Economist Dr Thompson Fontaine has been elected as the leader of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), vowing to continue the party’s position on electoral reform through legal means including civil disobedience. Fontaine was elected leader at the party’s delegate’s conference on Sunday night, defeating...
The proposed introduction of paternity leave in Jamaica for fathers of newborns and family leave for adoptive parents bringing a new child into the home, is slated to come into effect on January 1, 2023. This was stated by Minister of State in the Ministry of...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the nation's COVID-19 response, delivered one final message Tuesday before he retires at the end of the year. "Please for your own safety and for that of your family, get your updated COVID-19 shot as soon as you're eligible,"...
Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul scored a fine First-class century against Australia Prime Minister’s XI on day two of the pink-ball Four-day warm-up match. The 26-year-old Guyanese made his sixth First-Class century while the West Indies reply to the Aussie’s PM XI 322 all out. West Indies ended...
Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion occurred near a typically crowded bus stop...