57+ min ago   (468+ words) JAMAICAN manufacturers and exporters could soon gain easier access to a market of 1.4 billion people worth nearly US$3 trillion after Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama announced on Monday that he intends to push for the Caribbean’s inclusion in Africa’s free…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (582+ words) PARIS, France (AFP) — International funding for the fight against HIV fell by nearly a fifth last year, the United Nations warned on Monday as a major AIDS conference began in Brazil. The world’s response to the HIV epidemic is “absolutely…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (797+ words) FOR much of the past decade, conversations about Jamaica’s property market have centred on one question: Is the market going up or down? Today, that question no longer captures what is really happening. The market has not stalled, nor has…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (378+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A humanitarian partnership has been formed between Miss 30+ Jamaica contestant Shanakaye Edwards and Harmony for Humanity Foundation Inc to support Project Bloom, an initiative aimed at empowering children on the autism spectrum and strengthening support for their families....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (222+ words) Few could have imagined then that St James would become one of Jamaica’s greatest public safety success stories. In 2017, the parish recorded 340 murders, the highest annual total in its modern history. Eight years later, that number had fallen to 58, a…...

2+ week, 54+ min ago   (866+ words) “HIGHWAY robbery” is how Noel Williams, president of the Kingston Chapter of Jamaica Union of Travellers Association (JUTA) Tours, has described the impending toll road rate increases, which transport operators fear could impact their operations. The increases prompted more calls…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (217+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says her ministry has made contact with two of three Jamaican men deported from the United States to Eswatini, however, they have advised that they do not…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (914+ words) CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Minister of Education Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon has acknowledged mounting frustration over the slow pace of repairs to schools damaged by Hurricane Melissa and admitted that the ministry has fallen short in responding quickly enough to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (546+ words) CHAIR of Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) Peter Bunting has urged the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) to use its loan repayment data to better guide students away from degree programmes that consistently leave graduates unable to service their…...

3+ week, 54+ min ago   (538+ words) SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Local authorities in Hanover and Westmoreland are moving closer to a historic twinning agreement with Zanzibar, the “Spice Island” of East Africa. The partnership with the Hanover and Westmoreland municipal corporations aims to spark mutual benefits across tourism,…...