GENERAL secretary of the People's National Party (PNP) Dayton Campbell is calling for a revision of the Students' Loan Bureau's (SLB's) stipulations as an incentive for youngsters to consider higher education and in turn curb the appeal...

PROSECUTORS in the trial involving 33 alleged members of the deadly Klansman Gang Wednesday called for a hiatus to pore over a just released report surrounding data from the island's telecoms providers of critical call data records and ...

Today is the 76th day of 2022. There are 289 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1969: Golda Meir becomes prime minister of Israel. OTHER EVENTS1229: Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick II, at the head of the Sixth Crusade, enters Jerusalem...

FOR the 2022/23 fiscal year, National Water Commission (NWC) will continue efforts to improve the aged infrastructure and expand the coverage of its network across the island to enhance service delivery and ensure revenue sustainability...

THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has expressed concern about the findings in the recently concluded report from the Integrity Commission, which revealed that a raft of questionable actions took place at the Firearm Lice...

THE State agency that examines and analyses forensic evidence submitted by law enforcers is recommending that specific identifiers be marked on the main components of firearms, such as the barrel, slide, and receiver.The suggestion was ...

AS Jamaicans anticipate the long-awaited return to normalcy from the novel coronavirus restrictions, health authorities have signalled their support for further reductions to the existing Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) measures.On ...

GOVERNMENT ministers at Shenseea's album launch Tuesday night, despite no word from the Administration that entertainment events had been given the green light, was the clearest indication yet that Prime Minister Andrew Holness is set t...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Managing director for Montego Bay Animal Haven, Tammy Browne, believes the chances of sending another plane load of dogs overseas any time soon are slim. This is because, for many global organisations they would ...

BEER company Red Stripe is encouraging greater public discussion on the role men play in advancing gender balance through allyship.According to head of human resources at Red Stripe Judon Bowden, in male-dominated industries men must pl...

Having been Jamaica's point man in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic over the past two years, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton believes he has a duty to share the lessons learnt with university studen...

LOCAL hearings into the long-running dispute over the suspension of Merl Grove High School (MGHS) Principal Dr Marjorie Fullerton by the school board ended Monday, with attention now turned to the school's Personnel Committee.The commit...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday the US is sending more anti-aircraft, anti-armour weapons and drones to Ukraine to assist in its defence against Russia.The president's comments came as he formally...

SUPERINTENDENT Damion Manderson, acting commander of the St Andrew South Police Division, is encouraging people who have been robbed to make reports to the police.Manderson made the comments following an incident on Sunday in which a st...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Tuesday warned of "very dark days ahead" for Jamaicans as the $912-billion budget tabled by the Government last week is a fantasy that lacks any real strategy to protect the country from the dangers of ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday denied Opposition Leader Mark Golding's accusation that he influenced the decision to place the image of late Prime Minister Edward Seaga with that of his late political rival Michael Manley on t...

PARLIAMENT'S decision to intro duce a new Firearms Act making it so that anyone convicted of illegal possession of a firearm must serve a minimum 15 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole, has been labelled by Chief Justice...

SECURITY Minister Dr Horace Chang has moved to allay fears that a loose system at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA), and absolute power by the minister in charge of the portfolio to authorise permits are resulting in scores of quest...

Today is the 75th day of 2022. There are 290 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2014: Fireworks explode and Russian flags flutter above jubilant crowds after residents in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Ru...

THE credibility of the retired detective police inspector, who was the first to lead gang investigations in the St Catherine North Division from 2015, was placed under the proverbial microscope on Tuesday as he was accused of trying to ...

POLICE have arrested and charged one of two men believed to have been involved in the February 14 shooting of a policeman on Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St Catherine.Police sources on Tuesday indicated that 22-year-old Javon "Eli" ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Work will begin on expanding the Sangster International Airport runway next week, slightly ahead of March 31, which was originally mooted."The preparations have been made, the requisite equipment is on the ground...

Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica Emina Tudakovic uses an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station donated by her Government to the Jamaica German Automotive School (JAGAS) on Tuesday. The EV charging station was installed at JAGAS to...

BRUSSELS (AP) - Pure-bred horses, truffles, a soccer club owner and a media company chief.They were among the targets of new European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia on Tuesday that sought to deny oligarchs their love of luxury and ...

BUFF BAY, Portland - Minibus operators in this parish are fuming that the Transport Authority (TA) assigned taxi drivers 45 routes that serve 225 passengers. The bus drivers withdrew their service on Monday, and have called for the TA t...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - The Guyana Government has announced the removal of most of the regulations that had been put in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic with Attorney General Anil Nandlall saying that it s...

