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Close to 50 percent of Jamaican consumers surveyed say they plan to spend more this Christmas than they did last year. Additionally, more than half of the 600 persons surveyed are planning to use their personal savings...

Popular podcaster Jhaedee “Jaii Frais” Richards and music producer Jahvel “Jahvy” Morrison are to return to the Gun Court on January 27, next year. Bail for both men has been extended, as the court awaits completion of...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says its operational focus is clear, as it seeks to meet the January 2027 deadline for completion of payments to families whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane...

Water Minister Matthew Samuda has stated that the National Water Commission’s (NWC) request for a 51% tariff increase is not just about raising prices to fix problems, but also about inviting public...

The police are probing the murder of a businesswoman, whose body was found at her home in Dover District in St. Mary yesterday. Dead is 43-year-old Sophia Morgan. Reports are that she was last seen closing her business...

The Government said it was not pressured by any country to abstain from a United Nations resolution vote, calling for an end to the United States’ long standing economic embargo against Cuba. Information Minister...

48 housing units have been completed under the Government’s Semi-Permanent Housing Solution Project. The programme provides safer accommodation for eligible families displaced by Hurricane Melissa, including those...

One year after Hurricane Melissa devastated parts of St. Elizabeth, some farmers from the breadbasket parish are still counting their losses. Shanice Gibbs highlights one Donigal farmer’s fight to rebuild, in this...

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has stated his dissatisfaction with the pace of recovery in western Jamaica, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa a year ago. The category 5 system caused catastrophic damage...

Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has chastised dancehall artist Beenie Man for his comments about the Government’s handling of money for Hurricane Melissa relief and recovery. During an interview with ITV News in...

One hundred and thirty-six individuals remain in 24 shelters, one year after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a category 5 storm. Sixty-six per cent of the shelterees are located in Westmoreland and St. James. The...

U.S. officials say “the worst criminals have been removed to third countries including murderers, paedophiles, rapists and drug traffickers.” That’s according to the statement published yesterday on...

That is the call from the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) as it stages protests at four schools in western Jamaica to highlight the slow pace of recovery in the education sector, one year after the passage of...

Residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny took to the streets this morning to protest their proposed relocation, amid growing frustration over the lack of clarity surrounding the plans and a November 30 deadline to move...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says that while some countries have agreed to accept criminals under third-country arrangements with the United States, Jamaica is not among them. She made the clarification...