A missing compact disc (CD) with scenes of crime photographs, a vanished logbook, and a damaged hard drive were the subject of testimony given by an empty-handed forensic crime scene investigator on the witness stand in the ongoing tria...

THE House of Representatives yesterday approved a further year-long extension of local government elections, which have been due since November 2020.However, unlike the first extension, which had the backing of both Government and Oppos...

JAMAICA has slipped one place on Transparency International's (TI) corruption rankings, but, in the meantime, the number of whistleblowers has grown six-fold, says anti-corruption activist Professor Trevor Munroe."Whereas in 2020 we had...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Team members from the Sandals Resorts Montego Bay region today cleared over 500 pounds of garbage from a section of the beach and sidewalks in the Whitehouse community located in neighbouring parish, Westmoreland...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Members of western Jamaica's business sector and political representatives from both major political parties on Tuesday weighed in on the Government's decision to push back the local polls by a year, with comment...

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on Tuesday declared 2022 The Year of Early Childhood Development and, alongide leaders in the education sector, vowed to improve the functioning and learning capabilities of young children whilst raisi...

THE Parliamentary Opposition is urging the Government to shore up the necessary resources in order to deploy Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) to other areas of the island that are being plagued by worsening violent crime.On Tuesday, ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Opposition Leader Mark Golding Tuesday blasted the Government for the current crime wave being experienced across the island, and accused the Administration of mismanaging the national security of the country. At...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - An assistant pastor has been suspended and his fellow congregants are praying for him after a social media post surfaced showing a scantily clad woman pressed up against his pelvic area in a risqué dance....

WASHINGTON, United States - Wastewater testing, according to a new World Bank report, provides a relatively economic method whereby countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can improve their detection, diagnosis, control, and monito...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert to potentially deploy to Europe as part of a NATO "response force" amid growing concern that Russia could soon make a military move on Ukraine. President Joe Biden cons...

MINISTER without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Floyd Green aims to strengthen the capacity of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) to conduct genealogy tracing.Green, who has oversight responsibility for the digital...

CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie says several measures are in place to reach people who need regular care from public hospitals, despite the emergency mode under which the facilities are operating because of CO...

WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland - Sandals South Coast recently added 11 new supervisory level graduates to its mid-management team as the latest group successfully completed the resort-based supervisory skills training programme. Hand-picked b...

RICHARD Creary, the mayor of Port Maria, St Mary, has come out against recent hikes in bank fees calling them "insensitive" and urging the Government to step in.Creary's outburst comes in the aftermath of a Jamaica Observer story on Fri...

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is expected to get answers from the leadership of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) today based on an auditor general information technology audit which found critical informatio...

TAREEK James, otherwise called "A Mess" or CJ, the alleged top marksman and bodyguard of accused leader of the one don faction of the St Catherine-based Klansman Gang Andre 'Blackman' Bryan, was just 18 years old when he was nabbed by c...

AN almost 16 per cent increase in murders since the start of this year when compared to same period last year has prompted Prime Minister Andrew Holness to summon the island's security bosses to a meeting with the Cabinet on Monday.Up t...

COMMISSIONER of Police Major General Antony Anderson has vowed that there will be no let-up in the removal of illegal guns and gangsters contributing heavily to the epidemic of violence in the country."What I have seen, as well, is a st...

Today is the 25th day of 2022. There are 340 days left in the year.TODAY'S HGHLIGHTS1994: Without admitting guilt, Michael Jackson settles a lawsuit that said he molested a young boy. Terms of the settlement leave the boy "very happy", ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Adamant that he will not upend the lives of squatters who have taken over land earmarked for a long-awaited fruit and vegetable market in Negril, Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar Bertel Moore says he will not evict...

CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) - Four people were killed and one was wounded when multiple shooters opened fire at a house party near Los Angeles, early Sunday, authorities said. Police responded around 1:30 am to reports of shots fired...

LONDON, England - World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the Omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the coronavirus pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of...

