Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Tania López Larroque, had barely settled into Kingston when a new crisis erupted. Just weeks after her arrival on December 8 last year, United States President Donald Trump signed a January 29 executive order imposin...

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba – a crisis he says is made worse by the absence of the bold political courage once sh...

The blood had dried stiff against the tiny waistband of the undergarment one would struggle to believe was all white, but at least two bullet holes were very much visible as a reminder of the onslaught. Ladonia Cunningham could not let it go. She wo...

Two rural principals are pushing back against the Ministry of Education’s explanation for sluggish uptake in the Government’s rural school bus programme – and they say the main problem is route design, not dancehall. At a press conference last...

Told as a teenager that studying law was beyond her family’s means, Kadeish Jarrett-Fletcher quietly set the dream aside. Nearly two decades later, the Court Administration Division executive has returned to that ambition and crossed the Bar with ...

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...

What was meant to be a proud moment for residents of Belfield, St Mary quickly descended into political chaos on Thursday as tensions flared between supporters of the island's two major parties at the official opening of the $131 million Belfield.....

A man said to be involved in lottery scamming has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay $12 million to the authorities and hand over a BMW X6 sport utility vehicle valued at $3.2 million. The order was made last month after Simnel Mullings...

MIAMI, CMC - A 50-year-old Haitian national, described as a pastor at the Theophile Church of Miami, has been released on US$27,500 bail after he was arrested following sexual accusations by a 15-year-old girl and her mother. The authorities......

A Kingston teen's walk home turned violent when he was allegedly stabbed after refusing to hand over his mobile phone during a robbery on Birmingham Avenue. Detectives attached to the St Andrew Central Police Division have charged 20-year-old...

An early morning police assignment in Ewarton, St Catherine took a dramatic turn yesterday after a dog was shot and injured during a confrontation with lawmen. Reports are that about 10:20 a.m. on February 19, a police team went on an assignment....