A new Education Management Information System is to be implemented by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, explained that the […]
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is putting measures in place to provide support for the increasing number of special needs children in schools. Portfolio Minister, Senator Dr. […]
State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, has underscored the value and resilience of the elderly population. At the launch of Senior […]
A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to breaking into his sister’s house and stealing over US$7,000 was on Monday given a three-year suspended sentence, with three years of supervision, in the parish court. Twenty-two-year-old painter David...
A group of the nation’s young professionals and student group representatives has praised the government for its strong push towards national development across different sectors, giving the thumbs up for the efforts, but begged to be involved in...
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
Approximately 500 residents from across St Andrew have received assistance in signing up for the Government’s Solidarity Programme, which is targeting 50,000 vulnerable Jamaicans for cash grants of $20,000 each. The residents were engaged during...
The St Elizabeth police have launched an investigation into the death of a 52-year-old farmer whose body was discovered in his yard in Breadnut Walk district, Maggoty, on Sunday.
The St Elizabeth police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in his yard at his home in the Breadnut Walk district in Maggoty on Sunday. He has been identified as 52-year-old farmer Deon Martin, otherwise called 'Fatta'. The...
The St Andrew South police are seeking the public's help as they seek to locate a man who is wanted for murder and who is considered armed and dangerous. Being sought is Deandre Williams, otherwise called 'Yankee', 'Yanks', and 'Streetlife', of...
Jamaica last week recorded 23 murders, representing a spike when compared to recent weeks of single-digit homicides. The 23 murders that were recorded over the period August 23 to 30 bring Jamaica back to the 2024 average weekly murder count. The...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Dozens of voters in Guyana stood in line by dawn on Monday to participate in what many say is the South American country’s most consequential election in decades given that whichever party wins will oversee $10 billion in...
From an early age, Dhanieka Williams aspired to be her own boss, and, as such, she strived academically. Having copped 10 subjects at Westwood High School in Trelawny, she went to St Georges' College in Kingston where she completed sixth form....
Detectives assigned to the Clarendon Criminal Investigation Branch have charged an electrician with obtaining money by false pretence and fraudulent conversion following an incident that occurred between September 28, 2024 and August 2025....
The Kingston West police have charged a web developer with unlawful wounding following an incident on Benin Close, Arnett Gardens, Kingston 12, last Friday. He is 43-year-old Mark Locke of Benin Close. Reports from the Denham Town Criminal...
Ann-Marie Vaz admits that standing on a stage with a microphone in hand never came naturally to her, but insists that nerves and stage fright have never prevented her from serving the people of Portland Eastern with "heart and soul". Addressing...
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