At the completion of a court-ordered mediation in May last year, a judge at the Trelawny Parish Court dismissed four criminal charges laid against a businessman by two policemen who claimed he assaulted them. Rayon Bell was found not guilty of assau...

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says there has been no official communication or request to accept anxious Jamaican medical students in Cuba, but it has indicated that it can accommodate those wanting to return to Jamaica. Campus Regi...

Pastor Glen Samuels was on Tuesday elected president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists during its Third Quinquennial Session, held at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester. After being recommended by the ...

With Jamaica’s tourism products experiencing appreciable rebound following the displacements brought about by Hurricane Melissa last October, privately owned attractions are also fighting to get back to pre-hurricane operations. Nearly four months...

A steel frame house left standing in Savanna-la-Mar after Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of western Jamaica has started a conversation about how the country should rebuild and whether it is time to rethink traditional block and steel constr...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

At 7:44 that morning, Sonia Labeach Dillon sent her twin sister, Carol Labeach Johnson a prayer. It was something she does daily -- sharing messages of faith, encouragement and gratitude first thing in the morning. Tuesday was no different. The......

Just metres away from the booming bass of a dancehall session, a group of believers waded into a river to be baptised -- captured on video that has since gone viral across Jamaica. The incident, surfacing during Lent, a season when Christians...

One of the country's leading urologists, Dr Elon Thompson, is warning Jamaican men that aggressive and high-risk sexual behaviour could leave them with a fractured penis. "A lot of men didn't know that the penis can be fractured, but it can be,".....

Ten years ago, then-Opposition Leader Andrew Holness shocked fellow parliamentarians when he told them that fish back had become the best option for marginalised Jamaicans who could no longer afford traditional protein sources. "People are no......

Yoghurt could be secret heart weapon Consuming fermented foods and drinks could improve heart health. New research suggests that products packed with live microbes - including kefir and kombucha - may help boost "good" cholesterol, lower blood....