Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby is raising concerns over plans by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to centralise the permit process for entertainment events across the island. Addressing yesterday’s monthly sitting of the...
A dispute over the price of a tray of eggs is what may have set off a deadly chain of events in Manchester on Tuesday, which ended when a thug, armed with two guns and more than 500 bullets, was shot and killed after a fierce stand-off and gun...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former St James Southern Member of Parliament Homer Davis, who was unseated in the recent general election by the People’s National Party’s (PNP) newcomer Nekeisha Burchell, plans to stay around in a bid to reclaim the seat in the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Mt Alvernia High School, Mt Alvernia Preparatory School, and Chetwood Memorial Primary School have jointly received a cheque for $1 million, provided by the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run charity organisation, in recognition of...
WESTERN BUREAU: More than 200 Jamaicans draped in the black, green and gold will converge on Tokyo Stadium this weekend for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, a show of unity being championed through Jamaica Sports 876’s new Triumph in Tokyo...
When Broughton Primary School in Westmoreland kicked off the new school year on Monday, amid the excitement as students walked along the red carpet into a warm welcome and gifts, they were also greeted with a clear message about the importance of...
PARIS (AP): Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months. Prime Minister François...
A Jamaican professor from Atlanta, Georgia, was the historical consultant for a documentary about Ghana’s first prime minister and president, Kwame Nkrumah, that had its world premiere last week at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)....
Just three years ago, Aberdeen High School was facing serious challenges. With low pass rates, dwindling enrolment as parents pulled their children out, and staff morale at an all-time low, the school was in crisis. Today, however, Aberdeen is...
WESTERN BUREAU: Andrea Purkiss, who defeated two-term Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Dave Brown to win the Hanover Eastern seat for the People’s National Party (PNP) last Wednesday, plans to make a name for herself in the political...
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon has given candidates and political parties until September 17 to remove campaign advertisements and other paraphernalia relating to the general election from public spaces. He noted that the law...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Michael Shim-Hue, the newly appointed chaplain of the Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (SSTC) in St James, is urging educators to resist the political pressures threatening the integrity of the profession, says teaching is “...
With the new school year getting under way today, recently installed President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Mark Malabver is maintaining focus on the struggles being faced in the education system. In his first back-to-school message...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has warned that avoidance of jury duty by the middle classes and those living in gated communities has placed a disproportionate burden onto the working poor. He was speaking on Sunday during a service to mark the start of...
With an estimated 500 or more children diagnosed with autism annually in Jamaica, tackling this neuro-developmental disability has proven to be quite challenging. Some of the challenges include overcoming the stigma associated with the disorder,...
When most Jamaicans think of living in the United States, they often eye locations, such as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Atlanta in Georgia, but rarely is there mention of midwest states such as Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, among...
CMC The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says officers from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts, have deported a Jamaican criminal fugitive and alleged child rapist who had been...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): United States aircraft were involved in a low-pass flyover of Georgetown, the capital, as President Irfaan Ali was being sworn into office on Sunday for a second consecutive five-year term. The US Embassy in Guyana, in a...
Already a senior citizen, Yvonne Rosemarie Shaw, more commonly referred to as Rosemarie Shaw, will perhaps be the oldest first-time parliamentarian when she is sworn in to represent the people of St Thomas Eastern. Following an often ill-tempered...
The Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) is facing a race against time as it scrambles to find $200 million to relocate more than 500 animals after losing its long-time home at 10 Winchester Road in St Andrew. Managing...
A growing exclusion from activities of economic empowerment, the denial of beach access, and land grabbing by the wealthy in Portland are among key issues of concerns raised by electors in the evergreen constituency of Portland Eastern, and the new...
Raw emotions surged through Portland Eastern, days after the general election, with People’s National Party (PNP) supporters and some independents declaring emphatically that the rejection of Ann-Marie Vaz was in their best interest. Attorney-at-...
Fired by her passion and an unwavering commitment to justice, Senior Parish Judge Yvette Wentworth Miller is quietly reshaping Jamaica’s parish courts, one courthouse at a time. Her tireless dedication to reform and public service has earned her...
There was a turnaround in the results of Wednesday’s general election in Kingston Central yesterday as, following the final count, retired Superintendent of Police Steve McGregor was replaced in the winning column by Donovan Williams, who...
A large daytime inferno, believed to have started as an act of arson, has left eight adults and three children homeless at Fitzgerald Avenue in Maxfield, St Andrew on Friday, just days before the full resumption of school. The police and Jamaica...
