KINGSTON, Jamaica—Children at Morris Knibb Preparatory School had a pleasant surprise awaiting TotalEnergies Jamaica's team members, who visited the Miraflores Drive, St Andrew, school last Tuesday for a tree-planting and fire-drill exercise, involving more than 400 students. “When I pressed the fire alarm, you could instantly hear chairs moving and teachers directing the children. They also had multiple exit points,” said Shanice Samuels, health, safety, environment and quality officer, TotalEnergies...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew East Central, Dennis Gordon, has revealed that he has given up 25 per cent of his salary to a faith-based initiative managed by Bishop Herro Blair. He has also acquired a property for $20 million to ensure tenure for approximately 100 residents who faced eviction. “That is leadership empowering people,” Gordon said Tuesday during his contribution to the 2026/27 State of the...

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police are now on the scene of a murder where a businessman was shot by a gunman in Knoxwood near Lacovia in St Elizabeth Wednesday morning. Sources have identified the businessman as Carl Brown, a contractor and equipment rental company owner. Preliminary reports are that sometime after 11:00 am, a black Toyota Voxy motorcar drove up to a premises in Knoxwood and a gunman alighted from...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has moved to scale back the amount it will spend to lease the new headquarters of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) at the Digicel Building, at 14 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. This decision comes after much public backlash following the Government's announcement that it signed a five-year lease with a valuation of US$26.00 per square foot for a total annual cost of US$725,972....

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A St Andrew man was granted $30,000 bail with two sureties in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman who repeatedly rejected his advances to enter into a relationship with him. Allegations are that the accused, Dantae Smith, visited the complainant’s workplace in Papine on several occasions and propositioned her to be in a relationship with him. The complainant...

MIAMI, United States (AFP)—Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico and could strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, forecasters said. The storm is expected to approach the northern Gulf coast of the United States on Friday, the National Hurricane Centre said. As of Wednesday morning, it was churning 420 kilometres (260 miles) northwest of Puerto Progreso, Mexico and 540 miles south of the mouth...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 47-year-old man accused of stealing a gold-coloured chain valued at US$2 from a visitor to the island was denied bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Horace Brown, a resident of Golden Spring, St Andrew, faces a larceny charge after an incident along North Odean Avenue, St Andrew, on Thursday, July 16. Reports from the Half Way Tree police...

CLARENDON, Jamaica — A motorcyclist succumbed to injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash on the Ebony Park Housing Scheme Road in Clarendon Tuesday evening. Police identified him as Jshawn Plummer, 21, a delivery man of Milk River in Clarendon. A police report said that about 7:00 pm Plummer was driving a Blue Missile CG250 motorcycle in a southerly direction and a Toyota Voxy motorcar was travelling in a northerly...

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr is calling on the public and private sector to be more accommodative towards members of the deaf community by removing communication barriers. “I want to send a message specifically to employers. I want to issue a challenge, examine how you recruit? How do you train? How do you promote your business? Can a deaf applicant understand your vacancy...

Former Jamaica College (JC) Manning Cup footballer Alton Allen has travelled a long way from the streets of Denham Town where he grew up, but nearly three decades after leaving Jamaica for the United States, the community and the people he knew there continue to shape the stories he tells. Allen, who continued his playing career at the collegiate level in the United States, is preparing for the October 13...

AT Mona Heights Primary School in St Andrew, integrity is no longer a simple value written on a classroom wall or discussed during a lesson. For an increasing number of students, it is becoming a choice they make every day, even when no one is watching: A lost pair of eyeglasses returned to its owner. Money found on school grounds handed over rather than pocketed. Students sharing games and resources...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Opposition spokesman on housing and sustainable living Senator Floyd Morris has called for a cap on National Housing Trust (NHT) drawdowns used for budgetary support, urging that at least 30 per cent of those funds be redirected towards infrastructure investment. Addressing the Senate in February, Morris called for the NHT to be returned to its core mandate of building affordable housing for Jamaicans, bringing to...