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Haiti is reportedly seeking to have Jamaica hand over a former senator who has been linked to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. According to the Miami Herald, the request for John Joël Joseph was sent to Jamaica on March 10,...
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The police in Clarendon are reporting that a man has been taken into custody in relation to the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl. He was apprehended on Sunday and is to face an identification parade. Last Friday, the grade six student was...
Medical officer of health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham, has indicated that the health department will be resuming its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme. “We have been using the opportunity that face-to-face school...
The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCDP) is calling for individuals who are diagnosed with a disability to register with the entity. With the Disabilities Act in effect from February 14, the interim executive director of the JCPD,...
Rising prices on basic commodities have certainly had many Jamaicans in a tizzy since the start of the year. Oil, the latest primary commodity to experience rapidly rising rates, largely because of the Russian war on Ukraine in eastern Europe –...
Approximately 200 micro and small enterprises in eight marginalised communities are set to benefit from grant support totalling $50 million. This, under the Government’s Integrated Community Development Project Phase 2 (ICDP II) being implemented...
GREATER TAKE-UP of tilapia farming is being encouraged as part of efforts to boost local fish production and to relieve the stress on reef fish. Chief Executive Officer at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr Gavin Bellamy, in making the call...
Approximately 177 students have completed the Hospitality and Tourism Management Programme (HTMP) to date, says Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett. The programme, which was launched in 2018, facilitates two years of training, free of cost, for...
The Barita Foundation on Thursday donated 310 tablets and 15 laptops, valued at $10 million, to the National Education Trust towards the education ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Education Minister Fayval Williams and...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROBLEM of a lack of communication between the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) and administrators at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), coupled with the inactivity of the light and power company within the parish, has...
WESTERN BUREAU: A call is being sounded from the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) for the Child Development Agency (CDA) and other child-focused organisations to get proactive on investigating recent child killings that have taken place in...
A special programme is being developed by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to address a backlog of elective surgeries in public hospitals. Increased hospitalisations of persons with COVID-19 during the various waves of the pandemic led to...
Say the name Diana Blake-Taylor and you are met with a quizzical look or a blank stare of non-recognition. Say ‘Lady D’ and everyone knows instantly of whom you speak. For the past 40 years, she has worked through her business ventures and her...
The Financial Investigations Division (FID) and the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) have reaffirmed their commitment to combating major organised and other financial crimes. In doing so, a public education digital campaign...
FARMERS IN Hinds Town, St Ann, and Lucky Hill Pen, along the parish’s border with St Mary, will soon benefit from an upgrade to their water network with the construction of irrigation facilities, said Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. This...
