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The death of four-year-old Shannon Gordon, one of five persons murdered during Sunday night’s mass shooting in St Catherine, has left her relatives and teachers shattered. During the incident in the community of Commodore in Linstead, labelled by...
Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness, Chief Hansard Reporter Carl Bryan (centre), and Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Colleen Lowe, lead the Opening Ceremony for Orientation of Members of Parliament at Gordon House on September 30.

Members of the new House of Representatives are expected to turn out in their numbers today for their first working day at Gordon House, more than two weeks after they took the Oath of Allegiance. The parliamentary agenda for today includes...
Kingston Freeport Terminal staff looks on as the Port Authority of Jamaica and Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited officially welcome the arrival of two new Super Post-Panamax cranes – a US$20-million investment aimed at expanding Jamaica’s capacity to

Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) and the Port Authority of Jamaica yesterday welcomed the arrival of two new Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes to the island. The acquisition of the equipment has been characterised as a major step in...

A group of students hurried to take shelter under a lone tree from the blazing mid-morning sun after a physical education class at the Old Harbour High School in St Catherine, recently. Watching from the sidelines, Principal Lynton Weir shared his...

SAN DIEGO (CMC): The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says officers from its San Diego, California office have arrested two Caribbean nationals among four undocumented immigrants who are convicted child sex predators. ICE...

Jamaican authorities confiscated more than 250 endangered and exotic species of animals over the last five years amid worrying signs that more locals are seeking to cash in on the global multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. A total of 274...

Straw purchasing of guns is a major concern for United States (US) authorities and at least one state attorney general is calling for urgent attention to effectively have the upper hand in combating firearms trafficking locally and internationally...

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ recently publicised claim that Jamaica’s doctor internship programme is currently oversubscribed, questions and doubts still remain about whether there are enough interns now in the...

The granddaughter of Senegalese royalty, Lady Mariéme Jamme has one main objective and it’s to use her platform to impact the lives of disadvantaged girls worldwide. She wants to do this by empowering them with educational tools for economic...

Trade unionist Lambert Brown, an industrial relations adviser to the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), is claiming that the Orders used for the interdiction of Dr Aujae Dixon are not applicable, amid discussions about the September 17...
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