The Government’s 2026-27 Budget has sparked a stark divide between public-health advocates celebrating a new sugary drink levy and industry leaders warning that it will hit low-income consumers hardest. The Budget will lean on eight revenue measur...

An elderly American couple who lost US$70,000 to a Jamaican lottery scam syndicate got dressed “on several occasions” in their “best clothes” and waited for their million-dollar ‘prize’ to be delivered to their home, according to authori...

Senior Parish Judge Sanchia Burrell has advised attorneys for Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron to write to Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake regarding concerns about the seizure of his service firearm even though he remains on active duty. Camer...

Opposition Spokesman on Housing and Sustainable Living Senator Professor Floyd Morris is calling on the Government to stop what he describes as continued raids on the National Housing Trust (NHT), arguing that contributors’ funds should be used to...

The financial haemorrhaging at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) is expected to continue in the new fiscal year with the beleaguered state body projected to rack up a hefty $18 billion loss before a government grant is taken into acco...

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...

Trisha* has discovered a tenderness that outshines the harsh glow of the backroad lights, sending her heart racing faster than the cars roaring down Port Henderson Road in St Catherine. Yet despite this new spark, the harsh reality of life on...

Valentine's Day is supposed to be about roses, romance and fireworks behind closed doors. But for some men, the pressure to perform can turn Cupid's big night into a quiet nightmare. The candlelight, the lingerie, the silent expectation of a...

Relatives of 83-year-old Merna Robinson are in shock after she and her 37-year-old granddaughter Phyllis Powell were murdered in Robinson's Bayshore Park, Harbour View, St Andrew, home late Wednesday night. "Mi deh home and get a call seh dem...

Sex workers at the notorious Back Road strip in Portmore, St Catherine, have revealed some of the most bizarre and unsettling requests they receive -- often less about sex and more about power and control. From being asked to perform acts...

Shockwaves rippled through the Bayshore Park community in Harbour View on Thursday after an early-morning shooting left two women dead. The deceased have been identified as 37-year-old Phyllis "Munchie" Powell and 82-year-old Merna Robinson, who....