WESTERN BUREAU: MegaMart Wholesale Club is to permanenty close its largest store – located in Montego Bay, St James – after suffering catastrophic flood damage during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The closure brings to an end 18 years of...

An operation targeting a suspected cop killer ended in the fatal shooting of three men during what investigators describe as an armed, daylight confrontation along the westbound lane of the Nelson Mandela Highway in the Corporate Area on Wednesday.....

Facing a possible housing crisis in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, the Government has announced a controversial, yet immediate, plan to utilise container homes to shelter displaced families in western Jamaica. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness made.....

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has announced the establishment of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NARA), assessing that a fragmented approach by ministries will not meet the magnitude of Jamaica’s reconstruction challenge.....

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Carol Palmer, has revealed that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has asked the Government to extend its current licence, which expires in July 2027. The request, she said, is intended to help the light....

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...

During a pre-dawn operation on Tuesday, the St Mary police recovered a shotgun from a grave at Robins Bay in the parish. According to a police report, at about 2:20 a.m., a team from the St Mary Criminal Investigative Branch (CIB) conducted an......

The westbound lane of the Mandela Highway near the PJ Patterson Highway entrance is closed due to a tragic gunshot incident on Wednesday. The police say the eastbound lane has been turned into two-way traffic. Drivers are urged to exercise...

Jamaica's Miss Universe hopeful Dr Gabrielle Henry is nursing injuries in Thailand after taking a hard fall during the preliminary competition on Tuesday night. The Miss Universe Jamaica Organization says the beauty queen slipped from the main......

The University of Technology, Jamaica graduands who were left in limbo after Hurricane Melissa crashed their big day now have fresh dates to look forward to, as the university has finally locked in new graduation ceremonies for early next year....

The St Andrew North police are urging the public to be on high alert following the arrest of a man accused of posing as a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) worker to defraud unsuspecting residents. The accused, Sheldon Williams, an electrician of a......