The Labour Ministry is warning jobseekers to be wary of a fraudulent recruitment scheme offering employment in Canada. The Ministry says neither Jamaica nor Canada is associated with the fake message, which is being circulated on social media...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has commenced a series of stakeholder meetings on the public-sector wage-restructuring process, which is slated to be implemented on April 1. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Nigel Clarke, told the House of....

More Jamaicans living with chronic illnesses will benefit from treatment and care under the Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), following engagement of nine additional doctors. They bring to 13 the number of private...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), Daryl Vaz, says tanker drivers are set to benefit from a rate increase. Speaking in the House of Representatives on February 1, Mr Vaz said since 2013, wage negotiations between the Petroleum...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, says strategies must be found to get at-risk youth to use their talents to develop their communities. Dr Chang, who was giving the closing remarks at the 'Positive...

One of the two police officers who was allegedly involved in an attempted robbery last year, allegedly was in possession of an illegal firearm for three months. It was further alleged in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday that the....

A policeman had to be tested for HIV and rabies after being bitten by a man he was attempting to take into custody. The constable made the revelation in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday, when he informed Senior Parish Judge Lori......

Principal of the William Knibb Memorial High School, Linvern Wright, is standing by his decision to bar a male student with plaited hair from attending face-to-face school. The boy's mother, Keddesha James, has asserted that he is a Rastafarian,.....

As much as Garnett Lawrence wanted to remain at Portmore United, he said the opportunity to build his own team with Molynes United was too good to turn down. Lawrence, Molynes United's new head coach, has found the going tough so far in his first....

A painter of a St Andrew address was remanded in custody when he appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court to answer to drug-related offences. Marvin Locke pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine. He is also charged with dealing......

Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson says that the 'incentive for guns' programme that was recently announced by the Office of the Prime Minister is partially geared towards not only finding illegal firearms but the individuals behind....

It was a familiar sight for residents of Runaway Bay as the square was flooded for at least the fourth time since 2012. Heavy rains between Monday night and Tuesday morning flooded sections of the St Ann district similar to 2012, 2016 and 2018.......

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): New chief selector Desmond Haynes wants to see the phased integration of West Indies Under-19 stars into the senior international set-up, and believes the initiative could prove a key development aspect for that age...

An expert witness in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial yesterday testified that a St Catherine couple - Cedella Walder, 27 and Jermaine Bryan, 25 -- were shot and killed before the house in which they were staying was set on fire. The two persons......

A mother of 11, who pleaded with a judge to allow her to go home to her children, was offered bail in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Pansy Henry, 57, of a Claremont, St Ann, address, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of.....

Popular entertainment personality Horace 'L.A.' Lewis, a self-proclaimed paramount chief high priest, yesterday visited the grave of Edward Seaga with a crystal ball, chanting intensely in what he said was a move to invoke the spirit of the late......

Drinking red wine could help to stave off COVID-19 A new study has revealed that those who consumed five or more glasses of red wine per week were 17 per cent less likely to be at risk from COVID-19 compared to non-drinkers. Scientists believe....

The Education and Youth Ministry has been steadily engineering changes in the system to ensure greater levels of equity, improved processes and access, to deliver high-quality education for all students. Portfolio Minister, Fayval Williams, said...

The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) is supporting the National Broadband Initiative by offering the use of its utility poles for the running of aerial fibre. "This permission was received last week and already JPS and the...

The Real Estate Board (REB) continues to play a key role in regulating Jamaica's real estate industry. "Our role is to ensure professionalism by dealers, salesmen and developers [and] to ensure that developers honour their contractual...