The organisers of Rebel Salute have announced that the event will not be staged in Jamaica in 2026, citing challenges brought about by Hurricane Melissa. In a statement posted on its Instagram page, Rebel Salute said the hurricane has disrupted...

Western Bureau: Chairman of the Janet Richards Foundation, Janet Richards, says she will be reaching out to the Usain Bolt Foundation to help transform the play area at the St James-based Mustard Seed Children’s Home, saying that playing and having...

Up to the end of the 20th century Christmas celebrations were more widely anticipated in Jamaica, secularly and religiously, than they are nowadays. The days leading up to Christmas were full of feelings of excitement; school, church, home and...

The Jonkunnu festivity at Moore Town, a Maroon village in East Portland’s Rio Grande Valley, has died a slow, natural death — leaving residents with a quiet resolve. Colonel of the Moore Town Maroons, Wallace Sterling, recalled that Jonkunnu once...

When the winds died down and the floodwaters began to recede, the true cost of Hurricane Melissa slowly came into view. Beyond damaged homes and disrupted lives, another crisis unfolded quietly across the island: frightened animals left without...

Fourteen students at Brown’s Town Community College (BTCC) will benefit from a $1 million JPS Foundation partnership to support its electrical installation programme. Sophia Lewis, head of the foundation, told students and staff the partnership “...

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has condemned what it says is the deliberate destruction of billboards advertising entertainment events, warning that the practice will not be tolerated. The municipal authority said it has...

(AP) — The United States Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritises skilled, higher-paid foreign workers. The change follows a series of...

Jamaican pastor Alton Farquharson, who is charged with murder in the death of his wife, was remanded when he appeared in a court in Canada on Tuesday. The 56-year-old, who is reportedly from Mile Gully in Manchester, has been in police custody...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia ’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro’s administration to issue taxes by decree, as the nation struggles to finance hospitals and the military while paying...

Two men were shot and killed in an attack at a bar along Manchester Road in Manchester on Monday night. They have been identified by police as 40-year-old truck driver Nicholas Tomlinson of the May Day district in the parish, and 32-year-old...

The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has advised that some suppliers will not receive payments today as scheduled due to a «technical banking issue». SERHA said the matter is being treated with urgency and that active contact is being...

(AP) — Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married, the tennis great announced Tuesday on social media. Williams and Preti became wife and husband over the weekend in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a five-day celebration. After becoming the...

The police have now charged a third man who was taken into custody in connection with the death of St Catherine contractor Humphrey Brown, who was killed and whose body was subsequently found in a shallow grave. Charged with murder, conspiracy to...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that it has temporarily waived the penalty charged to deposit-taking institutions for using the ACH platform to facilitate transactions over $1 million, arising from ongoing issues with the RTGS system. Some...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The police in St Kitts say they are investigating reports that women are being drugged at bars and social events and subsequently sexually assaulted. In a statement, the police said that the Special Victims Unit is “...

University student Kengu Black, the daughter of prominent Manchester businessman and political activist Skeng Don, whose real name is Kenneth Black, has been charged for the deadly collision along the PJ Patterson Highway in St Catherine in March...

Mayor of Black River Richard Solomon has urged residents to remember families still living in severe discomfort following Hurricane Melissa, even as St Elizabeth marked the Christmas season with a scaled-down tree-lighting ceremony on Monday night...

The police have charged 26-year-old fisherman Daniel Henry with three counts of murder following last week’s triple-fatal machete attack in Frazersfield, Rocky Point, Clarendon. The charges stem from a domestic incident in which Henry allegedly...

The St Catherine South police will be increasing its presence on the roads to address the problem of traffic congestion. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Christopher Phillips, who has responsibility for Area Five, said that police personnel...

Four deserving residents from Clarendon are proud homeowners, just in time for Christmas. Cynthia Johnson in Rock River, Maudlyn Simpson-Needham from Coxwain, Carlus Greyson from Four Paths, and Angella Boothe from Mocho, were presented with keys...

For more than two decades, Joan Palmer, an entrepreneur, operated Best Buy Gold Shop at 26 High Street in Black River, St Elizabeth, but now she has been forced to rebuild her livelihood literally from the ground up after Hurricane Melissa...

With hundreds of manufacturers and small producers still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) has launched a $10 million Hurricane Melissa MSME Recovery Grant Fund to...

Approximately $13 million has been distributed to more than 70 micro and small businesses in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, as part of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica Limited (FCJ)’s relief effort following the devastation caused by Hurricane...

Dear Mr Bassie, Please advise under what circumstances someone is seen as eligible to hold a British Passport. Any assistance would be appreciated. TT Dear TT, With respect to British passport eligibility, please be aware that persons can...

Good day Mrs Walker-Huntington: Just want to know if a stepchild can file for a father, step mother and two siblings under the age of 21. If, so what are the steps and the timeline. Thanks LS Dear LS: A stepchild can only file for their...

Residents of Eastern Hanover in the communities of Jericho, Retrieve, and Morris have welcomed recent hurricane supplies of tarpaulins, tents, mattresses, and household packages by the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), which were...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited, Allkare Wellness Foundation, and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church staged its Hurricane Recovery Health Clinic on December 7 across the communities...

Some stories show how strength, humility, and joy can exist in the same person. The journey of Alisha Distant, Red Stripe’s 2024 Employee of the Year, does exactly that. Her life is not only a record of professional growth. It is a reflection of...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, communities across St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Crawford, Seaford Town, and surrounding parishes continue to face challenges related to food security. In response, the Seprod Foundation, in partnership with...

Thanks to a grant from the German Embassy, Chester Castle Basic and Primary School in Hanover has begun to breathe again after the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. The school lost its entire roof, rain poured in on every floor, flooding classrooms...

The police in St Catherine are investigating an incident in which a woman was robbed on Saturday by men posing as a taxi driver and a passenger. According to a police report, the 63-year-old woman was robbed of almost $40,000. Reports are that...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in Nigeria’s north-central...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota jury has awarded US$65.5 million to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson...

A 17-year-old boy of the Temple Heights district in Stony Hill, St Andrew was charged by the police on Saturday in connection with the stabbing of another teenage boy during an argument in their community. He has been charged with wounding with...