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Motorists will pay less for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $4.50 to sell for $201.66 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $4.50 to sell for $205.63....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday authorised its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today's most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration...
The independent committee overseeing Jamaica's crime problem is to re-engage with the Opposition as it seeks to develop short-term measures aimed at tackling the country's crime problem. Chairman of the Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee...
The Government is to spend $31 million on the installation of a new structure to replace the outdated Gully Bridge in the community of Logwood, Westmoreland. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and...
Two of the three policemen implicated in the murder of a St Andrew man in an alleged extortion case were today each granted $1.5 million in the Supreme Court. Bail was offered with strict conditions. Attorneys representing police constables Kemar...
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations weather agency is predicting that the phenomenon known as La Niña is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious “triple dip” — the first this century — caused...
Head of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr Mara Hosang, is urging parents and caregivers to seek medical care for sick children at the nearest health facility. In an interview with JIS...
PRAGUE (AP) — European Union countries agreed Wednesday to make it harder for Russian citizens to enter the 27-nation bloc, but they failed to find a consensus on imposing an outright tourist ban in response to Russia's war on...
The police in Linstead, St Catherine, are yet to make a breakthrough in the brazen daylight murder of a senior citizen who has been described as a good Samaritan. Earl Taylor, otherwise called 'Red Cap', 69-year-old...
Twenty-year-old Dimario Campbell, otherwise called 'G-Man', of Old Road, Whithorn, Westmoreland, has been charged with murder and illegal possession of firearm. Campbell was charged with the February 28 murder of Lamark Allen,...
A 16-year-old boy in St. Thomas has been charged with several offences following a burglary in Golden Grove Meadows, in the parish, on Sunday. The police say about 12:30 a.m., a woman woke up to a broken window at the back of her house. It was...
The Cross Roads Tax Office in St Andrew has once again been forced to close because of a malfunctioning air-conditioning unit. A release from Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says the location will be closed from Wednesday to Friday. During...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it's working to restore power by midday to most of the approximately 10,000 customers who were affected by this morning's outages. The company says the outages were caused by the inclement...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A High Court judge has ruled that “there is no rape in marriage” under Bahamian law, even as she acknowledged that a husband was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will on numerous...
NEW YORK, CMC – Three Caribbean American legislators have joined New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, and other elected leaders in calling on three of the world's largest credit card companies, to support a proposal to establish a merchant...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed condolences following the death of the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. In a Twitter post Wednesday morning, Holness noted that Gorbachev has been internationally recognised for...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday. In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
The police are advising that a section of the Llandovery main road in St. Ann is now impassable after a delivery truck overturned this morning. Motorists are being advised they could experience delays along this roadway for the next two to three...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from a storage room at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association (TTMA) on Tuesday welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on trade complaints between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, describing...
