THE Government is being urged to establish a regulatory regime for ride-sharing service from California-based company Uber, or possibly face a situation where those who are now bound by the requisite licences to provide hackney services...

OUTGOING British High Commissioner to Jamaica Asif Ahmad says plans for Jamaica to operate the first and only dedicated bamboo market pulp mill in the Western Hemisphere remains on the cards despite the slower than expected pace of the ...

DAYS after the Ministry of Education disclosed where students were placed based on their performance in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), scores of parents have embarked on the seemingly annual ritual of trying to get their children into ...

NOT having a functioning device for online learning and forced to care for her very ill mother, 14-year-old Petashaey Hall missed more than a year of classes at Tarrant High School in St Andrew, and was poised to miss another.However, a...

LUCEA, Hanover - Medical officer of health for Hanover Dr Kaushal Singh has rejected suggestions of a possible correlation between the staging of Mocha Fest at Rick's Café in Negril in May - which was in clear breach of the Government'...

TWO leading Members of Parliament (MP) - hailing from both sides of the House of Representatives - have accused Jamaican criminals living in the Diaspora of flooding volatile communities here with weapons and ammunition.Minister of Nati...

PRINCIPAL of Hydel High School in Ferry, St Catherine Samara Salmon is breathing a sigh of relief that the fire that engulfed the administrative building early yesterday morning did not spread to other buildings.Salmon said she was not ...

Having faced several challenges during the 2020/2021 fiscal year with the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the leadership of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has moved to ensure that it provides all the su...

SHAKEN by the news that four-year-old Nashawn Brown from St Catherine was allegedly beaten to death by his stepfather, Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday said he would be pushing to bring a halt to the use of corporal punishment a...

Jamaican -American David Black who said he learnt at the feet of the late Gordon 'Butch Stewart, has been appointed president of Sky-Tours USA, continuing his 26-year climb up the hospitality industry, according to Islander News.Sky-tou...

Jamaican attorney Khadeen Palmer has been appointed the British Virgin Islands' (BVI) newest magistrate, pledging to faithfully carry out her duties, as she took the Oath of Office administered by Governor John J Rankin last week, the ...

The home where Jamaica's international reggae superstar Bob Marley first lived when he went to London, England, to seek fame and fortune is now up for sale at the whopping ask of £1.65 million, or about J$349.8 million.Ridgmount Garde...

PROFESSOR of psychology at the Northern Caribbean University, Dr Orlean Brown-Earle, is proposing that the island's judicial system implements mandatory clinical psychological assessments of individuals who are convicted of violent crim...

WITH the green paper on a National Health Insurance Plan for Jamaica having to take a back seat because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the issue of sustainable health-care financing cannot ...

THE Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be going after parents and guardians involved in the trafficking of their children.Sub-officer in charge of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Vice Squad, Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Inve...

ANCHOVY, St James - Children's Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison says her office is in full support of Prime Minister Andrew Holness's push for a ban on corporal punishment, which has been used as a tool for disciplining children over th...

ACKNOWLEDGING that "herd immunity is critical for every country on the planet", Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Dr Gene Leon on Tuesday hailed the signing of an agreement between that entity and the European Investment Bank (...

Today is the 204th day of 2021. There are 161 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1958: Queen Elizabeth II names four women to peerages - the first women to sit in Britain's House of Lords. OTHER EVENTS1588: English Army assembles a...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Two young men from western Jamaica have decided to tap into the app-based taxi service after being given the green light by the transport ministry to operate. PICKMIUP will be setting up shop in Westmorela...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Following a chiding from Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie, deficiencies at the emergency shelter at Godfrey Stewart High School in Savanna-la-Mar have been corrected.Duri...

The British city of Bristol is honouring Jamaican-born Princess Campbell, one of the first black hospital ward sisters there and anti-race activist, by naming new student halls after her posthumously, Businesslive has reported. "The ol...

T OKYO, Japan (AP) - Tokyo hit another six-month high in new COVID-19 cases yesterday, one day before the Olympics begin, as worries grow of a worsening of infections during the Games.Yesterday's 1,979 new cases are the highest since 2,...

BEIJING, China (AFP) - China yesterday said a World Health Organization (WHO) proposal to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic showed "disrespect" and "arrogance towards ...

BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) - As the coronavirus pandemic squeezed Colombia, the Romero family was in need of money to pay the mortgage. Mauricio Romero Medina's US$790 a month pension as a retired soldier wasn't going far.Then came a ca...