THE Barita Foundation has donated 310 tablets and 15 laptops, valued at $10 million, to schools under the Ministry of Education's 'One laptop or tablet per child' initiative. The schools to benefit from the donation are Tivoli Gardens H...

THE Alpha School of Music at the Alpha Institute will expand its training programme with the addition of a newly funded building by the Digicel Foundation in honour of the late, great Lennie Hibbert.The building will house the school's ...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Nadine Anderson and her two daughters are terrified. Word came last Tuesday that Davian Bryan, the main suspect in last October's abduction of two girls in St Thomas and at least one attack this year, was back i...

The Jamaican Economy Panel (JEP) in its latest round of monthly discussions has said that making the country's food system more sustainable will require greater levels of investment in training and infrastructure.The JEP, through its pa...

BEIJING, China (AP) - Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened antivirus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the Government fights novel coronavirus outbreaks.S...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - In the wake of increased visitor arrivals, which are on par with pre-COVID-19 figures for the month of March, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says a number of stakeholders who were negatively impacted by the nov...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - The sight and sound of motor vehicles whizzing past the main entrance at Port Maria Primary School are stark reminders of how paramount, yet risky, is Phillip Brown's job.And the 60-year-old doesn't take it lightly...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Homer Davis, the minister with responsibility for coordinating special projects and major developments in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), says there could be a traffic nightmare for motorists over the thr...

NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Hotelier and president of the Negril Chamber of Commerce, Richard Wallace, is keeping a watchful eye on rising prices spawned by the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine, and is hoping the fighting will be short-lived....

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - As a child, an impressionable Levor "Willie" Bryan dreamed of being many things but a shoemaker was never one of them.All that changed when he was 16. That's when he got a summer job working with a well-known shoemak...

CHILD psychologist Dr Orlean Brown-Earle is warning parents and teachers to be on the lookout for signs of separation anxiety in children as face-to-face classes resume.Brown-Earle told the Jamaica Observer that this type of anxiety may...

SYLVIA Lyn celebrated her 100th birthday last Wednesday, but the sprightly centenarian said she feels half her age."I feel the same way as if I would be in my 50s; it's just that the legs can't carry me like before but I don't mind," Ly...

Guardian Life's Akeem Robinson (left), estate officer of Guardian Life's Facilities Department, plays guardian angel to a student of the Gregory Park Basic School as he eagerly reaches out for a package of sanitation supplies while his ...

AFTER numerous complaints about a sewage nuisance that was affecting stores, streetside vendors and pedestrians on Half-Way-Tree Road in the vicinity of the Cross Roads Meat Market, the authorities have finally effected the repairs.The ...

Teachers who have returned to school for face-to-face classes voiced serious concerns ranging from a difficulty to get back on track, personal safety, students' work attitude, poor Internet connection, and inadequate resources, accordi...

The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) on Monday said it has served notice of industrial action by unionised staff at Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) unless certain issues are addressed.According to the union's Vice-President...

A former lawman who in 2017 bartered with an alleged top flight member of the Klansman gang for two of the criminal outfit's best rifles in return for the release of reputed leader Andre "Blackman" Bryan on Monday defended his actions, ...

SECURITY expert Robert Finzi-Smith has recommended that Sunday morning's armed robbery of Ibex Global employees on a staff bus in St Andrew be used as a prompt to reopen doors to the strategic utilisation of decoy special operations pol...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - One of Trinidad and Tobagos's leading writers, researchers and political scientists, Professor Selwyn Ryan, has died.According to local reports, Professor Ryan passed away on Sunday morning.Following news...

Today is the 74th day of 2022. There are 291 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1937: The world's first blood bank is established at Chicago's Cook County Hospital by Dr Bernard Fantus. It is a breakthrough for surgical procedures a...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Melrose Hill Yam Park, popularly known for roast yam and salt fish sold by vendors, is expected to undergo major renovation and expansion following the signing of a management contract on Friday.The Manchester...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tired of seeing abandoned cars littering this parish, one councillor has suggested that the State-run waste collection agency partner with scrap metal companies to find a solution. During last Thursday's monthly ...

MORANT BAY, St Thomas - With drivers they are trying to hire failing to pass the driving test and mechanical issues hitting trucks hired from the private sector, Metropolitan Parks and Markets (MPM) Waste Management Limited is having a ...

SPALDING, Clarendon - Knox College has fast-tracked plans to construct a $200-million state-of-the-art building due to an increase in demand for its sixth-form programme, according to Principal Alexander Bourne.The infrastructure is to ...