Clad in pink, the colour that nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon loved most, mourners gathered on Monday at the Spanish Town Seventh-day Adventist Church to say farewell to a child whose life was tragically cut short. Kelsey, a grade-three student at St....

More than 70 per cent of the roughly 220 grade-seven students at Pembroke Hall High School are unable to read or do so only at a grade-three level, according to the school’s principal, Reverend Claude Ellis. Alarmingly, many of these students...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Andre Haughton has hailed Monday’s Supreme Court injunction as a “victory for the people”, following a ruling that bars the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) from removing campaign signs belonging to preospective People...

Western Bureau: Three persons were arrested and over J$28 million in local and foreign currencies seized during a series of targeted police operations in Montego Bay, St James, between last Thursday and Saturday, during which several high-end...

The Reverend Dr Barry Davies, the beloved Kingston College Chapel Choir director for more than a decade, beginning in the mid-1950s, has died. A long-standing pillar of musical and spiritual life in Atlanta, Georgia, and Florida, both in the United....

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...

People's National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding claims Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is hesitant to declare the general election date due to Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) potential defeat. "We can see that the government is afraid of the....

A St James man has been charged for allegedly pulling knife on woman, threatening to kill her. Charged with assault at common law is 33-year-old Mark Lawrence, a plumber of Marl Road, Rose Heights and Dumfries. The police say the incident...

A taxi man is in custody following the seizure of f six firearms and ten 9-millimetre rounds of ammunition found in his vehicle following an operation in sections of Kingston 20 on Friday. The Jamaica Constabulary Force reports that about 7:14 p....

MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the storm system will affect portions of the coast.....

The Western Kingston police are searching for the assailant who shot and injured an man in his yard in Trench Town, St Andrew this morning. Reports are that about 4:10, the 31-year-old victim was inside his yard when he was pounced upon by the.....