Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 8:33 PM
Twenty pounds of ganja has been seized by members of the St James Quick Response team in the parish’s capital earlier today. The operation, which occurred between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., in areas such as St. James Street...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 6:41 PM
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican who has steadfastly refused to require residents to wear masks, tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. Parson was tested after his wife, Teresa,...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 7:21 PM
A probe has been launched into the death of an eight-month-old-boy, who is suspected to have drowned at his home in the rural community of Broomwell in Clarendon this morning. The infant has been identified as Aiden Rattray. The police...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 6:53 PM
Mastercard today announced that it is partnering exclusively with Grammy winning reggae artiste Koffee as its official brand ambassador in Jamaica. “Koffee is one of Jamaica’s youngest and most gifted musical talents and she...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 6:26 PM
Teachers and support staff at private schools will benefit from financial assistance from the Government to help cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams made the...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 5:42 PM
Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, says motorists with outstanding traffic tickets will soon be barred from renewing their driver’s licence, as well as acquiring fitness certificates and similar services...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 4:14 PM
With the latest data from the police force on serious crimes in St James showing a decline in all areas when compared with 2019, cops are optimistic that this year will see an even greater reduction. Murders have seen a 19 per cent decline, falling...
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 3:13 PM
Nineteen-year-old Nikaylia Gayle has had a series of consecutive success in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Published:Wednesday | September 23, 2020 | 2:15 PM
Member of Parliament for St Ann South East, Lisa Hanna, has hinted that she will indicate by Sunday if she will offer herself to be the next president of the People's National Party (PNP). On that day, the PNP's National Executive...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060. Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the...
Thirty-six-year-old Glendon White, a labourer of Islington, St Mary, was yesterday charged with wounding with intent, illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition following an incident on Pimento Hill...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting, where the U.N. chief exhorted them to unite and tackle the era...
Twenty-one-year-old Demano Brissett, otherwise called ‘Pumba’, a carpenter of Peggy Barry district, Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has been charged with unlawful possession of property. Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar police are that...
MOSCOW (AP) — What do you do when Vladimir Putin offers you Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine, for free? United Nations staff in New York and around the world are now facing that choice, after the Russian president offered...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has welcomed newly elected president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader. Reader, who was elected during the associations' 59th annual general meeting, succeeded Omar...
Twenty-five-year-old Gevin Gordon of a Bridgeport, St. Catherine address, has been charged with the August 9 killing of 27-year-old Ricardo Robinson, otherwise called ‘Razza’, a barber of Braeton, Portmore...
A man who was wanted by the Westmoreland police for shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm, was arrested during an operation in St. Ann on Saturday, September 19. He is 28-year-old Ainsley Woodburn of Belfant district,...
Students will receive their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) results later today. Barbados Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw, made the announcement this morning at...
The police in Portland have expressed concern over a series of break-ins that have taken place at various business establishments throughout the parish. Commanding officer for the Portland police division, Superintendent Duane Wellington...
NEW YORK (AP) — The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person through the air. But...
GraceKennedy Limited (GK), through its Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation has donated 210 tablets and laptops, valued at approximately $5.2 million, to 10 schools and six of the company's homework centres in Kingston. The...
The Government of Jamaica’s joint agency initiative, Port Royal 2020, has received support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the tune of USD$110,000. This funding will support the continued technical assessment and Master...
The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) says it has sought the intervention of Dunstan Bryan, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health & Wellness, in an effort to ensure that COVID-19 test results for public...
As the St Andrew High School for girls celebrates it’s 95th year anniversary, stakeholders were urged to forget the old ways of doing things and embrace the future, which includes online learning. The call was made by Reverend Tara Tyme-...
Jamaican elected leaders and judges in the diaspora have expressed sadness at the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, describing her death as a “great loss for all of us". Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, in a...
