Despite the technological and other advances since 1951, the political will to make the well-needed appropriate investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies remains a vitally important missing link in the...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:08 AM
Expanding its efforts to educate, enable and enhance the online capabilities of Jamaica’s senior citizens, Flow Foundation has injected new life into the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) Activity Centre with free high-speed Internet. As...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:06 AM
LONDON (AP): A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions that black British culture made to UK fashion and design history and to celebrate black designers who haven’t received public recognition. ‘The...
TORONTO: A group of Caribbean seniors will receive free lunches twice a week for six months at their regular activity sessions. The announcement was made at the annual Caribbean Canadian Seniors’ Brunch held at the Jamaican Canadian Community...
SINCE THE Windrush Compensation Scheme’s launch in 2019, £65.78 million has been paid to 1,757 claims and a further £11.98 million has been offered, according to the UK government. Now, for the past several months there are reports in the media...
WESTERN BUREAU: MAYOR of Savanna-la-Mar Bertel Moore said that the acquisition of heat extraction fans has pushed the timeline for the completion of phase one of the restoration of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland closer to the end of this...
UNICEF Jamaica and Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network will host a two-day summit from October 11 to October 12 to engage adolescents and youth and get their perspectives and recommendations for mental health and psychosocial support in Jamaica. The...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:05 AM
CARICOM nations could be on the verge of delivering a political master stroke. In announcements that have been shockingly ignored by great swathes of the media, the national reparations commissions will be sidestepping the British government and...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to host a two-day job fair at its North Street Office in downtown Kingston. The fair will be held on Thursday, September 27 and Friday, September 28 between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Companies representing...
The Ministry of Justice is looking to employ the use of mediation to assist in settling estate matters at the Administrator-General's Department (AGD). The move is expected to go a far way in enabling the entity to close the files on more than...
Telecommunications company Flow today began offering Jamaica's new 658 area code to mobile customers. This was made possible following approval from regulator the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). Flow says it is the first in the English-...
A bail application is to be made on October 11 in the St Catherine Parish Court for a 30-year-old taxi operator accused of breaking into a parked car at a gas station and stealing money. Andre McIntosh, who is from Greenvale district in Manchester...
The case against Assistant Commissioner at the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Floyd McLean, who is accused of sexually assaulting a minor who was volunteering at the Montego Bay Fire Department, is to be transferred to the St James Circuit Court. The...
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean have signed an agreement to conduct a study on the impact of crime in the Second City. The study that will be carried out by a team of researchers...
The court case between some St Ann residents and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) over access to Little Dunn's River in Ocho Rios is set to begin on November 24. The date for the case brought by members of the surrounding...
A police sergeant who was convicted for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2019 was this morning sentenced to 19 years and three months in prison. Christopher Bennett, who was stationed at the Denham Town Police Station in West Kingston, was sentenced by...
The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising that the replacement of a sewer pipeline that runs along Long Lane in Montego Bay, St James, will continue this weekend, causing disruption to traffic flow. The work...
Music producer Linval 'Shab Don' Thompson Jr and his co-accused, Tajay Clark, are scheduled to return to the St James Circuit Court on November 20 for trial in connection with a triple murder which took place last year. The trial...
The parliamentary Opposition has objected to the introduction of a new microphone system at Gordon House that gives the Speaker power to control who is heard, calling it a "slide towards autocracy". Acting Leader of Opposition...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH SCREENING for breast cancer is crucial, Dr Delroy Fray, clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), argues that more attention should be paid to raising public awareness in order to reduce the...
The government is taking a more robust and targetted approach to tackling the trade in illegal firearms and drugs. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr. Horace Chang says there is a critical link between the illicit trades,...
Students from 34 schools in seven areas declared as zones of special operations will continue to benefit from the Inter-Ministerial School Support Strategy as the programme enters its third year. Representatives from the Ministry of Education and...
PASTOR ANTHONY Davis has sounded a trumpet, positing himself as the saving grace for the York Town division in the Clarendon South Western constituency. The division is currently headed by his fellow party member, embattled People’s National Party...
Amid the uncertainty surrounding the labour disruption that artificial intelligence (AI) will cause for the global economy, Dr Seth Center, deputy envoy from the United States’ Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, is...
The Lay Magistrate Association of Jamaica’s [LMAJ] St James Chapter has donated six fans to Farm Primary and Infant School in St James. The presentation which was made on Wednesday, September 13, was heartily welcomed and saw both students and...
