The Government’s decision to scale down the office space that will house the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) and cut rental costs, though welcomed, is raising questions about the quality of analysis behind government lease...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has warned Caribbean tourism leaders to “scale up” or risk being left behind as destinations in the Middle East and Latin America pour billions into tourism infrastructure and develo...

Former Caribbean Maritime University President, Professor Fritz Pinnock, was yesterday told that he will have to conduct his own cross-examination of witnesses if his attorney, Hugh Wildman, remains absent from the corruption trial. “I am expectin...

The Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights has turned proceeds from an elegant afternoon of tea and fellowship held earlier this year into support for healthcare and education. The Kingston-based club of young professionals used funds raised from its ...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is reporting that its president-elect, Dr Maureen Mullings-Nelson, and a senior teacher with whom she was travelling are now recuperating following last week’s motor vehicle crash, in which...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

S Hotel Montego Bay has emerged as the highest-ranked Caribbean property in the 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, securing second place overall in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Central America category.

When Jeanette Moore received the dreadful news from her oncologist that she had stage 2 breast cancer, she immediately called her loved ones and told them she was on the brink of death.

Last month, Noel Bell was scheduled to sit down with THE STAR to discuss what it is like living with sickle cell disease. Instead, he ended up in hospital.

n a major shift in how public-order breaches are handled, the Government is preparing to roll out a new ticketing system designed to crack down on offences while reducing the confrontations that have long erupted during enforcement operations.