KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Recording artistes Yaksta and Bellwetha have released the visuals for their collaborative effort entitled "The Farmer and The Banger" causing widespread backlash on social media. The controversial single has been making the rounds on social media and is raising eyebrows due to the subject matter, especially considering the fact that Yaksta is of the Rastafarian faith. However, according to Bellwetha the single is just artistic expression. "As...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica (YEA), Cordell Williams, is encouraging micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to become more actively involved in business associations as Jamaica expands opportunities for local businesses through public procurement, reconstruction projects and other government-led initiatives. Williams said that while government agencies must continue to address structural barriers that make it difficult for smaller businesses to participate, entrepreneurs also have...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Floyd Green advised Opposition House Leader Phillip Paulwell that the House Committee is not the appropriate forum to examine administrative arrangements, individual employment contracts or staff resignations. “The matters that you have raised are not in the remit of the House Committee,” Green stated. “It would be quite inappropriate that the committee should examine administrative arrangements, personal employment...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A police constable was on Wednesday offered bail on murder and shooting charges in the St James Parish Circuit Court arising from a 2025 incident in which one man was fatally shot and another injured. Constable Randy Campbell, 37, is accused of shooting a man known only as Kyron, who later succumbed to his injuries, and then shooting another man during an incident on April 29, 2025....

KINGSTON, Jamaica — With Jamaica recording a significant reduction in murders and other serious crimes, one attorney and a technology youth engagement consultant are urging that similar urgency be applied to violence occurring within homes, families and intimate relationships. According to attorney-at-law, Rodain Richardson, the domestic violence statistics are sobering. Richardson pointed out on Wednesday that Jamaica recorded 7, 559 reported cases of domestic violence in 2025, which is a...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Children at Morris Knibb Preparatory School had a pleasant surprise awaiting TotalEnergies Jamaica's team members, who visited the Miraflores Drive, St Andrew, school last Tuesday for a tree-planting and fire-drill exercise, involving more than 400 students. “When I pressed the fire alarm, you could instantly hear chairs moving and teachers directing the children. They also had multiple exit points,” said Shanice Samuels, health, safety, environment and quality officer, TotalEnergies...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew East Central, Dennis Gordon, has revealed that he has given up 25 per cent of his salary to a faith-based initiative managed by Bishop Herro Blair. He has also acquired a property for $20 million to ensure tenure for approximately 100 residents who faced eviction. “That is leadership empowering people,” Gordon said Tuesday during his contribution to the 2026/27 State of the...

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police are now on the scene of a murder where a businessman was shot by a gunman in Knoxwood near Lacovia in St Elizabeth Wednesday morning. Sources have identified the businessman as Carl Brown, a contractor and equipment rental company owner. Preliminary reports are that sometime after 11:00 am, a black Toyota Voxy motorcar drove up to a premises in Knoxwood and a gunman alighted from...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has moved to scale back the amount it will spend to lease the new headquarters of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) at the Digicel Building, at 14 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. This decision comes after much public backlash following the Government's announcement that it signed a five-year lease with a valuation of US$26.00 per square foot for a total annual cost of US$725,972....

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A St Andrew man was granted $30,000 bail with two sureties in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman who repeatedly rejected his advances to enter into a relationship with him. Allegations are that the accused, Dantae Smith, visited the complainant’s workplace in Papine on several occasions and propositioned her to be in a relationship with him. The complainant...

MIAMI, United States (AFP)—Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico and could strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, forecasters said. The storm is expected to approach the northern Gulf coast of the United States on Friday, the National Hurricane Centre said. As of Wednesday morning, it was churning 420 kilometres (260 miles) northwest of Puerto Progreso, Mexico and 540 miles south of the mouth...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 47-year-old man accused of stealing a gold-coloured chain valued at US$2 from a visitor to the island was denied bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Horace Brown, a resident of Golden Spring, St Andrew, faces a larceny charge after an incident along North Odean Avenue, St Andrew, on Thursday, July 16. Reports from the Half Way Tree police...