The investigation into the JamCOVID app has revealed that while there is evidence of unauthorised access, there is "no evidence of data exfiltration." In a statement today, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) indicated...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after marking a solemn milestone in the pandemic, President Joe Biden is celebrating the pace of his efforts to end it. On Thursday, Biden marked the administration of the 50 millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine since his...
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, has commissioned into service the upgraded $32-million Ebony Park irrigation facility in Southern Clarendon. Speaking at the ceremony on February 24, Green reported that the National...
Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has called for a fair and united approach to the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, amid growing criticism worldwide, that advanced countries are hoarding supplies of vaccines, while poor countries are...
The Government has allotted $66 million to complete activities under the Poverty Reduction Programme IV in the upcoming financial year. The funds, which have been provided in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of...
WASHINGTON, CMC – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa F. Etienne on Wednesday described the Americas, which includes the Caribbean, as the “epicentre” of the COVID-19 pandemic and called on the...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States. Former President Donald Trump last...
Cabinet has given approval for the McCam Child Development Centre, located in St Andrew, to be designated a government grant-aided educational institution. This was disclosed by Minister of Education,...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of the chief European Union diplomat in the South American nation following the bloc’s decision to impose sanctions on several Venezuelan...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is assuring the public that the vaccination storage facilities have been vetted and are ready. Tufton made the revelation on his official twitter account. "In visiting two of the National Health Fund...
Cabinet has given approval for the transfer of the management of St Joseph’s Hospital in St. Andrew from the Ministry of Health and Wellness to the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). Currently, the hospital does not operate...
Investigations by detectives assigned to the Westmoreland Division into the death of 62-year-old Delroy Grant at his home on Hudson Street, Savanna-la-mar on Monday, January 1, have led to the additional arrest and charge of two other men....
The University Hospital of the West Indies is dismissing claims that it has been operating without water since Saturday. In a statement this afternoon, the hospital says it has water storage for several days should there be water restrictions from...
The recruitment of a new secretary general for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is among key issues on the agenda for regional leaders meeting over two days starting today. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque's second five-year term is due to...
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Wednesday marginally regaining lost ground. The moderately active trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 42/43. The JSE Combined Index advanced by 354.74 points or 0.07 per cent...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outgoing CARICOM Chairman Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Wednesday called for regional leaders to speak out against the “awful” decision by the European Union (EU) to blacklist Dominica as a non-...
Business operators are being reminded to make all the necessary provisions during the transitionary six-month grace period to become compliant before the third phase of the plastic ban is fully implemented. “The Government decided to allow a...
Education Minister Fayval Williams' announcement this morning advising schools to focus on students preparing for exit exams has drawn mixed reactions from some principals in St Thomas. The minister has advised that only students at grades...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has pushed back at reports that the nine-month sentence imposed on a St Ann man who pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearm and ammunition has angered the police. Jamar Bartley was sentenced in the St Ann Parish...
GENEVA (AP) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday America will vie for a seat at the UN’s human rights body, which would cement the country's return to a Geneva-based body that was shunned by the Trump administration...
Residents of Portmore, St Catherine are being encouraged to embrace the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Backyard Garden project. Making the appeal, member of parliament for South East St Catherine, Robert Miller, said that...
Five persons were shot, one fatally, by unknown assailants along the Hellshire main road in Portmore, St Catherine a short while ago. The Gleaner understands that the deceased is a male. Police investigators are currently on the scene. The...
The Montego Bay Examination Depot of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has been temporarily closed for deep cleaning and sanitisation following the confirmation of a positive COVID-19 case at the location. The depot is scheduled to be reopened to...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though Mexico’s per capita death rate is...
A sum of $17.4 billion has been allotted in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure to continue implementation of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). The project seeks to improve the alignment and capacity of the existing...
