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CARICOM nations could be on the verge of delivering a political master stroke. In announcements that have been shockingly ignored by great swathes of the media, the national reparations commissions will be sidestepping the British government and...
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Expanding its efforts to educate, enable and enhance the online capabilities of Jamaica’s senior citizens, Flow Foundation has injected new life into the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) Activity Centre with free high-speed Internet. As...
UNICEF Jamaica and Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network will host a two-day summit from October 11 to October 12 to engage adolescents and youth and get their perspectives and recommendations for mental health and psychosocial support in Jamaica. The...
SINCE THE Windrush Compensation Scheme’s launch in 2019, £65.78 million has been paid to 1,757 claims and a further £11.98 million has been offered, according to the UK government. Now, for the past several months there are reports in the media...
WESTERN BUREAU: MAYOR of Savanna-la-Mar Bertel Moore said that the acquisition of heat extraction fans has pushed the timeline for the completion of phase one of the restoration of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland closer to the end of this...
LONDON (AP): A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions that black British culture made to UK fashion and design history and to celebrate black designers who haven’t received public recognition. ‘The...
TORONTO: A group of Caribbean seniors will receive free lunches twice a week for six months at their regular activity sessions. The announcement was made at the annual Caribbean Canadian Seniors’ Brunch held at the Jamaican Canadian Community...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
