THE Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) has called for changes to labour laws to increase the number of days which employees can be laid off before they have to be re-engaged by companies.Addressing the Economy and Production Committee ...

Director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr Wayne Henry says that the longer the Jamaican economy takes to recover from the novel coronavirus pandemic could create what he describes as a "permanent scarring".Explaini...

CHIEF executive officer at National Irrigation Commission Joseph Gyles is recommending that education about irrigation be broadened at secondary-level institutions to encourage better use of the system across the populace."I believe in ...

THE prosecution's second witness in the trial involving 33 alleged members of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang yesterday scoffed at suggestions that he had been motivated by malice to implicate one of the accused, a former friend, b...

RESIDENTS of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries are being encouraged to take the necessary steps to safeguard themselves against coronavirus (COVID-19) infection during the upcoming holiday season.The period, for s...

MAJORITY of the executive members of the Jamaica College Old Boys' Association (JCOBA) and the Jamaica College Parent-Teachers' Association (JC PTA) have reportedly resigned in protest over the five-year special leave extension granted ...

SECTOR leaders are now calling on the Government to give firm and clear guidance to companies on how to proceed with COVID-19 vaccination policies for the workplace.Yesterday, at a meeting of the economy and production committee of Parl...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (left) and Norway's Ambassador to Jamaica Beate Stirø aboard the Norwegian research ship, the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, on Saturday, which is docked at Port Royal in ...

Jamaican footballer Leon Bailey (left) gives a kiss to his girlfriend Stephanie Hope, while Alexi Nunes, ESPN sports journalist, is excited to see Bailey's son, Leo Cristiano, after the World Cup qualifer against the USA Tuesday at the ...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting economic growth of more than eight per cent for Jamaica this year, but warned that while the economy is recovering the novel coronavirus pandemic ...

Today is the 322nd day of 2021. There are 43 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1978: A total of 912 people die in Jonestown, Guyana, after People's Temple cult leader Jim Jones convinces most followers to kill themselves by drinkin...

CHIEF executive officer of the Real Estate Board Sandra Garrick is urging real estate professionals to utilise the guidance that anti-money laundering (AML) inspectors provide to ensure compliance with the law.She is also encouraging me...

THREE hospitals have reported a downward trend in the number of COVID-19 patients, even as the country anticipates a possible fourth wave of the novel coronavirus.The health-care facilities are Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester...

NURSES and other medical staff of the St Ann Health Department were praised on Monday for their dedication and selfless sacrifice in the fight against the novel coronavirus.The tribute was paid at the second vaccination drive hosted by ...

The American Government recently deepened its partnership with Jamaican law enforcement with the creation of a digital handbook designed to help local investigators strengthen their preparation of case files in criminal matters.Accordin...

THE Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says names of approximately 150,000 deceased people have been removed from the voters list through its dead elector removal' programme.Director of Elections Glasspole Brown, who made the disclosure ...

Manager at the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat in the Ministry of National Security Chenee Russell Robinson says discussions are under way to establish another shelter for victims of human trafficking."We currently have one shelter, ...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) said it is helping to seek humanitarian assistance for a family that has been served notice to vacate the public agency's land near Linstead Fire Stat...

EDUCATION, Youth and Information Minister Fayval Williams has sought to assure parents that the compulsory Sixth-Form Pathway Programme will better prepare students for higher-level academics or entry into the workforce.The new initiati...

NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut down some coal-burning power plants yesterday to reduce air pollution in India's smog-shrouded capital and neighbouring states, as the country weighs an unpreceden...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - President Joe Biden called on US regulators yesterday to look into the causes of the nationwide spike in gasoline prices, which he says are hurting workers.The president last week made fighting infl...

BALTIMORE, United States (AP) - US Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved a long-anticipated document on communion yesterday that stops short of calling for withholding the sacrament from politicians such as President Joe Biden, who ...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Two men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be cleared after more than half a century, with prosecutors now saying authorities withheld evidence in the civil rights leader's killing, acc...

BARRACKS ROAD, Westmoreland - The killings continued in Westmoreland yesterday despite a freshly imposed state of public emergency (SOE) in the police division in that parish. One of two men killed was said to be working to bring peace ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government has no plans to shut down the country again as Jamaicans must now face living with what is now an endemic phase of the novel coronavirus spread.He made the declaration despite noting tha...

