Residents of Southern Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland, which is under a Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), are enjoying a year of relative peace since the security measure was instituted on January 16, 2022. Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, declared the ZOSO in the communities of Russia, Darling Street, and Dexter Street as a strategy to cauterise the rise in...

Twenty Jamaicans, who have given outstanding service to the agricultural sector in various areas, have been recognised for their contribution. During a ceremony on Saturday (January 14) at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston, the men and women were presented with the Agricultural Legacy Award by The Agriculturalist newspaper for their work as farmers, producers, exporters, scientists and researchers, educators,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has hailed Canada as one of Jamaica’s trusted and reliable bilateral partners. She noted that the 60-year diplomatic relationship between the countries has been integral to Jamaica’s continued development as a nation. Addressing a reception to mark the milestone at the residence of the Canadian High Commissioner...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is accepting entries for its 2023 competitions. These are the Jamaica Festival Song, Jamaica Gospel Song, Miss Jamaica Festival Queen, Jamaica Culinary Arts, Jamaica Creative Writing, Jamaica Visual Arts, and the National Festival of the Performing Arts in the areas of dance, drama and theatre, speech and music, traditional folk forms and deaf dance....

Still mourning the tragic death of one of its own due to reckless road use, the leadership of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is making an appeal to motorists to use the nation’s roads responsibly. On November 30, last year, 25-year-old Larenzo Douse, who was attached to the Ocho Rios fire station, was killed after a motorist overtook a line...

A project aimed at protecting the coastal town of Annotto Bay from storm surges, is scheduled to begin in June. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during Friday’s (January 13) hand over of the $258 million Port Maria Fire Station in St. Mary. He noted that the new project will be “another significant investment” in the...

Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Hanover, Dr. Kaushal Singh, is imploring residents and visitors to the parish not to drop their guard and to continue to protect themselves against COVID-19. In his report at the monthly meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation on Thursday (January 12), Dr. Singh noted that the parish reported only one active COVID-19 case in...