WESTERN BUREAU: Sandals Resorts International will invest more than US$120 million ($19 billion) to rebuild and transform its two flagship Montego Bay properties part of a broader strategy that includes the long-awaited completion of Beaches...
Parliament on Tuesday approved a further extension of the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO) in seven communities across Jamaica. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness closed the debate on the extension in the absence of National Security Minister Dr...
The Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture says it has activated protocols to mitigate the possible entry of bird flu into Jamaica, following confirmation of the disease in the Cayman Islands in late November. The division...
Westmoreland businessman Moses Chybar is counting himself fortunate after a fire erupted this afternoon at Quality Traders Supermarket and Wholesale in West End, Negril. The fire, which started around 3:30 p.m., damaged sections of the building’s...
A man has been taken into custody after being intercepted today with a six-year-old girl who was reportedly taken from her school in May Pen, Clarendon. The reported abduction was foiled some hours later when Clarendon councillor Scean Barnswell...
There was a testy exchange in the House of Representatives today after St Andrew South West Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown Burke demanded to be allowed to speak. The situation unfolded after she pointed out that House Speaker Juliet Holness...
The police are advising that six-year-old Anka Glasgow, who was reported missing, has returned home. A High Alert was issued for the child on Tuesday after she reportedly went missing from her school in Clarendon. The police did not provide...
The police are seeking the help of the public to locate six-year-old Anka Glasgow, who reportedly went missing from school in Clarendon on Tuesday. A High Alert has been activated for the child, who is a student at St Thomas More Preparatory...
Former head of the Jamaica Agricultural Society and Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has died. Fulton, who was also a former head of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), passed away on Monday in hospital. He was reportedly...
Minister of Culture and Entertainment Olivia Grange has announced that the official funeral for late reggae legend Jimmy Cliff will take place on Wednesday, December 17 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew, beginning at 10:00 a.m....
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has expressed grief following the death of nine-year-old Amara Moore, who was killed in a motor vehicle accident involving a garbage truck in her Mandeville community on Tuesday morning. The grade four...
The People’s National Party (PNP) has appointed long-time organiser Maureen Webber as its National Projects Director, a move that some senior party figures say could rival the influence of the general secretary. Webber, a former deputy general...
A 21-year-old man from St Catherine has pleaded guilty to stealing copper wires valued at $750,000 from bauxite company UC Rusal. Davian Bailey, of Byndloss district, pleaded guilty to simple larceny and malicious destruction of property during...
Flow Jamaica has reported disruptions to internet services for both business and residential customers in New Kingston and surrounding communities in St Andrew following an incident of "extensive and malicious" cable vandalism earlier today. The...
Opposition Spokesman on Housing Professor Senator Floyd Morris, is urging the Government to implement immediate and humane solutions for residents currently housed at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland following Hurricane Melissa. The call...
The Government has mandated the public disclosure of all emergency procurement contracts awarded across the public sector. It comes amid public clamour for greater transparency in spending linked to Hurricane Melissa recovery. The Ministry of...
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) says a child was killed this morning in a crash involving one of its compactor trucks along Bonitto Crescent in Mandeville, Manchester. It said details of the accident are "sketchy at this...
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the Government has signed off on the US$150 million (J$24 billion) loan to the Jamaica Public Service Company, clearing the way for more overseas line workers to help restore power in hurricane-battered western...
(AP) — A fire ripped through an office building in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, including a pregnant woman, police said. Flames engulfed the seven-story building, sending thick black smoke billowing into...
AS JAMAICA begins the road to recovery from the emotional, economic and infrastructural fallout caused by Hurricane Melissa, two education psychologists are calling for an urgent overhaul of Jamaica’s education system, starting at the early...
More than 1,000 fruit and vegetable farmers in Flagaman, St Elizabeth and surrounding areas now have access to modern cold storage facilities worth US$57,000 ($9 million). The facilities are expected to reduce spoilage, increase productivity and...
PRIME MINISTER Dr Andrew Holness has welcomed a US$50-million investment by Tropical Sugar Company Limited (TSCL)to re-establish commercial-scale sugar production in Clarendon. The new state-of-the-art, vertically integrated facility, with an...
WHEN THE monthly budget refuses to balance and money seems to disappear before it even has a chance to settle in the wallets or accounts, many households find themselves facing tough decisions. According to Rose Miller, financial education...
Dear Mr Bassie, I have received an eVisa to travel to the United Kingdom. I would like to know if there is anything else that I need to do before travelling. Thanks in advance. WN Dear WN, Persons must check that their United Kingdom (UK) Visas...
