PARIS, France: Chef de Mission for Jamaica’s team to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, Ian Kelly, has promised that the world will be enthralled by the island’s flair during today’s opening ceremony. The Olympics officially opens today, star...

The heartfelt tributes at Betty Ann Blaine’s thanksgiving service on Thursday at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew revealed the depth of admiration for the woman hailed as “Jamaica’s children’s champion”. Tributes to Blaine, whose care...

Despite the Government’s pledge in 2018 to create a First World, high-tech court system, many members of the Supreme Court staff said this week that they were working in inhumane conditions. The staff outlined in detail some of the problems they.....

Chief executive officer (CEO) of the St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) Naudia Crosskill on Wednesday appealled to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to provide the necessary resources to assist the municipalities in getting their...

The number of Jamaicans who travelled to Canada as part of the overseas employment programme in 2023 declined by five per cent to 9,587 persons as weather challenges and the negative publicity surrounding the farm work programme persisted. More...

Andrea Dempster Chung, executive director of Kingston Creative, acknowledges that despite millions already invested in downtown Kingston’s iconic art district, an additional $30 million is required to sustain the ongoing transformation efforts.......

Residents of the Morant Bay division in St Thomas on Wednesday expressed dismay over the Government’s decision to use its parliamentary majority to postpone their by-election by 90 days. Councillor Rohan Bryan’s death on May 1 created a vacancy...

Convicted killer Omar Collymore and his three accomplices in the contract-style killing of his wife are set to face another trial in relation to an alleged gun attack reportedly orchestrated by Collymore on his ex-lover. A date for the trial of...

WESTERN BUREAU: “This is a double blow,” was how yam farmer Robert Powell described the assault on his two south Trelawny farms by Hurricane Beryl and the destructive yam rust disease. “This yam was supposed to be ready by next month, but as y...

The family and friends of a Kingston woman are praying and hoping for the best amid concerns that she might lose an eye following an acid attack yesterday at her workplace at Pavilion Plaza in St Andrew. They also believe that she was the target of....

In a significant move to enhance national recovery efforts, the Government has allocated $1.3 billion for a comprehensive post-Beryl recovery clean-up and drain-cleaning campaign. The initiative, divided between two key agencies, aims to bolster...

Brigadier Mahatma Williams, the senior army officer who commanded the unit linked to the death of businessman Keith Clarke, was subjected to additional sustained questioning from the prosecution yesterday as they sought more information on the...

The Manning’s School in Westmoreland secured its third consecutive victory in the annual Junior Minister of Tourism Competition after 16-year-old Taj Melbourne captured the 2024 title on Tuesday. In 2022, Sanecia Taylor won the public speaking...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has sought to temper frustrations over prolonged service disruptions with a hurricane relief programme to slash the bills of hundreds of thousands of residential customers as of August. The company made the....

What was supposed to be a 15-minute drive to her workplace aboard an illegal taxi turned into a 30-minute horror story for an unsuspecting female security guard caught in a reckless high-speed chase involving the police in the Corporate Area...

The Government used its majority in the House of Representatives yesterday to pass a bill that will delay for three months the holding of a by-election to replace former Morant Bay Councillor Rohan Bryan who died in May. Bryan’s death created a.....

The Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) in Jamaica has confirmed that the majority of students who sat the exam for its ethics, rights and obligations of the legal profession course in May failed. This was disclosed by Principal Carol Aina in a letter....

Brigadier Mahatma Williams, who commanded a unit linked to the 2010 death of businessman Keith Clarke, on Tuesday maintained that the five soldiers said to be involved did not provide him with specifics regarding the shooting incident. The senior......

With an estimated 8,700 houses across the country damaged by Hurricane Beryl, the Government has announced financial support to affected persons to aid in the recovery and rebuilding efforts. Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles......

The day after Hurricane Beryl’s onslaught, Marvin Lawrence went to his place of business and found that a large tree had fallen on to the roof, compromising the structure. The resident of Mountainside in St Elizabeth was all smiles last week when....