ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann - Supporters of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in St Ann North Eastern on Thursday padlocked the constituency office and dumped multiple T-shirts bearing the image of their Member of Parliament (MP) Marsha...

FLORENCE HALL, Trelawny - Two days after Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson told the country that the strategies and intelligence-gathering capabilities being utilised by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are bearing f...

ALL the gadgets and data storage devices with recorded conversations between alleged gangsters are now properly before the court in the ongoing trial of 33 alleged members of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang.This after the Crown on ...

The staff of the Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island surprised their boss Adam Stewart last Thursday with a birthday party, featuring Jamaican dancehall star Beenie Man, real name Moses Davis. The party, which brough...

Lawmakers could opt to keep provisions in the 2015 Cybercrimes Act which do not make exceptions for people who unwittingly discover cybersecurity risks on public or private networks, instead of amending the legislation to criminalise o...

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - An international coalition of travel-related organisations called on the US Government Wednesday to stop requiring vaccinated passengers to present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding US-bound f...

GRIEF-stricken relatives are still trying to determine what led to the machete attack on a married couple in Buxton Town, St Catherine, on Thursday, which left the wife dead and the husband with life-threatening wounds. The deceased has...

Nassau, The Bahamas, came alive last Thursday with the opening ceremony of the new re-imagined Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island. Special guests were Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis and Jamaican Prime Minister ...

CHICAGO, United States (AP) - A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path spread rain, freezing rain, and heavy snow further across the country on Thursday, knocking out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses an...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain's Royal Mail said Thursday it has launched an investigation after a viral social media video showed postal workers worse for wear after eating cannabis brownies from an unclaimed package."Today alm...

THE Harry Watch Primary School in Manchester is to be outfitted with a smart computer lab that will provide students with access to information and communications technology (ICT) in a structured learning environment to better prepare t...

Today is the 35th day of 2021. There are 330 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: US President Barack Obama appeals to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to focus on his legacy and begin an orderly process to relinquish the power ...

WESTMORELAND - Dedicated and determined 18-year-old Jontwan McIntosh balances running his own business with representing his school in football and doing extremely well in his studiesJontwan was a member of the Manning's School 2021/202...

THE Government has been blasted by youth parliamentarians for its failure to provide a financial boost to struggling youth clubs across the island.Xavier McFarlane, youth parliamentarian for Westmoreland Central, who sat on the Governme...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has disclosed that while Jamaica is willing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to children under the age of 12, the country is having a challenge in secur...

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - American and European officials may be staying away from the Beijing Winter Olympics because of human rights concerns, but Russian President Vladimir Putin will be on hand, even as tensions soar over his build-up o...

The Flow Foundation's Paediatric Cancer Fund, which is administered in collaboration with the Bustamante Hospital for Children, has benefited from a $1-million top-up.This will help to ensure that young cancer patients can be assured t...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Flooding triggered by torrential rain in Haiti left four people dead and one missing, authorities said Tuesday.Violent weather affected at least 20 districts across Haiti in recent days, flooding more than 2,500 ...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Local sporting officials Wednesday night welcomed an earlier revelation by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that the Cabinet has given favourable consideration to a recommendation to allo...

TEACHERS who practise their craft without being licenced and registered with the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) could find themselves facing up to a half-million dollars in fines, or jail time.This is one of the provisions in the JTC Bi...

A Jamaica Public Service (JPS) contract technician was injured Wednesday while working on a power line was still being treated in hospital last night. However, it could not be ascertained how serious his condition was.The light and powe...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Face-to-face classes have been suspended indefinitely at Port Maria Primary School as administrators ponder the cumbersome task of clearing classrooms and the school compound of silt and debris dumped there Tuesd...

Head of the Duhaney Park Police Station Deputy Superintendent Coleridge Minto is pleased with the reduction of murders in the community since the start of this year when compared to the same period last year.Minto told the Jamaica Obse...

HEAD of the St Ann Police Division Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell and his team have introduced several measures to reduce gridlock on major roads in the parish in recent times.Motorists are currently facing lengthy delays when trav...

Today is the 34th day of 2022. There are 331 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1962: US President John F Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba. OTHER EVENTS1112 Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting th...

