WESTERN BUREAU: Warning that insurance alone is not enough to safeguard businesses from disaster, Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Jason Russell is urging entrepreneurs to strengthen their financial preparedness and build resil...

There were tears on both sides of the aisle as Jamaica College ended a 39-year drought to lift the Television Jamaica (TVJ) Schools’ Challenge Quiz (SCQ) defeating Westwood High School 30 – 28 in a fiercely contested final at the TVJ studios on ...

A new initiative aimed at tackling market-access challenges facing small farmers in Jamaica is set to roll out through a 90-day corporate farmers’ market pilot programme spearheaded by Reality Focus Limited. The programme was developed in response...

Senior trade unionist Senator Lambert Brown this week cautioned that the Government’s move to scrap incentive and emergency duty allowances for doctors who are mandated to work overtime could have a detrimental impact on the health sector should f...

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism sector has rebounded to more than 80 per cent of pre-hurricane levels, with the reopening of Half Moon signalling renewed confidence in the island’s post-Melissa recovery. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said t...

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...

Popular media personality Miss Kitty has revealed that she recently underwent emergency surgery, sharing that the unexpected health scare forced her to spend her birthday in hospital. In an emotional social media post, the entertainer opened up.....

Kahira Jones, one of the men caught up in the infamous Vybz Kartel murder saga, is finally a free man after spending nearly 15 years behind bars. Jones, who was convicted in 2014 alongside dancehall heavyweights Vybz Kartel and Shawn Storm, as......

A 36-year-old musician from Spanish Town, St Catherine is now facing serious firearm charges, nearly four years after a daring daylight shooting in Kingston left a man running for his life. Huntley Hunt, of McFarlane Crescent in the Fairview......

A social media influencer says she is living in fear as a woman has been using her photos to scam men. "I've always had people making accounts using my pictures, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and even dating sites. They go as far as using my...

As Jamaicans prepare to 'turn up' this Easter weekend at various parties, a local clergyman is urging the church to remind the unsaved of the season's importance. Speaking with THE WEEKEND STAR, Pastor Barry Hall, of Ekklesia Bible Fellowship,...