The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that reinstatement works planned for the section of Spanish Town Road near the Sandy Gully Bridge in St Andrew this week has been delayed. The NWA says this is due to the entity with responsibility for...
The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is appealing to householders to be very careful when using extension cords and electrical devices, warning that improper use can lead to overheating and fires. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Public Education...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it is aware that some banking entities have been experiencing challenges with crediting some of their customers’ accounts. The BOJ, in a statement on Friday, said that the JamClear®-RTGS platform is working as...
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Friday rejected a government request to suspend Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein in France after authorities found illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on the fast-fashion giant’s website. Shein...
The Daily Gleaner of November 20, 2025, ran an article entitled ‘Earth Today | Running on Empty’, which featured a photograph of the destroyed teacher’s cottage at Brompton Primary School in St Elizabeth. I lived there in the 1960s with my late...
Manchester resident Omer 'John Crow' Campbell was shot and killed in an alleged confrontation with police in Porus, Manchester, on Thursday. Police reported that an illegal firearm and ammunition were seized from Campbell during the incident....
The ban on vending in Water Square in Falmouth, Trelawny will be temporarily lifted between December 24 and 28, 2025, Councillor Garth Wilkinson of the Falmouth Division has announced. “The municipality, in an effort to provide a feel-good spirit...
Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, is encouraging greater private-sector participation in the national recovery effort following Hurricane Melissa. He made the call while speaking during Thursday’s presentation of building supplies, valued $50...
The St Ann police are investigating the death of a fisherman who was found on a reef line in the parish on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Darran Grant of Roaring River district, St Ann. Grant’s body was observed on a...
Jamaica is monitoring the United States government’s decision to fast-track the reclassification of marijuana, a move described by Senator Delano Seiveright as a “major signal in the direction of further liberalisation at the US federal level"....
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign is an international campaign led by the United Nations to challenge violence against women and girls. From 25 November - 10 December, this year’s 16 Days campaign targets how to end...
St Andrew real estate developer Devon Evans has been found not guilty of fraudulent conversion and obtaining money by false pretences in a property transaction involving medical doctor Lloyd Goldson. Evans was freed by Chief Parish Judge Chester...
A man has been taken into police custody after allegedly chopping his mother, brother and cousin to death in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on Thursday night. The incident occurred in a section of the community called Frazersfield. The deceased have...
In this delightful throwback series, photographer Junior Dowie documented the reactions of visitors to the animals — and the animals’ often hilarious reactions right back.
Sixteen under-19 footballers from Brazil, accompanied by five officials and famed coach Vicente Feola, received an enthusiastic welcome as they arrived at Palisadoes Airport for their Jamaica tour. Greeted by Kingston College Old Boys’...
Blurb: Fresh off a successful American tour, the Blues Busters returned home with big news: a four-year recording contract with Capitol Records. The duo, Philip James and Lloyd Campbell, recorded two of their hit songs, Behold and Tell Me Why,...
Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips spent a bustling day in Jamaica, moving from their warm airport welcome to a series of official engagements across the Corporate Area. The Royal couple lunched at King’s House, toured the Lister Mair-...
Sir Alexander Bustamante used his conference address to caution Jamaicans about the dangers he believed Russia posed to the democratic world. Pointing to the Soviet presence in Cuba and its stockpiling of weapons, he insisted that the threat...