The head of a powerful business lobby is urging Jamaican lawmakers to fast-track long-overdue legislation on the Madrid Protocol to make it necessary for the protection of intellectual property on the world stage. Trevor Fearon, chief executive...
Inés Fors Fernández, Cuban ambassador to Jamaica, says that it is a foregone conclusion that her country will be massively affected should the United States go ahead with full implementation of the Title Three provision of the Helms-Burton Act ....
Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica Inés Fors Fernández is calling on United States President Donald Trump to provide unequivocal proof that the 20,000 medical workers in Venezuela are actually Cuban military personnel. Accusing the US of spreading...
Facing a plethora of challenges caused by breaks and limited inflows, the National Water Commission (NWC) is to widen its structured rationalisation of the commodity to boost distribution efforts, particularly in the Corporate Area and sections of...
Globally, it is estimated that there are 20.9 million human trafficking victims. Of those, 68 per cent are in forced labour, 55 per cent are female, and 26 per cent are children. In Jamaica last year, authorities identified 13 trafficking victims,...
Former communications director in the Office of the Prime Minister Robert Nesta Morgan was yesterday sworn in as the country’s newest senator to fill the seat made vacant by Ruel Reid’s resignation in March. The prime minister had asked Reid to...
Though declaring that the contract that the Jamaican Government signed with PBS Solutions for the provision of hardware and software for its national identity project was “not fully executed”, Cabinet is exploring whether the State is in danger of...
The House of Representatives voted for a 90-day extension of the state of emergency (SOE) in St James, Westmoreland and Hanover after an extended session that ended after 8 o’clock last night. Forty-four members of parliament voted in favour of the...
Six young women from challenging circumstances have put their troubled pasts behind them, using art as therapy while learning a practical skill to provide for their families as part of the Rotaract Club of New Kingston’s Phenomenal Women United...
A 17-year-old schoolgirl who was battered, then raped by her assailant in Above Rocks, St Catherine, nearly two weeks ago, is now unable to walk and suffering from seizures as a result of her injuries. The attack is part of a string of assaults on...
Motorcyclists account for a third of road users killed since the start of the year. With 50 fatalities recorded among bikers in just over four months, the final figure for 2019 could go well beyond 100 if they do not make safety a priority when...
Chinese Ambassador Tian Qi has praised Jamaica’s decision to sign on to the mammoth Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying that it has opened a new era of mutual development and cooperation between the two nations. His reaction came at the end of...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday defended the March 22 meeting in Florida between United States (US) President Donald Trump and the leaders of five Caribbean countries as crucial to maintaining Jamaica’s geopolitical relevance and retaining...
The Government is once again being urged to place the troubling oil pricing mechanism at the State-owned refinery Petrojam under urgent review in order to make the process more transparent to the public. President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers...
As the police lament the high number of sexual abuse cases in the St Andrew North Police Division in which Sterling Castle Heights falls, residents are saying that they are fighting tough battles on several fronts in trying to safely traverse the...
The three men who were taken into custody by investigators probing the gruesome murder of eight-year-old Shantae Skyers in the Sterling Castle area of Red Hills are not being treated as suspects at this time, says Deputy Superintendent Gary...
“A true renaissance man.” That was how Patrick Rousseau’s brother, Peter, remembered him during yesterday’s service to celebrate the life of the late attorney. An avid sports fan and administrator, Rousseau was also hailed by his brother as a top-...
It has been a long-held view that The University of the West Indies (UWI) engages in sophisticated research and study, churning out intellectuals to fill positions for the job market as doctors, attorneys, and business executives. But a new thrust...
Investigators have taken a third man into custody in relation to the murder of eight-year-old Shantae Skyers of Sterling Castle Heights, St Andrew. This brings to three the number of persons now being questioned by investigators. “One other man is...
Proper management of the country’s water resources is critical to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and economic progress, says Richard Pandohie, deputy president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA). He was...
Jamaica stands to benefit tremendously from a massive jump in trade if a recent Business Summit for Investment between the Mexico Business Council and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States begins to bear fruit,...
Residents of the usually quiet rural community of Sterling Castle Heights fear that there could be more bloodshed in response to the brutal murder of eight-year-old Shantae Skyers and yesterday’s mob killing of 26-year-old Miguel Williams, who...
Jose Marti Technical High lower sixth-form student Mario Scott was unable read up to grade six at primary school; but he has managed to overcome a life-threatening heart condition and a plethora of other obstacles to be named among the 20 Jamaica...
The Area Five police are probing leads that a man in custody may be linked to the grisly discovery of the body of eight-year-old Shantae Skyers in the Sterling Castle Heights area of Red Hills, St Andrew, yesterday. Skyers’ disappearance since...
As the society continues to grapple with increasing incidents of violence against women, social anthropologist, Dr Herbert Gayle, is calling for holistic dialogue across the Caribbean in an effort to identify the reasons why some men choose to prey...
