The continuing oversight of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) by the Government has sparked fierce pushback from some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, with a former Diaspora Advisory Board member calling for change. At...

Jamaica Prefects’ Association (JPA) President Nashá Patterson is calling for urgent, coordinated action to locate and re-engage students who have stopped attending school following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Patterson warned that absenteei...

Western Bureau: It has been more than three months since Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, but the impact is still being felt in the region with some families in Hanover, whose homes were destroyed, still being housed in shelters. Speaki...

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday passed a resolution during its monthly meeting to erect a statue of the late reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers at the entrance to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in downtown Mon...

WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police Roderick Reid, the acting operations officer for the St James Police Division, is urging the councillors at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) to play their part in engaging the residents of th...

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...

Sex workers at one of Nevada's longest running legal brothels are making bold moves, pushing to form what could become the first union of its kind in the United States, as they demand better protection, fair treatment and control over their own...

A Kingston businessman who allegedly collected over $8 million to import a high-end pickup truck has now found himself in hot water with the law after the vehicle reportedly never showed up. Kevaughn Black, 36, of Tunbridge Terrace in Kingston 6....

Masked criminals posing as customers are sending fresh fear through sections of St Andrew as police warn that the growing use of ski masks is making it harder to track down robbers and shooters. The St Andrew North police say several recent...

A man who police say had been on the run for more than a year is now facing murder charges in connection with the grisly killing of a United Kingdom national whose body was discovered in a shallow grave in Westmoreland. Charged is 39-year-old...

Three men have now been formally charged in connection with the Gordon Pen murder of a teacher, bringing a major breakthrough in the deadly ambush in the St Catherine community earlier this year. Charged are Tyrick Fennell, otherwise called 'Six....