Tensions flared in Spanish Town on Saturday morning as sympathisers of reputed Clansman gang enforcer, Sheldon Walters, otherwise known as Termite, reacted to news of his demise. Reports indicate that Walters, along with two associates, were...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) will be undertaking several initiatives aimed at enhancing workforce productivity and the local economy’s competitiveness. These include a public awareness campaign to educate employers and employees about the...

Communications and entertainment provider FLOW Jamaica recently staged the flagship launch of its Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Poster Campaign, an initiative which it notes marked a significant step forward in its commitment to fostering a...

Two teams from the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) argued their way to first- and second- place positions at the grand finals of the National Collegiate Debating Competition held at St Ann’s Moneague College on Tuesday, April 2....

Carnival in Jamaica has come to an end. But, Xodus Carnival continues to accelerate operations, placing focus on giving back to the community. Their latest endeavour involves partnering with the HerFlow Foundation for a community outreach...

Mitzie Stewart became despondent with her regular job and was eager for a change in environment. She wanted to spend more time with her children, and working as a security officer did not give her the opportunity to be involved in their daily lives...

Two men who allegedly shot and killed a man in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, last year were remanded when they appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court, on Friday. The accused are 30-year-old Shelldon Brown and 20-year-old Gregory...

Elvis Jones, the Jamaican businessman who was arrested on fraud-related charges after his deportation from Panama last week, has been acquitted. Jones, 52, of Portmore, St Catherine, was facing two counts of fraudulent conversion for allegedly...

The Minister of Culture, Olivia Grange, says she has been left saddened by the death of Bishop Dr Ronald Blair, who passed away today at age 86. “We give thanks for and celebrate the life of Bishop Dr Ronald Blair who for an...

The Attorney General's Chambers has asserted that today's ruling by the Constitutional Court does not mean Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn will have to vacate the office. The Court ruled that an extension which was...

Cases in which Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn KC ruled on or prosecuted during the time she was in office when she got the second extension cannot be declared to be invalid under the Constitution. The Constitutional Court ruled...

One of four former workers at a gas station in Independence City, Portmore, St Catherine accused of stealing money from the sale of phone cards was freed on Thursday in the parish court after he made restitution. Corey Carter, who was employed as...

Three men and a woman were on Thursday arrested by the police in St Mary arising from the seizure of over 100 pounds of compressed ganja. They are being held on reasonable suspicion of breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act. The police report that...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC –  The Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations (CFPWA) Friday condemned the recent attacks on members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), particularly this week's murder of Constable...

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says the Government will be appealing this morning's decision by the Constitutional Court that the Director of Public Prosecutions' extension was unconstitutional and will be seeking a stay so that Paula...

HARTFORD, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says agents have arrested a Jamaican man who was convicted of second-degree robbery with a weapon in Connecticut. ICE said that Enforcement and Removal...

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North police have launched an investigation into the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in Bog Walk last night. He has been identified as Kemar Edwards, unemployed, of...

Students and teachers at Irwin High School in St James are in mourning over the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy during an attack by a group of students on Thursday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Raniel Plummer.  When our...

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wants People's National Party (PNP) Westmoreland Western aspirant Ian Hayles to withdraw and apologise for marking claims about the distribution of water tanks in the constituency. Hayles, in a video posted on...

Approximately 22 police stations across the island are now utilising the Station Records Management System (SRMS), allowing citizens to make real-time reports to the police. The system helps in the reduction of time to make applications for certain...

King's Counsel Michael Hylton says Paula Llewellyn will have to step down «as of today» as Jamaica's director of public prosecutions (DPP), barring an appeal, following a court ruling that her extension in the post last year was...

Jamaica's data protection regulator says the law does not prevent releasing the names of parties to a contract, contradicting Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) which has refused to name the owners of properties it's leasing. "Mere...

Students and teachers at Irwin High School in St James are in mourning over the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy during an attack by a group of students on Thursday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Raniel Plummer.  When our...

The Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) is being hailed by a former beneficiary for “levelling the playing field”. Doctoral candidate Jordon Freeman was presented with the PATH Trailblazer Award by the Ministry of Labour...

The VM Group recently awarded the grand prize winners in its iLive iSave iWin Millionaire promotion. The promotion, an initiative of the VM Building Society (VMBS), was aimed at encouraging consistent saving habits among its members. The promotion...

Well-known Jamaica-born Bronx-based accountant, Alfred Simms, has died at the age of 78 years. Simms, who succumbed on April 5 after a long illness, was one of the founding members of the Arnett Gardens Football Club. He was part of the management...

Although the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom (UK) issued an official apology to Jamaica and the Caribbean on Sunday for its participation in the dreadful transatlantic slave trade from 1501 to1867, Pastor Bruce Fletcher, chief...

Christopher Thomas/Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court is expected to hear on Friday whether the prosecution in the case of Mickey Miller, who is before the court on cocaine charges stemming back to 2007 when he was first...

A police team reportedly seized a Glock pistol with a magazine containing three rounds of ammunition after being shot at along Hagley Park Road in St Andrew on Thursday. The police say about 2:50 p.m., three men were seen travelling in a...

A St Catherine man who allegedly hit a woman in the face after she refused to pay him extortion money was granted $200,000 bail when he appeared in court on Thursday. Cedric Brooks, who is charged with demanding money by menace and assault...

A murder convict who was granted leave to file an appeal 11 years after he was convicted and sentenced in 2004 has lost his appeal. He is Webster Brown, who was convicted in the St Ann Circuit Court on February 5, 2004 and on February 20, 2004...

The bilateral aviation agreement between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic has fostered increased cultural exchange in tourism and increased commercial trade, thereby facilitating the creation of new business ventures and encouraging additional...

Forty-year-old Theron Lugg, otherwise called 'Ruddy', of Windsor Heights, St Ann has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a woman on Market Street in the parish on April 7. The deceased has been identified as 48-year-old...

Mona High School in St Andrew has been closed today and Friday amid ongoing violence among students of several Corporate Area schools. This major development was disclosed in a circular obtained by our news team this morning. It's...

Strike action by correctional officers at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre this morning forced an adjournment of the Clansman Gang matter in the Home Circuit Court until July 11. Only nine of the 23 accused men including the alleged gang leader,...