Jamaica News

Nickeisha McDonald, common-law wife of Constable Richardo 'Shawn' McKay and mother of two of his four children, is not ready to accept the theory that he had accidentally shot himself.

AFTER SITTING in the well of the Senate for more than two hours on Friday, watching as the members showered accolades on new president Floyd Morris, Sophia Frazer-Binns took the oath of office pledging to do all she can to advance the cause of Jamaica's development.

THE JAMAICA Emergency Employment Programme has taken over the zinc fence-removal programme, an initiative of former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in the country with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, and Zojak World Wide, a company at the forefront of digital music distribution, announced a partnership that will enable Zojak's artists to receive revenue from Clear Channel's digital and broadcast radio ... (more)

Earl Jarrett, chairman of the JN Foundation , hands a copy of a signed contract to Rosina Moder, executive director of Music Unites Foundation, to provide funding for a two-year initiative to research and document the works and life of Jamaican composers of classical and patriotic music, as well as composers of church, dance and theatre music.

SENATOR Floyd Emerson Morris continued his climb up the ladder of history on May 17, 2013 when he was sworn in as the first blind president of the Jamaican Senate.

He's still stitching his way in a competitive, demanding and fickle business but twenty-nine year old Andre Shirley who has a decade of design under his belt remains undaunted.

It's easily and readily recognised that good, proactive leadership is essential to the organisation of any society.

The International Iguana Foundation today announced the release of a record 52 Jamaican Iguanas in April.

The Jamaican Bar Association's penultimate weekend seminar takes place between June 14 and 16 at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, Ocho Rios, St Ann.

GeneraTION 2000, the affiliate group of young professionals of the Jamaica Labour Party, is contending that the "forced resignation" of Senate President Stanley Redwood has sent the wrong message to struggling Jamaicans who have no means of escape.

The political representative for West Kingston has criticized the People's National Party for its silence on recent comments made by the president of the PNP Youth Organisation who described civilians killed in the 2010 Tivoli incursion as casualties of war.

BACKGROUND checks on controversial dentist, Nigerian-born Dr Christopher Ogunsalu have revealed that he was charged in 2007 with assaulting a female assistant during a dispute at his Montego Bay office in St James.

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in conversation with Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips ; and Minister of State Luther Buchanan ; while attendingNoel Monteith, on Saturday, May 18 at the Carmel Moravian Church Scores of mourners and well wishers turned out to celebrate the life of former educator and People's National Party ... (more)

THE great spirit of generosity exhibited this past week by a number of individuals and institutions in tribute to the life and work of Dr Joyce Robinson, who made her transition last Sunday at the age of 87, is a welcome reminder that there still exists a warm light in the darkness of bile, mean-spiritedness and malice which now threaten to ... (more)

Writing in Caribbean Today , journalist I Jabulani Tafari in an article titled, 'Adding Insult to Injury - Highway Robbery', claimed the event was a benefit stage show in aid of the victims and their families of the almost forgotten tragedy.

Jamaican singer Derrick Morgan recorded the song "Conquering Ruler" in 1967, and it was no empty boast.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Toyota Jamaica kicked off their three-month Toyotathon sales event last Saturday at Devon House on St Andrew.

The wheelchair-bound man who was arrested and charged for attempting to smuggle cocaine and ganja out of Jamaica via the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay, was handed a mandatory two years and four months sentence and fined $1.3 million in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Jamaica-born Pat Baccas-Bowen, founder, CEO and host of Atlanta-based Future Movement Radio , has been appointed lieutenant colonel aide de camp by the governor of Georgia, the Honourable Nathan Neal.