The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), today delivered J$13 million worth of critically needed hospital supplies as part of a third tranche of emergency equipment to the Ministry of Health and Wellness in support of...
A meeting is to be convened no later than this Friday with emergency department heads of public hospitals, to address timely and appropriate treatment for asthmatic patients when they turn up at Government medical facilities.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) combined index declined on Tuesday with an advance/decline ratio of 32/50. The JSE Combined Index declined by 1,612.46 points or 0.41 per cent to close at 396,082.77. The JSE Main Market Index...
The police in The Bahamas have charged a Jamaican woman with murder arising from a stabbing incident. Nadisha Beckford, 33, is charged with the February 20 murder of Lakeisha Mackey. The police in the Bahamas say they were...
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy shot and killed a fellow student at an Arkansas junior high school Monday morning and he has been detained in a juvenile detention facility, authorities said. The shooting happened in a hallway at...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a Cabinet sub-committee is working with the Private Sector Association of Jamaica (PSOJ) to develop a model through which the quick service industry may be able to operate during curfew hours....
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne has expressed disappointment at Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for what he said was an inappropriate approach to the Prime Minister of...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has laid out a 10-point plan to boost revenue for the sustainability of the regional institution. In a media conference on the university’s financial future, Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir...
The St James Police say they have seized seven rounds of ammunition at an illegal party on Albion Lane, Montego Bay, St James on Sunday, February 28. Reports are that about 9:40 p.m., lawmen were in the...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force is reporting that a joint effort between the Matilda’s Corner Police and the Police Emergency Communication Centre (PECC), resulted in the recovery of a motor vehicle on Old Hope Road today....
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The acting head of the Food...
Two St Ann men have been arrested and charged with shooting with intent following an incident in their community of Parry Town on Tuesday, February 23. Charged are 22-year-old Meandre Vassal otherwise called 'Dre...
The police say they have seized a firearm during an operation in High House, Old Harbour, St Catherine earlier today. Reports from the Old Harbour Police are that about 6:30 a.m., lawmen conducted an operation in the area where...
The Japan government will be making another donation of medical supplies and equipment to Jamaica, in support of the country’s effort to improve the quality of healthcare during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was announced by...
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, has announced the cancellation of the Spicemas carnival 2021 celebrations. Mitchell said there will be no carnival, even if 60 per cent of the...
The National Work Agency (NWA) is advising that on Monday it will implement a one-way system along a section of Dunbar’s River to Chantilly roadway in Westmoreland. This follows a similar initiative in February and is aimed at...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is again hitting back at critics of the Government's efforts to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Holness today stressed that the Government has been using several avenues to procure doses, adding that it has been...
The Court of Appeal has affirmed the 40-year parole eligibility period imposed on a St Catherine man, who doused his ex-girlfriend with gasoline then set her on fire, after he found another man at her house. Christopher Locke, 41, was sentenced in...
The Electronic Land-Titling Project, which seeks to enhance the land-registration process, is to get under way in April. To commence the initial project activity, a sum of $60 million has been set aside in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now...
Another alleged security flaw associated with the JamCOVID application has reportedly been uncovered just hours after the government revealed it is accelerating plans to migrate the database. READ: Gov't says no...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – CARICOM leaders have called on Haitian President, Jovenel Moise, to hold presidential elections “as soon as possible”, in keeping with the constitution of the country. Trinidad and...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says a voice note being circulated on social media, encouraging people to register in the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) did not originate from the JDF and was not officially endorsed. The JDF ...
Opposition spokesperson on Education and Training, Dr Angela Brown Burke, is calling for the Ministry of Education to develop a policy that places emphasis on all students. Brown Burke is contending that “attention to all students...
