The Police have charged 26-year-old Tevon Binns, otherwise called 'TJ' with abduction and rape in relation to the case involving Mira* in St. James last weekend. He has also been charged with Possession and Dealing in Ganja, and Unlawful possession of Property for...
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, OACPS, is condemning the European Commission's listing of several nations on its money laundering blacklist. The European Commission listed Jamaica and 11 other nations as posing financial risks to the...
Members of the Animal Rights community are calling on the Government to amend the laws against animal cruelty in Jamaica. This is being done in the form of an online petition which is being spearheaded by Director of the Montego Bay Animal Haven, Tammy Browne....
Ranking accessible at www.endcoronavirus.org Jamaica is ranked among the top-20 countries described as 'Beating COVID-19' by a group of independent researchers from the New England Complex Systems Institute, NECSI. American Scientist and Founding President of the...
7PM Update: JUST IN: A total of 5 bodies have been discovered From the two shallow graves at ‘Danger Island’ along the Sandy Gully Bridge, by Detectives from the Major Investigations Division & St. Andrew South Police during a police operation today in the area....
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association, JTA, is raising concern about an announcement by the Caribbean Examination Council, CXC, to allow students to sit CSEC, CAPE, and the CCSLC examinations in July this year. CXC says the decision was made at its first emergency virtual...
Nearly 400 people who were deemed eligible to receive cash grants under the government's CARE programme, have turned out to be ineligible. This, after the Auditor General's Department combed through the more than 400,000 applications. The 11-page report from the...
Sections of St. Mary, comprising of Enfield, Dover and Annotto Bay are now under 14-day quarantine. The quarantine took effect this morning, Thursday May 7 at 6am and will end on Thursday May 21 at 6am. This decision follows a joint review of the parish by the...
Opposition Spokesman on Education, Peter Bunting, is calling for the establishment of a Task Force under the National Council on Education to assess and plan for the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the Education Sector. Speaking over the weekend he says the COVID19...
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC, says only passengers wearing masks or facial coverings will be allowed on buses. Corporate Communications Manager at the JUTC, Cecil Thoms, says this requirement takes immediate effect in light of the increase in COVID-19...