LONDON, England (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered an investigation into a Conservative lawmaker's claim that she was fired from a Government job in part because of her Muslim faith - the latest allegation of ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Tensions soared Monday between Russia and the West over concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine, with NATO outlining potential troop and ship deployments, Britain saying it would withdraw some diploma...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says the recent case of a man forcing a four year-old to perform a sexual act on him is one in which the court should have departed from the guidelines on sentencing sex of...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - It has become a familiar refrain at monthly municipal corporation meetings: councillors blasting the State agency responsible for garbage collection. The criticisms have been particularly strident in the w...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Tosita Cameron has been a community health aide for the past 18 years. For the last seven, as she worked alongside her peers through outbreaks of dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika and the novel coronavirus, she has al...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - More than 100 people were examined at a free medical camp, organised by the High Commission of India in Jamaica in partnership with Manchester Central Member of Parliament Rhoda Crawford.The medical camp, which ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Motorists eager for the completion of work on the US$188-million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of the east-west corridor of Highway 2000 will have to, once again, continue waiting as the project has been extend...

Kania Whitely, supervisor at Total Jamaica gas station in Portmore, is assisted by fire brigade personnel during Friday's earthquake drill at the gas statiion, organised by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management an...

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen (left) receives Letters of Credence from newly appointed Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica Fermîn Gabriel Quiñones Sanchéz, during a courtesy call at King's House on Monday.(Photo: JIS)

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister Floyd Green greets this family while on a tour of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Twickenham Park, St Catherine, on Friday. Green says he is working to settle the ...

RESIDENTS of Parade Gardens, Kingston Central, on Sunday expressed confidence in the leadership of newly appointed chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, who they have also descri...

Yesterday's Sunday Finance story on Sygnus Real Estate Finance incorrectly stated that the specialty real estate investment company chalked up a loss of $99.95 billion during its first quarter (Q1 2022) as a publicly traded company.The ...

THE case of the 18-month-old St Elizabeth toddler who died after being left in her father's vehicle for several hours last Monday is the latest of many tragedies to have gripped the nation, but this time there is significant outpouring ...

DETECTIVES in Portmore, St Catherine, have listed 10 men as wanted in connection with various crimes committed in the parish. The men are urged to turn themselves in to the police immediately.They are:1. Sheldon Wright, otherwise called...

MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr says Jamaica's food security is a top priority for the Government.Charles Jr noted that there is global demand for Jamaican produce, adding that the Government is seeking to incre...

PARLIAMENT is scheduled to be prorogued on Monday, February 7, and resume sitting three days later for the ceremonial start to the fiscal year 2022/23.Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, who is Leader of the House of Representatives, h...

AS the country's COVID-19 numbers continue to balloon and more people seek medical attention, the health ministry has indicated that simply adding more bed spaces in public hospitals may not be as simple a solution as it appears.At a pr...

NEWLY appointed chief of defence staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Antonette Wemyss Gorman has been hailed by the Jamaican Senate for cracking the glass ceiling, allowing women in the Commonwealth to assume leadership of their c...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) - The Government of Canada has pledged millions of dollars to the Government of Haiti to assist the French-speaking Caricom nation with security and other projects. This was the outcome of a recent virtual, t...

Workers employed to the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation clean a section of downtown Kingston in front of St William Grant Park Saturday.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A former member of the public health system has gone private following what he said was a less-than-satisfactory response from hospital officials after his car was stolen from the parking lot while he worked."The inc...

VICTIMS of domestic violence are being encouraged to contact any of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Domestic Violence Intervention Centres if they are in need of assistance. The JCF currently has ten centres in operation in the p...

THE Riversdale Health Centre in St Catherine is the latest facility to be adopted under the Ministry of Health and Wellness's Adopt-A-Clinic initiative.The facility was adopted by the Consulate General of Jamaica, Miami, and the Jamaica...

THE coordinated efforts of a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) team and an off-duty policeman led to the arrest of two murder suspects on the Edward Seaga Highway on Friday, January 21.Reports are that about 9:30 pm a JDF team that was travel...

MINISTER of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange is congratulating Jamaican-born Winsome Earle-Sears, the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor in the Virginia State Legislature in the United States. Earle-Sear...

THE Jamaica Egg Farmers Association has offered condolence to the family of its late President Roy Baker, JP, who died at the University Hospital of the West Indies on January 7."It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the untim...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford says $21 million is being spent on rehabilitating main roads and some community roads in the constituency, while water improvement projects are...