Chastened by public protests against Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and centuries of colonial exploitation, Prince William expressed regret Wednesday night on the Jamaica leg of a Caribbean tour for the atrocities of the black...

A Jamaican prisoner is believed to be the mastermind of a recently discovered overseas job scam in which about 30 persons from several parishes who were promised customer-service jobs in The Cayman Islands were scammed of nearly $1 million. The...

The Government’s decision to exempt lithium-ion and lithium ferrophosphate batteries from general consumption tax (GCT) is being hailed by one player in the solar energy sector as a positive move. Alex Hill, president of the Jamaica Renewable...

Culture Minister Olivia Grange says she has been vindicated by an Integrity Commission (IC) report that has cleared her of allegations of nepotism and conflict of interest in the award of a $15-million Grand Gala contract in 2016. “The findings o...

Accusing the prosecution of being sloppy in its management and collation of vast amounts of material in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes warned on Wednesday that all future such cases will only start once a significant...

Moments before Prince William and Dutchess Catherine arrived at the Shortwood Teachers’ College in St Andrew yesterday, several students and teachers excitedly began lining the various corridors in anticipation of their arrival and of greeting the...

The Duke of Cambridge Prince William has expressed “profound sorrow” for slavery saying it has forever stained Britain's history. There have been calls for the British to say sorry for slavery and provide reparations for countries...

Approximately 457,786 customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) with monthly electricity consumption of up to 200 kilowatt-hours (kWh) will benefit from a 20 per cent contribution to their bills by the Government, over a four-month...

Protests continued to follow Britain’s Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge on the couple's tour of the Caribbean as scores of anticolonialism protesters converged metres away from the British High...

A far cry from the scorching protest against their arrival that took place outside the British High Commission earlier, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge received a warm welcome in Trench Town on Tuesday afternoon as they entered Culture Yard,...

Government Senator Charles Sinclair sought clarity on Tuesday concerning fit-and-proper requirements for licensed firearm holders to maintain their permits, arguing that licences are sometimes revoked by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA)...

Children raced home from school and changed out of their uniforms to witness the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as hundreds thronged sites in Trench Town on Tuesday. “Miss, you know how long mi deh here! Mi school over 3:15 and mi deh down yah,”....

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica-born English footballer Raheem Sterling will be the global face of destination Jamaica through various engagements and public-relations opportunities as the island kick-starts celebrations for the 60th anniversary of...

Security has been beefed up at the Sutton Street civil division of the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court after a bomb threat by an anonymous caller disrupted hearings on Tuesday. There will be limited access to proceedings at the court today and.....

Until Tuesday, there were about one or two Braille machines assigned to each class at the Salvation Army School for the Blind, which, at times, had up to 40 students in each session. The lack of consistently working Braille typewriters at the...

A school administrator has sounded the alarm about children’s growing obsession with occult practices in the wake of a deadly fight between students over a guard ring. Audrey Steele, acting principal of William Knibb High in Trelawny, said the...

As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare to visit Jamaica today on the second stop in a three-country Caribbean tour, local vendors have called for the renaming of streets and places honouring the monarchy in the capital. Royal visits have long....

Being an orator for royal visits is no easy task, says Fae Ellington, one of Jamaica’s most embraced broadcasters. On Monday, while gearing up for the arrival of Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and...

During his interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Opposition Leader Mark Golding intends to convey that many Jamaicans are seeking an apology for the role played by their family in slavery in the island. Prince William and his wife,......

Donnette Dowe, manager of Trench Town Culture Yard, hopes the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will inspire tourists to start visiting the home of the legend Bob Marley in large groups again. While she and 40 other persons swept First...