Today is the 356th day of 2021. There are nine days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2009: American Airlines flight 331 crashes at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica. OTHER EVENTS1636: Archduke Ferdinand, son of ...

STUDENTS from three primary schools are to benefit from a donation of tablets to support online learning.The donation is being facilitated through a contribution of $750,000 by the Toots Foundation to the non-profit organisation Youth f...

THE St Catherine South Commanding Officer Superintendent Christopher Phillips is encouraging residents of the Gregory Park community to partner with the police to create a safer community.His calls come as operational activities in the ...

A new mobile application geared towards protecting commuters who use public passenger vehicles is poised to revolutionise the sector, according stakeholders.The app, named Travel Pal, cost the Jamaican Government under $3 million to dev...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the Government has utilised the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to "great effect" to restrict novel coronavirus transmission."We have struck, I think, a fair balance in controlling movements and ga...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Member of Parliament for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford says she has forwarded a video to the police, which shows a man dressed in her campaign shirt and cap brandishing what appears to be a firearm.The v...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - The Barbados Government has denied allegations that it had engaged in a divide and rule strategy after the Barbados Nurses Association (BNA) appealed to health-care workers to return to their jobs, ending th...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Just as Americans and Europeans were eagerly awaiting their most normal holiday season in a couple of years, the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has unleashed a fresh round of fear and uncertainty...

MONTGENEVRE, France (AP) - From the inky night, two women loomed. Police? The wary migrants, crossing the high-altitude Alpine border clandestinely from Italy to France, couldn't be sure. They scattered and ran.In fact, the women wanted...

LONDON, England (AP) - A British court has ordered the ruler of Dubai to pay his ex-wife and their children close to £550 million (US$730 million), in one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British history.A High Court judge ...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Rhoda Crawford and Mario Mitchell, the political adversaries who have been engaged in mud-slinging over the past two weeks, yesterday sought to convince the country that there is no animosity between them.Addres...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The labour shortage in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and hospitality sectors will not likely end anytime soon and pay hikes may need to be considered in any effort to attract workers to both industries, ...

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - For 10 years, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has been making Christmas memorable for disabled children in St Ann. Mustard Seed Communities in Murray Mount and St Christopher's School for the Deaf in...

Edward Gabbidon last Friday resigned as chairman of HEART/NSTA Trust, insisting that he had acted with integrity during his tenure of the State-run entity and that his company had been doing business with government across administrati...

The health ministry is being rapped for yesterday's missed deadline for the roll-out of digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates, which Jamaicans have been eagerly anticipating over the last few months.Opposition spokesman on health Dr...

EWARTON, St Catherine - Head of the St Catherine North Police Superintendent Howard Chambers has confirmed that a suspect has been identified and is being pursued in connection with the fatal stabbing of man preparing to enter a church ...

Just over a week after five employees of Cari-Med Group lost their claim that the company's COVID-19 vaccination policy breached their constitutional rights the Supreme Court yesterday rejected their attempt to prevent the company from ...

Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited (SIJL) has filed a lawsuit against Cornerstone Financial Holdings Limited (CFHL) and its directors seeking damages in excess of US$4 million in connection with two recent rights issues.The suit, filed...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James yesterday, resorting to a familiar but seldom successful strategy as he seeks to end a years-long civil investigation into his bu...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials are issuing detailed new rules prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities. The new guidelines com...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday said that together with its private sector arm, IDB Invest, they expect to close this year with US$19.5 billion in new financing for Latin America...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, ...

Today is the 355th day of 2021. There are 10 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2006: Jamaica National Heritage Trust declares Ackendown Castle ruins, Westmoreland, a national monument. The castle consists of the stone remains of an...

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) - Former Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has told St Lucians they should not be surprised when they "see a leaner and possibly younger-looking" person as he recovers from surgery for undisclosed reasons.Writing ...

STAFF and 15 residents at the Wortley Home for Girls in St Andrew were delighted to welcome a team from Wendy's last week for a special Christmas lunch, courtesy of the popular quick-service restaurant.Wendy's marketing officer Chadale ...

