St.The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here...

St.A responsible knock of 46 from 34 balls by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to defeat West Indies by six wickets under Dockworth-Lewis method in the rain-affected third One-day international here...

London, Jul 3 : Staff at the luxury Caribbean resort have banned troubled singer Amy Winehouse from swimming in their pool, as she does so after marathon boozing...

India won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the third one-day international cricket fixture here...

While roving around Spanish Town, The Gleaner team ran into some young men in Rivoli.They were at the Kingdom Builders Church of the Open Bible helping to put up a tent for a health fair. They are...

Photo by Robert Lalah Pastor Norman Lewin plays with children from the church's basic school. Lewin says the school is part of the church's outreach programme to the...

Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterThe three employees who were fired in April by Contractor General Greg Christie for allegedly withholding critical information have taken him to the Supreme Court seeking...

Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner WriterWESTERN BUREAU:The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country's...

The United Kingdom has increased the fees to enter the region for Jamaicans effective July 6.The British High Commission, in a release, reminded Jamaicans that payments were to be made at the...

CMC:Jamaica on Friday called on its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours to devise a proper mechanism that would lead to increased intra-regional trade."Trade and the smooth flow of trade can't...

Ryon Jones, Online News WriterWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going, especially in these challenging economic times. This was the collective mindset of 18 persons who turned up at the...

WITH THE University of Technology (UTech) announcing plans to establish a faculty of law, and an increase in the number of locals reading for law degrees overseas, at least one member of parliament...

CARSON, Calif. — Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the Gold Cup on Friday night. Gerba volleyed Mike Klukowski's...

By Paul Mitchell GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP) -- India dodged the showers to eke-out a workmanlike six-wicket victory over West Indies in the rain-hit third One-day International on Friday at the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (OPM) -- Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding told journalists on Friday that "interesting ideas have been discussed" at an informal caucus of Caribbean heads about the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, is currently in discussions with Algerian officials about supplying Jamaica with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)....

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Percival James Patterson, on Thursday, charged Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to stand up and be counted for the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (OPM) -- Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that within a single market, trade has to be rule based and cannot be dependent on an exporter getting hold of a Minister to...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that all independent states within this hemisphere have been severely affected by an infusion of organised...

CARSON, Calif. -- Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute as Canada opened the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Friday. It was Gerba's fifth career Gold Cup goal, tying Carlo...

SANTO DOMINGO - An Air France plane from the Dominican Republic to Paris had to turn back shortly after takeoff due to a problem with the air conditioning, the company said Friday."A problem was...

Rasbert Turner, Star Writer The mother of a 13-year-old is in custody while the police are searching for entertainer, Zebra, who has been accused of sexually assaulting the child.Garfield 'Zebra'...

Charged with unlawful wounding is Kareen Daley. Daley appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday and pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge. She told the court that...

Charged with shop breaking and larceny are Kemar Daniels and Omar Lindo. Daniels is also charged with receiving stolen property. The court was told that the men gained entry to the store by cutting...

A release sent from the MOJ said approximately five men have been occupying the entrance to the courthouse after work hours and weekends, and have started the dangerous practice of cooking on the...

DWAYNE McLEOD, Staff Reporter The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ruled that dancehall artiste Bounty Killer is to be charged in connection with a gun-related incident in 2007.The deejay,...

SANTO DOMINGO.- Aimed at continuing to spur the country’s tourism development, the Tourism Ministry with a US$3 million contribution from Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and...

Lawyers representing deejay Ninja Man, real name Desmond Ballentine, and his son Janile are expected to make another bail application on their behalf in the Corporate Area Gun Court...

A man whose sticky fingers got him in trouble with the law will get the chance to put those fingers to work after he was sentenced to 50 hours of community service for simple...

Police are bracing for reprisal attacks following the murder of four men at the Live Wire Sports Bar and Grill (formerly La Roose) on Port Henderson Road, St Catherine, on...

A 45-year-old man who was admitted in hospital after he sustained injuries in a vehicular collision on the Harmony Hall main road, Trelawny, on Sunday, June 28, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday....

Tashieka Mair, Star Writer WESTERN BUREAU A Canadian man who tried to smuggle drugs out of the island to help him clear mortgage and tax obligations, was sentenced to six months in prison at hard...

Information reaching THE WEEKEND STAR is that a group of 19-year-old men got into a dispute earlier this week allegedly over a female choir member. The Area Five police confirmed the incident but...

HAVANA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Cuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain "a formidable obstacle" to...

Top prospect ditches Cuba A top Cuban pitching prospect with a 100 mph fastball has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ESPN The Magazine...

faced the greatest risk of a U.S. attack since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and was forced to boost its defenses, the official Cuban daily Granma reported...

PORT ANTONIO (JIS) - Residents of Kensington, Portland, participated in a day of cultural activities in the community, sponsored by the Manchioneal Circuit of Methodist Churches, on Saturday(June...

MANDEVILLE (JIS) - Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, wants young Jamaicans to make their contribution to nation building, by becoming involved in various career options. "Times have...

KINGSTON (JIS - Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson, has said that his Ministry is pursuing the resumption of the Cuban Energy Saving Light Bulb Programme. "Any programme that involves...

KINGSTON (JIS) - Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the Jamaica Teachers Association's(JTA) 16th Annual Golden Torch Award Ceremony for Service in Education at the Hilton Kingston...

Jamaica's former world 100 metres record holder, Asafa Powell, will be seeking to become only the second man in history to post more than 50 sub-10-second results when he runs at the Bislett Games in...

The recent one-day retreat involving Senator Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, the Jamaica Racing Commission, Caymanas Track Limited and the...

SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic participates in Caricom’s 30th Conference of Heads of State and Government which concludes July 5 in Georgetown, Guyana, where the regional bloc’s relations...

Leroy Brown, Gleaner Writer The Burger King Amateur Boxing Series, promoted by the Jamaica Boxing Board, will continue this evening at a new venue. It will be Boxing on the Beach at the Barbican...

KINGSTON, Ont. — Kingston police investigators continued Friday to piece together the puzzle that might explain the deaths of three sisters from Montreal and their aunt, who somehow ended up in a...

Four bodies pulled from a submerged car at the Kingston Mills Locks Tuesday are those of three sisters aged 13, 17 and 19, and a related 50-year-old woman from Quebec, according to Kingston police.A...

Orville Clarke, Gleaner Writer Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew at Caymanas Park tomorrow, the Pick-9 having been caught by only one punter. He received a cool $1.9 million.The Pick-9 will...

Veteran sports administrator Mike Fennell has been returned as president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) for another four-year term.Fennell was one of nine officers and directors elected at...

Start delayed due to rain Umpires: C R Duncan, N J Llong, B C Broad, G E Greaves West Indies: Gayle (C), Morton, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, Ramdin (W), Taylor, Bernard, Benn, Rampaul ...

KINGSTON - Water supply problems that have plagued large sections of the Corporate Area for decades might soon be a relic of the past, with the roll-out of a US$195-million (J$17-billion) megawater...