Shift system to be removed from all public schools by 2028/2029 academic year

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe shift system in all public schools will be fully eliminated by the start of the 2028/2029 academic year. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, outlined the…

Leader of ‘cult-like’ UK Christian group guilty of sexually abusing women

Reading Time: 2 minutesLONDON (Reuters) The leader of a “cult-like” Christian group once backed by the Church of England has been convicted of sexually abusing nine women in his congregation, after a jury…

Police charge woman for harbouring boyfriend, who escaped Constant Spring lock-up

Reading Time: < 1 minute21-year-old Shamara Holmes, who was allegedly found in the company of her boyfriend, who escaped from the Constant Spring Police lock-up, has been charged with harbouring a fugitive. The unemployed…

More Americans applying for refugee status in Canada, data shows

Reading Time: 2 minutesTORONTO (Reuters) More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019,…

Government commits to end shift system in public schools by 2028-29 academic year

Reading Time: 3 minutesEducation Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says the Government has outlined the 2028/2029 academic year as its timeline to fully eliminate the shift system in all public schools. Morris Dixon…

Man charged following video threat tied to PNP candidate general election win

Reading Time: < 1 minute41-year-old Giovannie Skeen, otherwise called ‘Mother Love’, a clothes vendor of the Marlborough district in Balaclava, St Elizabeth, has been arrested and charged after a video showing him making threats regarding the outcome of the September 3 general election.

Head of the St Elizabeth police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, has confirmed his apprehension.

Lawsuit: Dr Tufton damaged Knight’s good reputation for political gain

Reading Time: 2 minutesFormer government minister and highly regarded attorney KD Knight has claimed in a lawsuit that Jamaica Labour Party campaign manager Dr Christopher damaged his good for political mileage by publishing…

KD Knight sues Tufton over ‘doctored’ sound bite

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOutspoken People’s National Party (PNP) stalwart KD Knight, on Thursday (August 21), filed a defamation lawsuit against Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) campaign manager Dr Christopher Tufton, Our Today can confirm….

PNP confirms successful nomination of all candidates ahead of Septmeber polls

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe People’s National Party (PNP) says all its candidates have successfully completed their nomination proceedings following Monday’s official Nomination Day. With energy, confidence, and the full backing of the people,…

Erin still in play, Atlantic activity ramps up as meteorologists watch three new disturbances

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith varying degrees of threat, meteorologists have their hands full with four Atlantic disturbances, including a long-lived Hurricane Erin on Thursday (August 21). Beginning with Erin, sleuths at the Miami-headquartered…

Police recapture all nine escapees from Constant Spring Police lock-up

Reading Time: 2 minutesAll nine inmates who absconded police custody from the Constant Spring Police lock-up on Tuesday, August 19, are now back in custody.

The latest one, 19-year-old Alunzo Espute of Cassava Piece in Kingston 8, reportedly turned himself in at the Yallahs Police Station in St Thomas about 1:30 Thursday morning.

Jamaica’s coastal surveillance beefed up with new JCA patrol vessel

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/ Contributor Coastal surveillance in Jamaica has gotten a big boost with the commissioning into service of a state-of-the-art maritime vessel by the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA). JCA acquired…