As Jamaica rings in the new year, the nation’s leaders are calling for citizens to face the future with determination, unity, and clarity of purpose, drawing confidence from a shared experience grounded in faith in God and one another. Governor......

At least two investors impacted by a multibillion-dollar fraud uncovered at investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) are viewing last weekend’s arrests of three of the entities former senior officials as positive progress in the ongoing...

Pioneering Jamaican broadcaster, educator, dancer and actress Alma Mock Yen is being hailed for profoundly shaping the Jamaican and Caribbean media landscape and the careers of generations of broadcast journalists. Mock Yen passed away at home on......

While commending the Government for allocating $75 million to assist churches’ recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Immediate Past Chairman of the Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches, Dr Elaine McCarthy Nunes, said the sum is a ...

The New York City (NYC) public education system, the largest in the United States, is to be headed by Jamaica-born Kamar Samuels. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Samuels, a veteran educator in the New York public school system, to be the...

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 heated argument in Admiral Town reportedly took a dangerous turn on Tuesday morning, ending with a man being charged after he allegedly returned to the community armed with a firearm. Forty two year old Romeo Dixon, otherwise called 'Mad Head.....

What began as a major setback for a group of volunteers in Canada has ended on a hopeful note, after a shipping container packed with hurricane relief supplies for Jamaica, stolen earlier this month, was recovered, restocked and sent to the island....

A day of recreation at the popular Caymanas Mineral Spa ended in tragedy on Tuesday when a six year old boy reportedly got into difficulties while swimming and drowned. The child has been identified as Josia Lewis of Tivoli Gardens in Kingston......

Police are searching for those responsible for the fatal shooting of a 56-year-old taxi operator in Bowers District in St Catherine this morning. Rudolph 'Rusty' Francis of the parish. Reports are that explosions were heard about 12:40 a.m.,...

St Thomas native Hakim Bond said he has received a huge blessing for the new year in the form of a prosthetic leg. In a recent interview with THE STAR, the diabetic said he is now steadily regaining his independence after losing his left leg to......