Minister of State and St Ann South Western Member of Parliament Zavia Mayne is to be charged for breaching Section 43(1)(b) of the Integrity Commission Act (ICA). The Integrity Commission’s (IC) director of corruption prosecution, acting on a...

Government minister and attorney-at-law Zavia Mayne has rejected claims by the Integrity Commission (IC) that he has not complied with a lawful request by the anti-corruption body. In a statement yesterday, attorney-at-law Nigel Jones, who...

Old Harbour and Greater Portmore high schools in St Catherine have become the new homes for several students displaced by Hurricane Melissa, which devastated sections of the island in late October, leaving hundreds without a school to continue...

A Rockfort resident accused of taking part in a deadly late-night attack on police personnel in east Kingston in 2022, which left one man dead, was freed of all charges last Thursday after no evidence was presented linking him to the shooting...

MIAMI, FLORIDA: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are set to gain stronger protection in the digital economy with Mastercard’s enhanced SME business credit card, now featuring built-in...

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...

Hurricane Melissa didn't just rip the roof off his house, it also ripped up Ricardo's* entire side-piece network. With no cell signal, he has been unable to make secret phone calls or send and receive sneaky messages. "Mi caah reach nobody," he......

Amid the rubble left behind by Hurricane Melissa, two Westmoreland siblings are still ringing the school bell, underscoring the belief that "every child can learn, and every child must learn". In the Bullet Tree community of Petersfield, Rory...

Weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered the island, the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) is warning that access to services will be a major challenge for all stakeholders. Dawn-Marie Richards, senior representative of the NAJ, told THE STAR......

A Westmoreland family's dream took a heartbreaking twist after the woman chosen to receive a brand new house under the Government's New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) died before she could officially claim it. Nellie White, of Savanna-la-Mar,...

Hurricane Melissa didn't only rip apart rooftops and worship halls in Falmouth, Trelawny, it unplugged an entire generation from the digital world they depend on daily. This has left young people anxious, disconnected, and, for the first time,...