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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, said Friday that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November to meet with US President Joe Biden about...
Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz suffered a 2-0 defeat to Canada tonight in their Olympic Games qualifier at the National Stadium. Nichelle Prince scored in the 18th minute, and Adriana Leon added the second three minutes into second half added time to...
COQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) — A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was shot to death and two other officers were injured while trying to serve an arrest warrant in a Vancouver suburb Friday, authorities said. The Independent...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions....
A St James businessman and a labourer charged in connection with the stabbing of a man at a toll booth during an argument following a highway accident were today each offered $500,000 bail in the St Catherine Parish Court. Daniel Hylton...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to host a two-day job fair at its North Street Office in downtown Kingston. The fair will be held on Thursday, September 27 and Friday, September 28 between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Companies representing...
The Ministry of Justice is looking to employ the use of mediation to assist in settling estate matters at the Administrator-General's Department (AGD). The move is expected to go a far way in enabling the entity to close the files on more than...
Telecommunications company Flow today began offering Jamaica's new 658 area code to mobile customers. This was made possible following approval from regulator the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). Flow says it is the first in the English-...
A bail application is to be made on October 11 in the St Catherine Parish Court for a 30-year-old taxi operator accused of breaking into a parked car at a gas station and stealing money. Andre McIntosh, who is from Greenvale district in Manchester...
The case against Assistant Commissioner at the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Floyd McLean, who is accused of sexually assaulting a minor who was volunteering at the Montego Bay Fire Department, is to be transferred to the St James Circuit Court. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man's sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him lastingly...
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday. Ophelia had maximum...
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean have signed an agreement to conduct a study on the impact of crime in the Second City. The study that will be carried out by a team of researchers...
The court case between some St Ann residents and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) over access to Little Dunn's River in Ocho Rios is set to begin on November 24. The date for the case brought by members of the surrounding...
A police sergeant who was convicted for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2019 was this morning sentenced to 19 years and three months in prison. Christopher Bennett, who was stationed at the Denham Town Police Station in West Kingston, was sentenced by...
Jamaica’s late discussion over being involved in next year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup next year has gone nowhere after the International Cricket Council announced the eight countries to take on hosting duties earlier today. The ICC Men’s T20 World...
MIDDLETOWN, NY (AP) — A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said. The bus...
The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising that the replacement of a sewer pipeline that runs along Long Lane in Montego Bay, St James, will continue this weekend, causing disruption to traffic flow. The work...
NEW YORK (AP) — US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted Friday on charges that they took bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car for a range of corrupt acts, including having the Democrat use his...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government has acknowledged that it is experiencing “some challenges” with its information technology (IT) system and is pointing an accusatory finger at Russia. “There has been an...
Music producer Linval 'Shab Don' Thompson Jr and his co-accused, Tajay Clark, are scheduled to return to the St James Circuit Court on November 20 for trial in connection with a triple murder which took place last year. The trial...
The parliamentary Opposition has objected to the introduction of a new microphone system at Gordon House that gives the Speaker power to control who is heard, calling it a "slide towards autocracy". Acting Leader of Opposition...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smouldering, according to officials on both sides of the conflict and images...
