SANTA CLARA, California (AP): Jordan Morris scored a tie-breaking goal in the 88th minute, and the United States beat Jamaica 2-1 Wednesday night for its sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title and first since 2013. Jozy Altidore's goal on a 28-yard...
Advocacy group Stand Up for Jamaica has endorsed plans by National Security Minister, Robert Montague, to introduce conjugal visits in correctional facilities. In a statement Wednesday afternoon, the group said it believes the move will help to...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is to review Jamaica’s foreign affairs and foreign trade policy to strategically align them to local growth and development targets. Holness was addressing members of the Jamaican...
The two candidates seeking to be the People’s National Party (PNP) standard bearer in the St Andrew South West constituency are this afternoon are seeking to end suggestions of an acrimonious battle between them. Councillor for the Payne Land...
The Nursing Council of Jamaica has been urged to take greater steps to put an end to unregulated entities offering nursing education across the island. The call was made today during a sitting of Parliament’s Public Administration and...
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing grant funding of €219,000 or about $32.9 million in local currency to the Jamaican government to upgrade the existing flood monitoring system on the Rio Cobre in St. Catherine. The Bank, in a...
An attorney today urged a judge in the Manchester Parish Court to grant his client bail on the basis that she does not feel welcome at the lock-up in Four Paths, Clarendon, where she is being held. Attorney Ernest Smith was making a bail...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a grant to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to assist with the review and strengthening of emergency response procedures in participating states....
JAY-Z is the top musical act in the U.S., for a second consecutive week on the Billboard Artiste 100. This is in large thanks to his latest album, 4:44, which posts its second week at number one on the Billboard 200 with 87,000 equivalent...
For over five years, House of Clay has been fulfilling the fantasies of brides, designing the dress of their dreams. But they are also known for their evening, cocktail and red-carpet dresses. Dedicated to making a mark in the fashion...
The National Works Agency (NWA) is to hold a stakeholders meeting tomorrow to discuss plans to end the perennial flooding at Big Pond in St Catherine. A release from the agency says the meeting will be held at the Davis Primary School in...
A policeman has died following a car crash on the Lilliput main road in St James, last evening. He has been identified as 26-year-old Junior Morrison of Mount Pleasant, St Andrew. The Montego Bay police report that Morrison was driving his Toyota...
Jamaicans living overseas are being encouraged to invest their long-term savings in projects that have been identified by the government as having significant growth potential. Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin, told...
Flow Sports is giving its Jamaican viewers exclusive ‘anytime-anywhere’ access to the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final at 8:30 PM on Wednesday, July 26th live from the Levi’s Stadium Santa Clara,...
Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMJovan Johnson
Opposition Member of Parliament Fitz Jackson has accused the Health Ministry of deceiving Jamaicans about the diagnostic services they can access. He told this morning's meeting of Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations...
Opposition spokesman on Transport Mikael Phillips is blaming the Transport Authority for the congestion caused by public passenger buses in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR). Phillips is contending that the decision by the...
A Jamaican man, who is set to be deported from the United States tomorrow, is appealing for President Donald Trump to halt his removal. A report on foxnews.com says Hugh Williams is set to be deported over a 2002 felony marijuana conviction his...
National Security Minister Robert Montague has provided further information on the plan to allow conjugal visits for prisoners amid intense public debate since the announcement on Monday. In a release this morning, Montague said conjugal...
Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2017 | 11:08 AMJerome Reynolds
Government Member of Parliament, Marisa Dalrymple Philibert, wants the administration to increase the pension and benefits of retired judges. Dalrymple Philibert, who is also an attorney-at-law, moved a motion in the House of Representatives...
Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2017 | 10:36 AMJerome Reynolds
Leader of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips has renewed a call for the government to indicate the state assets that are to be privatised. Phillip said the opposition is concerned about the lack of information. He raised the issue in...