(Jamaica Gleaner) Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in New Hope in Westmoreland, on Jamaica’s south coast, becoming the most powerful hurricane to strike the island. Landfall was reported around ...

(Jamaica Gleaner) After protracted and sometimes contentious negotiations between the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on the ...

In the folklore of the Eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia there is a popular character known as Ti Jean. He is a folk hero and his story is known in the island’s mythology. Part of the lore is the ...

GMIN Ventures Guyana Inc., a subsidiary of G Mining Ventures Corp., on Monday signed a landmark US$83m agreement with Komatsu–Genequip for the supply of mobile equipment for its flagship Oko West Gold ...

In an effort to decentralize mental healthcare services and to better target suicide and its triggers in Guyana, the Ministry of Health has launched the National Mental Health Action Plan and the ...

Local rum producer Angostura is continuing its focus on international expansion as it sees “great potential” in that area, says the company’s chief operating officer (COO) Ian Forbes. In an interview ...

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, Florida, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said today his administration is talking to seven countries about helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.-Israeli ...

Social media influencer and singer ‘Lolita ‘Lola Doll Callender’ was shot multiple times at point blank range after 11 pm yesterday through her car window as she parked her car near her Texas Circle, ...

The Supplementary Appropriation Bill number one for 2025 successfully passed through Parliament yesterday, amidst questions from Opposition members and an announcement regarding another delay in the ...

The sod was turned yesterday for the construction of Terminal 2 at the Cheddi Jagan International Air-port, Timehri by BHM Construction Inc out of the UK in collaboration with the Manchester Airport ...

Jemima Pierre, Ph.D., is a Haitian-born Professor at the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia and Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at ...

(Basdeo Mangru received his doctorate in History from the University of London. He is currently Associate Professor of History at York College, City University of New York.) For a considerable time ...