Minutes before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, a 17-year-old student of a school in the Corporate Area took a taxi in the busy commercial district of Cross Roads, St Andrew, expecting what should have been a routine trip to extra classes minutes away in Half-Way...

Two men accused of breaching pecuniary penalty orders (PPOs) imposed by the court are facing fresh charges, as the authorities signal a get-tough approach against individuals who fail to comply with the orders. A PPO is a court-order obligation unde...

Five public servants and a former officer of the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) have found themselves in trouble with the law for allegedly contravening the Integrity Commission Act (ICA) by failing to submit their statutory declarations for speci...

Gender advocates, while lauding Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, for turning the spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse, are at the same time calling for those sentiments to be backed up by action. Williams, the first w...

Western Bureau: A single mother, who resides in Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, is today celebrating a new beginning, having received a newly built house through a humanitarian initiative led by The New Foundation Christian Ministries. The official...

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...

The Government is expected to spend more than $871 million to operate the Rural School Bus Programme during the 2026 to 2027 financial year. The figure was disclosed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Kadesha Campbell Rochester....

A Kingston man who allegedly tricked a seller into handing over a $128,000 smartphone by promising a bank transfer that never came through has been slapped with a charge of larceny by trick. Charged is 20-year-old Damoy Tomlinson of Fisher Row......

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is encouraging Jamaicans to begin preparing for homeownership by strengthening their financial awareness, developing consistent habits and identifying practical strategies to achieve their goals. Digital Content.....

Jamaicans could soon be paying tax on some of the digital services they use as the Government moves to introduce a new revenue measure, with Finance Minister Fayval Williams saying the country must get its "fair share" from the global digital...

A Jamaican man who travelled to The Bahamas on a visitor's visa has landed in serious legal trouble after police allegedly found him with cocaine and a firearm. Thirty year old Akeem Williams was remanded into custody on Monday after appearing......