The joy of receiving technological devices were evident on the faces of children and educators at Salvation Army School for the Blind in St Andrew on Wednesday. The institution was presented with 21 computers, a multipurpose printer an...

A senior official in Jamaica's health and wellness ministry is assuring that the country has no worries, at this time, over its capacity to handle the additional loads of medical waste resulting from its response to the novel coronaviru...

SPUR TREE, Manchester - Two road safety experts say inexperienced drivers, overweight and defective vehicles are among the main causes for fatalities on the crash-prone Spur Tree Hill main road in Manchester.The crucial road links Mande...

ST ANN, Jamaica - While the authorities in this parish continue their assessment of the damage caused by flooding on Tuesday, they are blaming illegal dumping and the improper disposal of construction material for much of the woes exper...

THE prosecution in the ongoing trial involving 33 alleged members of the Klansman gang Tuesday managed to regain its footing with the evidence being marshalled, relating to the 2018 murder of a deported Rastafarian man on Jones Avenue, ...

Displaying a seized AK-47 rifle at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson made the point that local criminals are well-equipped with "weapons of war", but said that strategies and inte...

Today is the 33rd day of 2022. There are 332 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: Hugo Chavez takes office as Venezuela's president, seven years after he tried to overthrow the government in a military coup. OTHER EVENTS1535: A...

HEAD of Nutrition Products Limited (NPL) Andrew Narine says when it restarts operations in April, the company will be providing reformulated products for the nation's public school children, and that it is also working to include a line...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Major flooding in the seaside town of Port Maria on Tuesday morning left residents and the authorities grappling with a massive clean-up bill and reignited calls for an improved drainage network to help lessen the ...

REGULATIONS for the new Road Traffic Act finally made their way to Parliament on Tuesday, after three years since the passage of the Bill, which had seen Government and Opposition at loggerheads up to November.The Administration and the...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday assured the House of Representatives that the reconstruction process at the Government's part-owned bauxite/alumina company JAMALCO is on track.Responding to questions...

PIGGERY, Portland - Heavy rains and winds in eastern Portland between Monday night and Tuesday morning left several roads, farms and about eight houses flooded, downed trees, and knocked out electricity in the communities of Bellevue, W...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - AS far as to-do lists go, preserving Jamaica's physical size and shape as we know them is a big-ticket item for Senator Matthew Samuda in his new role as minister with responsibility for the climate change agenda.Sam...

THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has commenced an investigation into the discharge of a firearm by the police observed in a social media video highlighting a high-speed chase of a motorist along Manning's Hill Road...

Liberty Academy at the Priory student Lianna Burgess (seated) gives a thumbs up with (L-R) Sagicor Life financial advisor Nicolene Taylor; Liberty Academy at the Priory staff members Suzanne Williams, founder and executive director, and...

URGENT calls were made on Monday by youth parliamentarians to enhance the educational support for marginalised children who are suffering immensely from learning loss since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Representing St Tho...

RESIDENTS of Pembroke Hall, St Andrew, are confident there will be a cutback in disputes and violent crimes with the presence of the restorative justice centre in the area.The centre was officially opened on Tuesday as part of activitie...

TORONTO, Canada (AP) - In a scene at odds with Canadians' reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, de...

Dear Mr Brown, Scotia Group Jamaica has announced that it will close branches and convert others to a digital operating model. The truth is that Scotiabank Canada is undergoing a restructuring exercise as it is looking to move away from...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Sixteen young men from at-risk communities in Manchester have benefited from entrepreneurship training and support through the philanthropic efforts of Young Women/Men of Purpose (YWOP/YMOP), a non-profit organi...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips is calling on the Government to focus more on early childhood education instead of the proposed Sixth-Form Pathways programme.Regarding the ...

Due to space limitations the following is an edited version of the ruling in the Floyd Green matter by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions.BackgroundThis matter involves an alleged birthday celebration which is believed to hav...

A number of Jamaicans in the capital city on Monday give mixed responses to the ruling by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) that no criminal charges ought to be brought against former agriculture minister, Floyd G...

NEW DELHI, i ndia (AP) - It's mandatory to wear a mask in India. And police are out on the streets, watching people to make sure they are in place.People caught without wearing a mask are fined. Some local governments, like the one in ...

WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - US regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorisation for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming...