School administrators in the immediate environs where a new 5,000-square-foot PriceSmart location is earmarked for opening by the end of this calendar year, are viewing with some concern how the development will impact the area. PriceSmart, the...

As it marks 50 years of partnership in Jamaica today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is citing its work in climate resilience and justice reform as pillars of its local legacy. However, with less than five years to go to the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has acknowledged that severe overcrowding in the Accident and Emergency (A...

Shock and deep grief have engulfed the Church of God of Prophecy and the wider Airy Castle Road, Stony Hill community following the sudden death of a prayer warrior and long-standing church sister, Valerie Dubidad, who collapsed and died inside the....

With billions of dollars flowing into the country to carry out rehabilitation works post Hurricane Melissa, Craig Beresford, the recently installed executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC) said the legislative framework for the anti-...

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...

A traffic stop in May Pen, Clarendon, turned chaotic on Wednesday afternoon when a taxi operator allegedly ploughed into a policeman, sending him to hospital and landing the driver in police custody. Reports are that shortly after 2:00 p.m., the....

Leoda Bradshaw, charged with the murder of a parliamentarian's 10-month-old daughter and her mother, refused to take part in mediation in an assault case in which she was attacked by an inmate while in lock-up. The matter came up for mention......

Gunfire shattered the early morning calm in Patrick City, St Andrew, on Friday, leaving a young woman dead and her mother nursing gunshot wounds, just hours after they arrived home from the airport. Police have identified the deceased as 26-year....

A 22-year-old man has been slapped with several charges in connection with a daring housebreaking carried out with accomplices, which resulted in an estimated $8 million in losses from damaged property and stolen items and funds. The accused has....

Police in St Andrew North are probing an incident that ended with a woman being shot in the neck during an afternoon robbery along Grants Pen Road on Wednesday. Reports are that about 4:45 pm, a man entered an establishment posing as a customer.....