As Jerome Powell approaches the end of his term as chair of the US Federal Reserve in May 2026, the central bank’s standing is lower – and its vulnerability greater – than it has been in decades. This institutional deterioration is obvious to...
NEW YORK (AP): It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic...
Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job as a call centre agent nearly 10 years ago: the aggravated customers, the constant searching through menus for information and the notes he had to physically write for each call he...
Increased costs and a general slowdown in consumer demand spliced into Wisynco Group Limited’s bottom line at year ending June, but the beverage manufacturer and consumer goods distributor says it has since seen signs of a turnaround. Wisynco...
Keith McGhie/Contributor Jamaica’s high hurdlers cruised through the second morning of competition at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo tonight, Jamaica time. Danielle Williams began the defence of her 100-metre hurdles title in...
Nayoka Clunis, Jamaica’s lone competitor in the women’s hammer throw, has failed to advance to the final despite a valiant effort in the qualification group A at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Her best effort of 68.24 metres on the day...
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has expressed deep concern about bullying, following the tragic death of a 13-year-old Hopewell High School student in Hanover, who reportedly took his own life on Thursday. Twaine Jaheem...
An investigation is under way to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found floating near a beach along the Hellshire main road in St Catherine on Friday. According to police reports, about 4:04 p.m., a passerby alerted authorities to...
Police have charged a St Andrew landscaper after a stolen Mercedes-Benz motor car and other valuables were recovered in Junction in the parish on September 7. Charged with burglary, receiving stolen property, and larceny of motor vehicle is 27-...
A St Catherine mechanic has been charged after allegedly using his motor vehicle to hit a police officer who attempted to stop him for an alleged traffic breach in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew on Wednesday. Charged with assault occasioning grievous...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 12:12 PM
United States President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 12:02 PM
A Clarendon labourer has been charged with multiple firearm-related offences after three men were shot and injured during a gun attack at a business place in neighbouring Manchester in March. The accused is 42-year-old Miggael Cole, otherwise...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 11:57 AM
Police in St Catherine are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl during a break-in at her home on Thursday. The Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse is leading the probe, which is being...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 11:43 AM
A St Elizabeth farmer, who is a licensed firearm holder, has been charged over the discharge of his weapon during a dispute with another man in his community earlier this year. The accused has been identified as a 27-year-old from Hounslow...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 11:36 AM
The police have charged two teen boys over the theft of cash from a house in Temple Hall, St Andrew, between August 18 and 20. The two, who are both 15, will not be named as they are children. According to a police statement issued on Saturday,...
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 11:26 AM
A taxi operator was shot dead late Friday night after two men posing as passengers reportedly attacked him during a trip in Portmore, St Catherine. The unidentified driver, who was operating a Toyota Probox motor car, was killed after he...
Jamaica will be without a competitor in the final of the women’s long jump as Ackelia Smith failed to advance to the final after her best effort of 6.34 metres was not enough to make the top 12 in the field. Smith endured a tough series of jumps...
Despite a nervy start from Oblique Seville, all three Jamaicans secured their passage to the semifinals of the men’s 100 metres. Kishane Thompson, Akeem Blake and Seville will all line up in the next round set for tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. Jamaica...
Maurice Wilson, Team Jamaica’s technical leader, has confirmed that women’s 100-metre hurdles national champion Megan Tapper has withdrawn from the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Wilson said the team has been informed that Tapper is...
It was business as usual for all three Jamaicans in the women’s 100m heats as Tina Clayton, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all advanced to the semifinals at the World Athletics Championships. They did so under wet conditions at the...