SUPREME Ventures Foundation (SVF) has donated approximately $13 million to renovate and improve the functionality of the main doctors' lounges at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).The largest allocations will go towards refurbishing th...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - After receiving countless reports of illegal dump sites, Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited recently partnered with other government agencies and headed to the streets of downtown Montego Bay...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds has urged Trinidad and Tobago nationals to take the novel coronavirus pandemic seriously and ensure they are vaccinated, as the country recorded more cases of the virus so fa...

EXECUTIVE director of Mustard Seed Communities, Darcy Tulloch-Williams is pleading with Jamaicans at home and abroad to once again support the Jamaica National Group in raising funds to assist them with their operations.The non-profit o...

ARTISAN cheese manufacturer, Outland Hurders Creamery and Farmstead emerged winner of the 'Flow Business Inknowvation Pitch Challenge', topping a field of 233 submissions from small businesses across the Caribbean.For its first-place ef...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - It didn't go according to plan.Yesterday, residents of the Westmoreland Infirmary sat waiting in vain for their loved ones to visit.Staff and residents of the infirmary had been left encouraged two weeks a...

PORT MARIA, St Mary - Terrified that the man accused of stabbing Nalia Dennis 30 times, leaving her for dead, will return, family, friends and neighbours of the St Mary woman get off the streets as soon as it gets dark.Their children, t...

DESPITE a verbal dispute which threatened to envelope both sides, the Senate managed to pass the much-anticipated Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption (Investigation and Prosecution Procedures) Regulations, 2021 on Friday.Debate on...

As it moves towards embracing the use of self-administered COVID-19 tests, the Ministry of Health and Wellness says those results will not be included in the national COVID-19 figures.Portfolio minister Dr Christopher Tufton explained ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president yesterday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump.With 56 pe...

Senior trade unionist Vincent Morrison says the Government, the leadership of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), and the Police Federation should urgently hammer out a solution to the ongoing wage impasse, as allowing the matter to g...

OPPOSITION Leader Mark Golding says he disagrees with recommendations made by Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown to make amends for statements he made at a People's National Party meeting in Clarendon North Western on November 29...

MIAMI, United States (AFP) - A passenger was forced to disembark a flight in Florida because he insisted that wearing a red thong as a face mask complied with COVID-19 safety regulations, local media reported last Thursday.Adam Jenne, 3...

THE language may not be as admonitory as it was during the time that Donald Tapia served as United States ambassador to Jamaica, but there is no doubt that Washington is still strongly opposed to the island using Chinese technology to r...

ST Thomas Technical High School's Kiara Beckford took the top prize in RISE Life Management Spotlight Jingle competition, which focused on addressing harmful social norms and gender stereotypes that help drive gender-based violence.The ...

PETERSFIELD, WESTMORELAND - The long-awaited controversial house in Petersfield, Westmoreland, that was constructed through the OT Fairclough Trust Fund operated by the People's National Party (PNP), was officially handed over to its be...

NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Opposition Leader Mark Golding is recommending that people found guilty of praedial larceny be subjected to the rules of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA)."Praedial larceny is a serious issue in the country. Someti...

Today is the 354th day of 2021. There are 11 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHIGHT1963: The Berlin Wall opens for the first time to West Berliners, who are allowed one-day visits to relatives in the Eastern sector for the holidays.OTHE...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - With restaurants in Brooklyn closing in rapid succession and lines at COVID-19 test centres swelling by the day, fears are growing in New York of a return to the nightmare of 2020 when the city was the gl...

DON Wehby not only showered praise on his GraceKennedy (GK) Group for winning the 2020 Governor General's Award for Excellence at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Best Practices Awards earlier this month, he also pointed to the signific...

FREEPORT, St James - On the heels of concerns that the tourism industry is having a hard time finding workers, the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is sounding a similar alarm."We are seeing some challenges in terms of the resp...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Caribbean Hotel and Tourist Association (CHTA) is hoping that increases in the volume of travellers to the region will help drive down the cost of COVID-19 tests, a vital part of the measures being used to ke...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the long-standing issue of inconsistent water supply affecting Mandeville is currently being addressed.Speaking at the handover ceremony of 112 housing solutions - 82 serviced ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - European Union (EU) members will get an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the first three months of 2022 to fight the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the European Commission...

As Allman Town Primary School in Kingston celebrates 100 years of existence, the current administrators and parents have been charged to continue ensuring that students are equipped with proper values for a greater future.Wynton William...