KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 22, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed his support for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), urging Jamaicans to reject criminality as debate continues over a deadly police operation in St Catherine that left two officers dead and a child seriously injured. Speaking at a handover ceremony for the East Palms […]

PAHO highlights recent increases in dengue cases in several countries and the resurgence of chikungunya transmission in areas where the virus had not circulated for several years. WASHINGTON, Oct 22, CMC – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is urging Caribbean countries to strengthen disease surveillance and prepare health services for possible increases in dengue […]

A major upgrade of State Highway 76 Brougham Street in Christchurch is set to move into its second stage of key roading improvements, as a new pedestrian and cycle bridge prepares to open, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. “Downer has been appointed to carry out work on Stage Two of the SH76 Brougham Street Upgrade,” […]

Previously overlooked places around the UK will be better able to make the case for investment, thanks to changes confirmed by the Prime Minister today to help break down barriers to growth. As part of the government’s work to drive good growth in every postcode, the Prime Minister set out plans to deliver a package […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 22, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging landowners with unused property in developed areas to consider selling it to the Government to help expand housing opportunities for vulnerable Jamaicans. Holness made the appeal on Wednesday during the handover of two-family housing units under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) in […]

By Randy Bennett BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 22, CMC – The Barbados Gems and Trinidad and Tobago’s Calypso Gems continued their unbeaten run in the Americas Netball World Cup Qualifiers with contrasting victories at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex on Tuesday. While the Gems needed a spectacular performance in the fourth quarter to edge past Saint Lucia […]

The RAF’s Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft will be equipped so they can fight fires and are ready, when requested, to help crews across the UK battle blazes on remote moorland, steep hillsides and other hard-to-reach terrain. Firefighters on the front line in England will be boosted by additional specialist wildfire teams and state of the […]

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon delivered remarks as part of her “The Next 250: American Education” speaking series. The Secretary is delivering these speeches to highlight Trump Administration’s K-12 education, workforce, and higher education accomplishments, and to lay out the vision for the next 250 years of education in our nation. Secretary McMahon […]

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today investigative findings that Ohio State University College of Medicine (OSU Med) discriminated against white and Asian students in granting admission to its 2023, 2024, and 2025 incoming classes. OSU Med’s discriminatory conduct violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race or […]

The Department of Justice announced today that it has secured the denaturalization of two individuals who illegally obtained U.S. citizenship by not disclosing their prior criminal activity. “Securing denaturalization is the final step to strip citizenship from those who conceal crimes or defraud the American people,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the […]