6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (129+ words) IRIE FM Customer Support: 1-954-623-7216 or 1-876-974-5051 | Email: email protected Carib Cement says continued heavy rainfall impacting operations; efforts underway to restore production levels Caribbean Cement Company says continued heavy rainfall has impacted its operations. Communications and Social Impact Coordinator, Chad Bryan,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (155+ words) Member of Parliament for North Eastern St. Elizabeth Zuleika Jess says she is in talks with the relevant authorities to address flooding in sections of Santa Cruz. Main Street and Institution Drive were among areas left inundated yesterday. Community members…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (178+ words) The Education Ministry is unable to account for over 300 students, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. The Ministry indicates that this is an improvement as the figure stood at over 1, 000 when schools resumed in January. Chairman of the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (136+ words) Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has warned that anyone involved in the murder of 3-year-old Jayce Pinnock will meet a judge or their maker. He issued the warning at Jayce's funeral at the Pentecostal City Church in Denham Town, Kingston…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (91+ words) WMW Jamaica (formerly Women's Media Watch), together with community and youth empowerment organisations staged a protest in the corporate area yesterday against gender-based violence. Participants dressed in black t-shirts, held placards bearing messages such as, "domestic violence harms children'. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (352+ words) A Jamaica defence soldier was shot and killed by gunmen along Stephen Lane in Kingston last evening. Dead is 24-year-old Private Daniel Crawford of Bryan's Land District, in Spalding Clarendon. According to lawmen, at about 8: 51 PM, Crawford and a police…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (148+ words) The officer'is attached to the Westmoreland Police Division. The operations were led by the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime branch (CTOC) in collaboration with the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID). According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force, investigators seized a total…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (749+ words) The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has been flagged by the Auditor General for the alleged misuse of its tax exemption status to facilitate importing goods on behalf of private companies, contributing to losses of over $20 million. The…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (363+ words) About 2000 Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers in St. Elizabeth are being provided with electricity from the Maggotty Island Hydro-Power Plant. The facility is being used to supply customers who would otherwise have remained without power for several months while severely…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (204+ words) The Solidarity Programme has begun disbursing its first tranche of $20, 000 grant payments, providing immediate financial support to some of the country's most vulnerable citizens. With over 90 percent of member of parliament constituency offices uploading applications, phase one of the programme…...