Students and teachers of Clarendon College are today in shock following the brutal murder of sixth-former 18-year-old Avinash Gordon.Principal David Wilson described her as a "beautiful young lady, lovely spirit, and always supportive of school...
KINGSTON:Thirty top schoolboy players who participated in the ISSA/FLOW Super Cup 2017 competition will have a rare and exciting opportunity to enhance their skills while interacting with some of the world's top football coaches this weekend.On...
In an effort to bring a lot more excitement to this year's 42nd staging of the Gibson McCook Relays, the organisers have decided to introduce the boys and girls' sprint medley open to the meet, which will be held at the National Stadium on February...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):West Indies have selected their 15-man squad for the crucial ICC World Cup qualifiers without a ball bowled in the Regional Super50, recalling all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite and Kemar Roach but snubbed by the experienced...
WESTERN BUREAU:The high level of indiscipline being exhibited in schools by students is very indicative of what to expect when they leave and head out into society, believes Barbara Dandy, dean of discipline at the Godfrey Stewart High School in...
Western Bureau:Waterhouse FC picked up their first point in the second city in more than three years when the Red Stripe Premier League encounter against hosts Montego Bay United (MBU) ended in a 2-2 draw at WesPow Park yesterday.Akino Morgan,...
The organisers for the Queen's/Grace Jackson track meet have revealed that a bevy of Olympic and IAAF World Championships medallists have entered this weekend's 17th staging of the event.But the withdrawal of one of the main sponsors has left a dark...
Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson
JSE CAPITAL MARKETS CONFERENCE The police apprehended two men in Papine, St Andrew who hacked their way into banks earlier this month, according to National Security Minister Robert Montague. “There is a case two weeks...
A 22-year-old Jamaican man has been sent to prison for six years in Bermuda by a Supreme Court judge after he admitted to smuggling US$200,000 worth of cocaine into the country. Dwayne George Watson, who is from Mavis Bank in St Andrew, was...
A trauma team from the Ministry of Education visited Clarendon College today to counsel teachers and students affected by the murder of sixth form student Avinash Gordon. Eighteen-year-old Gordon was found stabbed to death in the bedroom of her...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) said it will reduce by five per cent, the amount that authorised dealers and cambios are required to sell to the central bank from their daily purchases of foreign exchange, effective February 7. That reduction...
The country’s Net International Reserves (NIR) now stand at US$3.2 billion, putting the country in a better position to withstand external shocks. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, during the 13th Jamaica Stock...
A Jamaican man who was reportedly on the run from New Jersey law enforcement authorities in the United States for 13 years, was captured in Kingston on Tuesday. Forty-eight-year-old Davey Scott, a fugitive of Bergen County in New Jersey, was...
Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMRuddy Mathison
Classes at St Jago High School in Spanish Town, St Catherine have been disrupted because of gunshots. This morning, activities at the school were halted after gunshots rang out in the vicinity of the institution. Police personnel from the St...
Former Member of Parliament Kern Spencer is decrying the proliferation of illegal guns across the country. Spencer says this is responsible for an upsurge in crimes in the usually quiet rural community of Balaclava in St Elizabeth. The former...
The father of former Member of Parliament, Kern Spencer, escaped major injuries last evening after he was attacked by gunmen as he returned home in Balaclava, St Elizabeth. Seventy-year-old Daniel Spencer sustained injuries to his abdomen after a...
Published:Thursday | January 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson
Finance Minister Audley Shaw expects Jamaica’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to fall towards 105 per cent by the end of the fiscal year. The quicker fall is in part due to the recent round of currency appreciation...
The police have made another major drug bust. This time, investigators have recovered 4,083 pounds of ganja, which has an estimated street value of $16.3 million at Port Bustamante in Kingston. The Narcotics Police says they are following strong...
WASHINGTON (CMC): While remittance flows decreased worldwide for a second consecutive year in 2016 – remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, however, rose to a record high. This is based on recently released data from the World...
Agriculture Minister Karl Samuda has welcomed news that Trinidad and Tobago has increased its weekly order of Jamaican bananas. Jamaica began exporting bananas to the twin-island republic in December, following the signing of a six month contract....