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) - After years of climate-worsened damage to its vibrant corals, Australia's vast Great Barrier Reef could this week be added to UNESCO's list of endangered World Heritage sites.Along with six other sites global...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Haiti yesterday prepared to bury its slain president under tight security, just over two weeks after his assassination further rattled a country mired in poverty, corruption and political instability.Jovene...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - The United States imposed sanctions on Cuba's defence minister and a special forces unit yesterday for repressing peaceful protests, a step President Joe Biden warned is "just the beginning" of puni...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 23, 2021: You are a strong individual with your own take on things. You have a great imagination and love to seek out stimulation and adventure. This is a powerful year for you. It's a year where you can ...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Rohan Russell, the father of seven-year-old Tianna who died from blunt-force trauma, yesterday declined comment on the controversial circumstances leading up to her death. "Not at this time," he told the Jamaica...

INFLUENTIAL US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee will be a special guest on this evening's town hall style virtual meeting hosted by Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks and David Sangster, chief operating officer for N...

SOCIAL anthropologist Dr Herbert Gayle has joined the discussion that corporal punishment in Jamaica must end, saying that the Bible has helped to fuel a misconception that children must be beaten in order for them to turn out successfu...

MARLENE Street Forrest, managing director, Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), has expressed gratitude to the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) which conferred on her an honorary doctoral degree in public policy at their 2020/202...

CRAIGHEAD, Manchester - Some residents and a school leader here are concerned that the planned one-year closure of the only basic school in their community - the Bigwood Early Childhood Institution (ECI) - will cause setbacks for childr...

WITH an uptick in the numbers of new novel coronavirus cases islandwide, possibly signalling the beginning of a third wave, in the few weeks since the Government released Jamaicans from months of restrictive protocols, Prime Minister An...

JOHN Mahfood, chief executive officer of Jamaican Teas Limited (JTL), was yesterday elected president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) at the association's annual general meeting.Mahfood replaces Seprod CEO ...

Today is the 203rd day of 2021. There are 162 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1992: Medellin drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar slips past scores of guards at his luxury, custom-built prison and walks to freedom. He dies in a shoot...

Fitzgerald Thomas, one of the first Jamaicans to settle in the North England city of Bradford, Yorkshire, was remembered for his key role in developing the Jamaican communities in that region, at a well-attended funeral service recently...

NOTWITHSTANDING an uptick in murders across the island this year, the police say zones of special operations (ZOSOs) have had significant impact on major crimes in five police divisions.Yesterday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in ...

Philanthropic funding to promote human rights globally reached a record US$3.7 billion in 2018, according to a report released yesterday. However, nearly half the donations came from 12 foundations, showing funding dependent on only a ...

The Women's Centre in St Ann was the latest recipient of a sizeable donation of feminine hygiene supplies, courtesy of the Sandals Foundation and the Pack for a Purpose programme.Regional public relations manager for Sandals in Ocho Ri...

The deeply troubling, and often deadly, issue of domestic abuse will be a major concern of the upcoming Woman Arise conference being hosted by the Kencot Christian Fellowship.Some 25 powerful professional women of faith from several co...

GALINA, St Mary - A 300-unit development will be built in St Mary soon as part of efforts to address squatting by providing affordable housing. This was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness during a recent visit to the north-easte...

A 23-year-old robber who was nabbed by police after leaving his Conditions of Bail book at the scene of a crime in Exchange, Ocho Rios in February was sentenced to nine months in prison when he appeared in the St Ann's Bay Parish Court ...

Oniel Montague - the brother of Suzanne Smart, the 29-year-old woman who died a few days after being involved in a motor vehicle crash on June 6, on the Burnt Ground main road in Hanover - has added his voice to calls for the Governmen...

MAY PEN, Clarendon - Nine-year-old Nickoi Ranger has been battling a long list of illnesses since he was six months old and, since then, almost every visit to the doctor comes with a new diagnosis worse than the one before, says his mot...

WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) - The United States Government has welcomed the appointment of a new prime minister in Haiti and efforts by the country's political leadership to establish a new Administration to chart a path forward, following th...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - Lagging vaccination rates among nursing home staff are being linked to a national increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths at senior facilities in July, and are at the centre of a federal investigation...

NEW YORK, United States (AP) - Workers in New York City-run hospitals and health clinics will have to get vaccinated or get tested weekly under a policy announced yesterday to battle a rise in COVID-19 cases fuelled by the highly contag...

BEIJING, China (AP) - China's military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces as the death toll from the widespread flooding rose to at least 25. The dam operation was carried ou...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday July 22, 2021: You are a quick study who is independent and imaginative. Your work and your family are your top priorities. You are optimistic, alert and adaptable. This is a year of learning and perhaps tea...