The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, valued at approximately $2.8 million, to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The devices, which were presented on Friday, include six...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has announced that reggae legend Toots Hibbert will be laid to rest in National Heroes Park. Minister Grange said this had become possible thanks to the generosity of the...
A member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is now in hospital after he was stabbed allegedly by another soldier during an altercation at the army's Up Park Camp headquarters in St Andrew yesterday. He is expected to recover. The incident is...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran announced Saturday that its death toll from the coronavirus has passed the milestone of 30,000, in what has been the Mideast region’s worst outbreak. Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari announced that...
Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has proposed to establish a US$600-million multi-donor trust fund to prevent systemic decline in the region’s higher education and research sector. The...
Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow, says voters who have been required to be in self-isolation or have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) ahead of the November 11 general elections, will not be allowed to vote. “It can...
The police have seized a sub-machine gun during a joint operation with the military on St Johns Road, Spanish Town in St Catherine yesterday. The make of the gun has not been ascertained. Reports are that about 11:30 p.m., members of the...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a second term in office Saturday in an election landslide of historic proportions. With most votes counted, Ardern’s liberal Labour Party was winning 49% of the...
With the opening of the borders in Guyana, Caribbean Airlines says it will operate its first commercial service between Guyana and New York, on Monday, October 19. “2020 has been an unprecedented year for aviation. Our customers...
Lawmen attached to the St Catherine South Division have arrested a man after he was found in possession of an illegal firearm and five rounds of ammunition on Big Lane, Central Village in St. Catherine on Friday, October 16. Reports fare...
Jamaica on Friday recorded six more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 168. Coincidentally, a 74-year-old male of a Manchester address also died post-surgery for a condition unrelated to COVID-19. The country also recorded 63 new...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump are awaiting coronavirus test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19. “Whether we quarantine or...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign followed through on a threat to sue Philadelphia, filing papers in court Thursday night over city officials preventing campaign representatives from watching people registering to...
Four men are now in custody following the seizure of over 1000 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $4 million. According to reports, lawmen were conducting an operation in Barrett Hall, St. James, on Wednesday,...
A 13-year-old boy of Port Antonio has been charged for breaches of the larceny act, after he allegedly stole an iPhone 6 from a woman's bedside, while she slept. Reports are that at about 12:00 a.m., on September 30, a woman left her...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its front-line U.S. workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. But the online retail behemoth, revealing the data for the first time,...
A man has been arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearm and assault at common law, after he allegedly assaulted and fired gunshots at police officers on Darling Street, Kingston, on September 25. He has been identified...
Students from Penwood High School and Cockburn Gardens Primary in St Andrew, have benefited from the donation of book vouchers valued at approximately $300,000 and locally made hand sanitisers and face masks, from the AIDS Healthcare...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says it is concerned about a video circulating on social media platforms portraying a young woman being abducted by a group of men as a prank. In a statement today, JCF said it strongly condemns the...
A St Catherine woman has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after her three-year-old son was seen in a viral video smoking and drinking what appeared to be alcohol. The mother, whose name is being withheld by The Gleaner, was...
Jamaica’s coffee industry has recorded an increase of 12 per cent for the 2019/20 crop season when compared with the previous cycle. In making the announcement, Minister of Agriculture, Floyd Green, said that this represents...
Jamaica has received over $490 million from the United States government to help boost the country's HIV/AIDS response and to help tackle other public health concerns including non-communicable diseases and the COVID-19...
Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2020 | 9:06 PM
American Airlines will begin furloughing 19,000 employees on Thursday after lawmakers and the White House failed to agree on a broad pandemic-relief package that includes more federal aid for airlines. CEO Doug Parker said Wednesday night that if...
Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2020 | 8:52 PM
The Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment & Sport, Olivia Grange, has unveiled Jamaica’s first ever national anti-doping mobile unit. Minister Grange officially handed over the especially retrofitted bus to the chairman of the...
Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2020 | 8:08 PM
The St. Ann police have arrested and charged 33-year-old Christopher Watson, otherwise called ‘Max’, a plumber of Philadelphia district in Browns Town, St. Ann, with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition and discharge of firearm...
