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Usain Bolt Gives Back to Rural Schools in Jamaican

Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has given back to over 20 rural schools in Jamaica through his Usain Bolt Foundation. Twenty-one early-childhood institutions in Trelawny,...

Jamaica: First-time dad killed seven days after child’s birth

 All his life, 35-year-old Radre ‘Kayle’ Hunter dreamt of one day being called ‘Daddy’. However, only a week after this became a reality, he was...

How Jamaica Is Attracting Visitors in the COVID-19 Era

Jamaica’s government has revived tourism activity following the COVID-19 outbreak through a science-based approach that features strict protocols and an innovative “resilient corridors” system...

Jamaican couple turns home into school

Camille and Garnet Foster, a couple from Bullet Tree in Petersfield, Westmoreland, has opened their home to children, providing them with educational opportunities. More that...

Jamaica: Gang feud leaves one dead, 10 injured in mass shooting

An internal Clansman Gang feud turned bloody about 1:30 yesterday morning when a party being held at a garage in violation of the...

Jamaican figures big in COVID-19 fight in New York

Jamaican Ingrid Murray, who serves as president and director of facilities of the United States-based family-owned Prospect Cleaning Services (PCS), which she runs with...

Jamaica: Contract killer wanted for eight murders among two men killed in police shooting

A man wanted in connection with eight contract killings is among two shooters killed in a confrontation with the police in Duncans Pen,...

US warns Jamaica against Chinese 5G

The United States has fired a shot across the bow of the Jamaican Government in relation to the installation of fifth generation (5G)...

Jamaican ex-pastor in US gets 30-year sentence for raping girl

A Jamaican ex-pastor, could face deportation from the US after serving a 30-year sentence for rape. The former minister of a Connecticut church, was...

Jamaica: Residents horrified as headless, bullet-riddled bodies found

Two bullet-riddled bodies with heads severed, which were found at Plum Lane off Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew, have triggered an intense probe by...

Jamaica records more deaths from COVID; Trinis urged to wear masks properly

JAMAICA has recorded seven more deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19), while Trinidad and Tobago medical officials were urging nationals to wear masks properly in...

All 27 COVID-positive farm workers in Vermont U.S. are Jamaicans

The 27 migrant farmer workers who reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus at an apple farm in Vermont in the United States last weekend...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...