One of two former gangsters-turned-State witness yesterday testified that his ability to detail crimes committed by members of the Klansman gang was not because they confessed to him but because they were famous for bragging "how much ...

FLORIDA, United States (CMC) - President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Nicola Madden-Greig is predicting a strong winter rebound for regional tourism, based on strong health protocols in place and the increase in...

THE Jamaica Association of Social Workers (JASW) is calling on community members to speak out against acts of violence and abuse against vulnerable persons, particularly children."There is a culture of silence in our communities that ne...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France (AFP) - Residents of a district in France's central Auvergne region are this week voting on a local issue with resonance - should the church bells be allowed to chime at night.The controversy began in spring whe...

ROCKY POINT, Clarendon - The police in this parish are seeking the public's help to identify the body of a man killed by residents after he allegedly burgled a house in the community of West End in Rocky Point. Police report that someti...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that the Government plans to implement a registration system for Jamaicans engaged to do mitigation and other similar works for the State in order to ensure accountability and reduce the risk...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Stakeholders here are hoping that a commitment made by the Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) for a two-week turnaround time in garbage collection will become reality. This follows a pledge by SPM's public cleansi...

Today is the 321st day of 2021. There are 44 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS1993: The US House of Representatives approves the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. OTHER EVENTS1534: British Parli...

People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding yesterday suggested that a balanced approach involving the strengthening of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) islandwide could be used instead of states of emergency (SOEs) to el...

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has scolded rich nations for practising what he described as "COVID apartheid" to the detriment of developing countries and called for urgent additional financing from the World Bank and International...

FOUR PATHS, Clarendon - With her sixth-grade daughter Jamelia Durant reading at grade four level, Raquel Davis was worried about how her child would do in the Primary Exit Profile examinations. Durant's reading and comprehension skills ...

Dear Mr Brown:I just received a study permit and I want to know whether I need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to start classes. I plan on travelling to Canada in December. I will have hybrid classes for which some of my classes ...

BEIJING, China (AP) - China yesterday welcomed a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden as it raised hopes for better relations, while the US was more muted as the world's two biggest powers sought to ra...

A Youth of Excellence Empowerment Forum will take place today at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.The event is part of activities to mark International Men's Day (IMD) 2021, being observed on November ...

MINISTER of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange announced on the weekend that Jamaica is now a member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbea...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Two explosions rocked Uganda's capital, Kampala, yesterday, killing at least three civilians in what police described as a coordinated attack by extremists opposed to the Government.Three suicide bombers also died...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish forces at the border with Belarus used a water cannon yesterday against stone-throwing migrants, as Warsaw accused Belarusian authorities of giving smoke grenades and other weapons to those trying to cross t...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) - Dutch police arrested 15 people in a town in the north of the Netherlands late Saturday during clashes with demonstrators who were protesting against a new partial lockdown.Police said that hundreds of peo...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Residents of Washington, DC, will no longer be required to wear masks indoors as of next week, except in certain places like public transport and schools, the US capital's mayor said yesterday, as t...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Mounds of garbage were removed from beaches in Buff Bay and Port Antonio last Saturday as residents piggy-backed on activities planned under the Jamaica Environmental Trust's (JET) Coastal International Clean Up...

MAY PEN, Clarendon- Thirty women and 10 girls from this parish who have been victims of domestic violence will benefit from assistance provided under the $10-million Spotlight Initiative. The help will come in the form of training that ...

ADAM Stewart went to Travel Weekly's CruiseWorld confab last Friday highlighting the wisdom of expansion in the tourism industry at this time and commending stakeholders for refusing to yield to the debilitating effects of the novel cor...

The police are hunting a man who allegedly stabbed a woman 20 times and left her to die.He had threatened to kill her in April 2020 after she decided to end their relationship. His possessiveness, which permeated their relationship even...

A defence attorney yesterday sought to discredit the testimony of a former member of the Klansman gang-turned-State witness, suggesting that he had never been a don, as he has claimed.But the witness, who has been testifying from a remo...

The surge in consumer prices worsened in October setting up Jamaicans for a financially difficult Christmas season as basic items like food and the cost of transportation continue to rise. Businesses are also starting to worry that it ...