RV Marquette Volleyball Preview: at Seton Hall & at St. John’s

Marquette has seven matches to prepare for a de facto Big East title contest. Seven matches between now and November 1 when they wind their way into Omaha to face Creighton for the back half of this years’s home-and-home series. The goal for the...

Experts warn US-Grenada military deal could test Caricom unity

Senior Multimedia Reporter [email protected] International consultant and former Jamaican ambassador Curtis Ward says the United States does not need a base in Grenada to act militarily against Venezuela, as Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s...

Costly lift-off

Jamaica’s three domestic aerodromes – Negril, Ken Jones, and Tinson Pen – together with Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA), have accumulated nearly J$2 billion in maintenance, security, and repair costs over the past six years. According to...

The Emerging Designers Pushing Fashion Forward

If there’s a common thread among the emerging designers shaping fashion’s future today, it’s that their origins and perspectives reach far beyond the traditional fashion capitals of Paris, Milan, New York and London. These days they also come from...

Christiana Post Office to be renovated and digitised as NIDS enrolment centre

(From left) Cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for Manchester North Eastern Ambassador Audrey Marks; Postmaster General Lincoln Allen; branch manager for the Christiana Post Office Sanique Morgan; and senior director of corporate services...

State leader welcomes newly-appointed foreign ambassadors to Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) – State President Luong Cuong on October 3 received the Ambassadors of Finland and Canada and the non-resident Ambassadors of Jamaica, Tunisia, Slovenia and Tajikistan to Vietnam who came to present their letters of credentials....

Man killed in alleged confrontation with police in St Catherine

A gunman who allegedly challenged police personnel in St Catherine Sunday morning has been fatally shot and a loaded gun seized from him. The deceased has been identified as Kenroy Richards, otherwise called 'Pops', unemployed, of Wakefield...

State leader welcomes newly-appointed foreign ambassadors to Việt Nam

HÀ NỘI – President Lương Cường on October 3 received the Ambassadors of Finland and Canada and the non-resident Ambassadors of Jamaica, Tunisia, Slovenia, and Tajikistan to Việt Nam who came to present their letters of credentials. Welcoming...

St. John’s Law Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum takes inspiration from school’s Vincentian call to service

As a nationally recognized expert in police and sentencing reform, St. John’s University Law School Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum might not seem like an obvious fit for a program known as a hub for bankruptcy, real estate and criminal prosecution....

Cedric Stephens | Mitigating hot spot danger

The Garfield Batts Hotspot Solutions Foundation, GBHSF, was launched at Mr Batts’ funeral service at the St Jude’s Anglican Church, Stony Hill on September 13. He died while driving home to Kingston through the Bog Walk Gorge when his vehicle left...

Pure National ice factory awaiting BSJ sign-off

Nearly a year after its plant was almost totally destroyed by fire, Pure National Limited, Jamaica’s largest manufacturer of ice, says it expects to restore operations shortly. The company is in its final stages of testing its newly restored plant...

Alorica’s Business Triples in India

Business Wire India Alorica Inc., a global leader in digitally powered customer experiences (CX), announced major investments in India with the opening of a new location in Bhartiya City and expansion of its sites in Bangalore (Pritech Park...

From ‘big DJ’ to ‘Maroon emperor’

In the not-too-distant past, there was one sentence scrawled under bridges, across walls, and in some unusual places that was certain to cause a lot of emotion: “LA Lewis is a big DJ”. It made some people annoyed, others shook their heads in...

3 NYC Casino Plans Made It to the Final Round. What Happens Now?

Support local news today! Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. Since the publication of this story, the developers of the Yonkers casino...

Queens (11432) Husband Accused of Murder-For-Hire Plot in Divorce Dispute – URGENT UPDATES

Jamaica, Queens (11432) – A Queens man is facing serious charges after allegedly hiring another man to kill his wife in the middle of a bitter divorce battle, prosecutors said. According to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, the husband’s...

Children of TikToker Rosalee removed from home as part of ongoing probe into alleged abuse - CPFSA

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it moved to remove the children of popular TikToker June 'Rosalee' Dixon from their mother as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged abuse. The agency says it stepped in to...

‘Reluctant’ truck driver returns to the stand in Maitland murder trial

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A clearly peeved delivery truck driver was recalled as a witness in the constable Noel Maitland murder trial on Wednesday in the Home Circuit Court in downtown, Kingston. The truck driver returned to the witness stand to assist...

Sweet Catch BK’s unapologetically Black anniversary party celebrates with Ten to One Rum partnership

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GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut

This James Bond film from 1995, reissued for its 30th anniversary, is named after Ian Fleming’s own “Goldeneye” estate in Jamaica – though perhaps oddly, the film’s only Caribbean location is supposed to be Cuba. There’s a fair bit to enjoy here,...

IT’S A SMALL WORLD

Brookhaven International Festival returns! Travel the world without leaving Brookhaven at the 2025 Brookhaven International Festival, Oct. 18-19. While the annual community celebration is moving to a new location at Lenox Park for 2025, its...