Police corporal killed in Old Harbour

Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice continue to investigate the shooting death of Corporal Kamal Mayne, who was killed on Saturday (May 17). According to preliminary reports, Mayne had just arrived to his Charlemont home…

Ex-FBI director Comey meets with Secret Service over ‘8647’ post

Reading Time: 3 minutes(Reuters) Former FBI director James Comey met with the U.S. Secret Service on Friday, after he was called in to discuss a social media post that Donald Trump’s supporters claimed…

Assailant who stabbed author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years

Reading Time: 3 minutes(Reuters) The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday…

PNP wins another high-stakes court case against Holness government

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is victorious in another high-stakes court case with the Constitutional Court’s Friday (May 17) ruling that the Government’s use of States of…

Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans

Reading Time: 4 minutesSAO PAULO (Reuters) Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from…

St Mary pipeline project to serve 3000 residents

Reading Time: 3 minutesArlene Williams, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, outlined that the Castleton Pipeline Project in St Mary will benefit up to 3000 residents.

She stated that Jamaica has adequate water sources, but the real challenge is not in sourcing water but in getting a steady supply to residents particularly in rural communities and also in the hilly interior of the island.