St Andrew Health Depart...

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) will confer the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Policy on Marlene Street Forrest, managing director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE); and the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Business ...

With road fatalities increasing this year over last year, raising alarm amongst road safety stakeholders, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has issued instructions for the long-awaited implementation of the new Road Traffic Act to be impl...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Two men believed to be Haitian-Americans - one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince - have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti's president,...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Tracy-Ann Baker sat outside the Savanna-la-Mar Primary School with her young son for much of yesterday as her older child attended classes inside.She had hoped to enrol them both for summer classes but sch...

A forensic investigator carries a bagful of bullet casings collected at the residence of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, where he was killed by gunmen in the early morning hours, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday. The casings indi...

The joint select committee (JSC) of Parliament which reviewed the Sexual Harassment Bill has suggested widening the categories of persons who can be sexually harassed to include student-to-student and employee-to-employer.The report fro...

ROME, Italy (AP) - Pope Francis yesterday sent condolence to Haiti following what he said was the "heinous assassination" of President Jovenel Moïse.Francis, who is recovering at a Rome hospital from intestinal surgery, condemned "all ...

A still incomplete case file was the reason given yesterday as to why the case against murder accused Robert Fowler, the man who is to stand trial for the slaying of 20-year-old accounting clerk Khanice Jackson, will have to wait until ...

Bravery was on display in the community of Banks in Clarendon, on Sunday as a man who was being swept away by floodwaters was rescued by an off-duty firefighter.The man, whose name is being withheld, was said to be on his way to check o...

 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang is allaying fears that Haiti's political instability in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse could cause further security implications f...

Three senior United States senators, including Tim Kaine who ran for vice president with Hillary Clinton, have taken up the case of Jamaican Howard Bailey, a US Navy veteran who was deported from the US after being held with marijuana....

Just under $39 million was not paid over to their customers by the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) and the National Water Commission (NWC) for breaches of the Guaranteed Standards during the January-March 2021 period.The u...

The National Works Agency (NWA) says business operators affected by the projected path of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) will be compensated, but they are responsible for the relocation of their businesses.The ...

Close to 100 fisherfolk on the island's north and south coast were treated to a day of celebration and much-needed fishing supplies by Sandals Resorts International and its philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation, as part of efforts t...

NEGRIL, Westmoreland - The elation with which the Government's announcement that the entertainment sector would once again be open for business has now been replaced by frustration and confusion in Negril.Promoters complain that no perm...

New research from France adds to evidence that widely used COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against a coronavirus mutant that is spreading rapidly around the world and now is the most prevalent variant in the United State...

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) - New entry protocols for COVID-19 vaccinated individuals entering Dominica took effect on Wednesday, with Minister for Health Wellness and New Health Investment Dr Irving McIntyre saying they would ease travel, ...

THE Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) and the State have been accused of having no real interest in ensuring that small farmers get their fair share of the legal marijuana pie, as pilot cultivation programmes have been allowed to fall ...

KEVON McCallum, alleged to be a reputed member of the "Blackman" faction of the Klansman Gang in St Catherine, who was wanted by the St Catherine north police for murder and other serious offences, was nabbed yesterday by the police dur...

The assassination yesterday of the latest president of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, by heavily armed men, marked another Haiti been-there-done-that and an uncanny parody of the sad 217 years of the western hemisphere's most troubled nation.The...

COXWAIN, Clarendon - More than 1,000 residents are set to benefit from a 10,000-gallon water catchment facility in north-central Clarendon once the $9-million system is fully up and running.Originally slated to be ready in October 2020,...

FLINT RIVER, St Mary - On his 69th birthday, Oral Walters did not celebrate as he usually does every year. Instead, he spent July 6 mourning the death of his son Chavon "Benjamin" Walters, who had been killed in a hit-and-run accident t...

AS news of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise spread across the globe yesterday, a shocked and disbelieving silence was the response from Haitians who are now under a "state of siege", leading to closure of the country...

CABINET has approved for tabling in Parliament a white paper for the revised National Policy for Senior Citizens, which will seek to lessen poverty among the nation's elderly.This policy will be implemented over a period of 10 years and...

