Dantay Brooks the son of dancehall artiste David “Mavado” Brooks and his co-accused Andre Hinds were yesterday found guilty of the 2018 murder of Lorenzo “Israel” Thomas in Cassava Piece, St Andrew.The two...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke says payments under another round of the Government's COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme will continue this year.

Romario Brown, the make-up and graphic artist currently serving time for the murder of designer Dexter Pottinger, yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter for the killing of 20-year-old Alexia Beepat in 2016....

A convicted lottery scammer, who told the court he was afraid to name the mastermind because that would endanger his life and that of his family, has been given 10 years to pay the $6 million that he was fined on conviction.The sc...

THE Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) officer embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal broken by the Sunday Observer on January 17 has resigned.Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade yesterday disclosed that the investiga...

Head of National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Peter Knight fumbled before the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) yesterday, as he faced questions about the basis on which Bengal Development Limited...

MINISTER of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change Pearnel Charles Jr has declared that his ministry is committed to addressing the concerns of residents at the Green Pond Grove housing development in St James.The ...

Region Four director in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Dr Michelle Pinnock says by the end of this week a total of 34 schools should be reopened for a mix of face-to-face and remote learning in the region. ...

THE University of the West Indies, Mona, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) that will govern operation of Health Connect Jamaica (HCJ).

THE Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is implementing a $189-million house wiring programme across the island, which is being financed by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.Managing director of JSIF Omar Sw...

Today is the 28th day of 2021. There are 337 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2008: Thousands of machete-wielding youth riot in Kenya, setting buses and homes ablaze, and hunting down members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuy...

This is part of a series by our reporters about their experiences in covering the news at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.MONTEGO BAY, St James – “Mark, come and look man, come and look in the isolation w...

As Jamaica's media professionals continue to mark National Journalism Week, telecommunication firm Digicel has hailed them for their essential role in national development – especially during these uncertain times when they ...

TWO students of Pembroke Hall High School in St Andrew have been selected as Jamaica's inaugural recipients of the Creative Brands and Concepts-sponsored John Maxwell Youth Leadership Scholarship.The scholarship provides opportuni...

THE strong ties between Jamaica and the European Union (EU) will be further strengthened, newly appointed head of the EU delegation to Jamaica Ambassador Marianne Van Steen has said.She told JIS News it is important for the connec...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Tuesday night that the Ministry of Health and Wellness will begin health checks of Barbadians in their homes during the coming February 3-17 lockdown.In a ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro appears to be counting on yet another “miracle” to save his citizens from COVID-19, promoting a secretive solution he claims will conquer the new co...

EIGHT of the 216 schools that resumed face-to-face classes this month have been forced to retreat following the discovery of several cases of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in their ranks.

THE sport and entertainment sectors, which have suffered severely because of the distancing requirements which form part of measures to contain spread of the novel coronavirus, will get some relief in the coming weeks. ...

Projects that do not get off the ground within six months of approval by the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) unit face the possibility of being defunded, CDF director Kedesha Campbell has warned.

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is expected to move into its new headquarters on Port Royal Street in downtown Kingston by the end of the first quarter.The multi-storey building, handed over by the Chinese Govern...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said numerous appeals from grieving families were the reason for the Cabinet's decision to now allow churches to resume holding “small funerals” for persons who have died, for on...

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness confirmed in Parliament last night that a deportee has been detained by the police in the search for the killer(s) of four street people on the streets of the Corporate Area Monday morning. ...

THE National Water Commission (NWC) says operations at the Iterboreale water supply plant in St Mary will be shut down today to facilitate operational maintenance work at the pumps.This will affect water supply to the Agualta Vale...

KYLA Gaynor, The Queen's School fifth former who was recently selected as the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management's (ODPEM) first youth ambassador, has already proposed several ideas to increase engagement at ...