ELIM, St Elizabeth - An unborn child, a 10-year-old boy, and two girls, ages 10 and 12, have been left without their fathers after a gunman shot dead three men at a party in Newtown in Elim District, Tuesday night.The police named the d...

Today is the 189th day of 2021. There are 176 days left in the year.TODAY's HIGHLIGHT2009: US President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world's richest industrial countries pledge to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions ...

MAY DAY, Manchester - Some school administrators in Manchester and St Elizabeth say they are anticipating that more students will turn out for face-to-face summer school in the coming days.Principal of May Day High Stanford Davis told t...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Haiti President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated and his wife wounded early yesterday in a gun attack at their private residence, tipping the impoverished and crisis-hit Caribbean nation into renewed politic...

BUSINESS operators from Wicky Wacky Plaza at Eleven Miles, Bull Bay, St Thomas, have been left in limbo about relocating due to the projected path of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP).The two-part SCHIP involves t...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Director of Tourism Donovan White is reporting an overwhelming interest among international partners in the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), which is set for September and will be staged at Montego Bay Conventio...

ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann- Carlington Reid, the first person charged under the Dogs (Liability for Attacks) Act 2020, will return to court on November 2 to answer charges of criminal negligence.An incomplete medical report for the victim, 61...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Patrick Green still has a bullet lodged in his back and another in his left hand but he is convinced that he is abundantly blessed.The 53-year-old says he fled extortionists who preyed on him when he ran a restaurant...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - New York's governor issued new emergency measures to fight gun violence yesterday as he made it easier for shooting victims to sue gun manufacturers.Andrew Cuomo declared gun violence a "disaster emergenc...

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Jacquneil Spooner gesticulated animatedly and her eyes sparkled as she spoke about her fledgling nature-based business, Havilah Organics, which produces skin-friendly soaps and scrubs."Traditional soaps have a...

EWARTON, St Catherine - A bereaved family is fuming, the police have had to intervene, and a young funeral director has egg on his face after the wrong image emblazoned on a casket reportedly derailed last Friday's burial of a man kille...

WITH last weekend's escape from the worst of Tropical Storm Elsa, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has urged Members of Parliament (MP) to hold strain while the Government seeks funding to increase disaster mitigation efforts.In a statemen...

MEMBER of the British Cabinet and president-designate for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) Alok Sharma says it is now critical that developed countries remain faithful to, and advance actions on their promise t...

Manufacturing and shipping conglomerate Jamaica Producers Group recently hosted Denise Patricia Byrne Kingsmill, styled Baroness Kingsmill, who was on an unofficial visit to the island.The baroness is a board member of European fashion...

SCHOOLS operated by the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD) recently received a well-needed technological support boost from Proven Investments Limited which handed over 15 tablets and three laptop computers to help deaf and hard-of-...

Today is the 188th day of 2021. There are 177 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2000: Eager children around the globe grab volumes of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the boy wizard's fourth magical adventure - a massive hit ev...

THE new civil registration number (CRN) developed by the Registrar General's Department (RGD) is expected to improve planning for social security and welfare programmes.The CRN is a code now applied to the RGD's Electronic Birth databas...

HALSE HALL, Clarendon - Jamalco has donated 62 full-sized mattresses to residents in several communities of Clarendon and Manchester. The mattresses were handed over along with bedding and supplies to improve the lives of the elderly an...

GENDER Minister Olivia "Babsy" Grange has vowed to revamp and roll out a programme focused on building the values and attitudes of boys and young men this summer.Speaking with the Jamaica Observer at the opening of a new boardroom named...

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An Ecuadorian businessman has been jailed over a scam to sell body bags to a hospital for more than 10 times their cost price amid a spike in novel coronavirus cases, the prosecution service said yesterday.Daniel ...

Dear Mr Brown,I am interested in migrating to Canada under the Express Entry programme. I did an online evaluation and I was told that I am eligible, so I would like to know the next step to take. How much money do I need to show for th...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Haiti's newly appointed premier told AFP yesterday his top priority is creating a "conducive environment" for elections in the crisis-wracked Caribbean country.Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon who studied in Fra...