A 41-one-year-old mason was arrested and charged on Friday after a gun and 36 rounds of ammunition were reportedly seized at his home in Montpelier, Sandy Bay in Hanover. Kingsley James is charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and...

STAMFORD, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency on Friday said agents from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts, arrested a Jamaican fugitive wanted in Jamaica for rape...

A man who pleaded guilty to stabbing a woman to death, allegedly in self-defence, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Friday. The accused, Ricardo Leachman, was charged with the murder of ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian leaders have ousted Frantz Elbé, the beleaguered director of Haiti's National Police, following months of criticism that he wasn't doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs. A...

The Guy's Hill police in St Catherine on Saturday morning recovered a stolen motor car and arrested two men on suspicion of larceny of motor vehicle. It's reported that about 8 a.m., a police party was on patrol in Berkshire Hall district...

On Friday, June 7, there was a promotion ceremony at the Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland in which Jamaica-born Dr Raquel Peat was elevated to the rank of rear admiral (RDML O-7), effective May 1. The Senate of the...

WESTERN BUREAU: With Jamaica’s annual hurricane season having started as of June 1, and with 1,522 reported cases of dengue fever in St James since last September, St James’ medical officer of health Dr Tanique Bailey-Small is renewing calls for...

The El Instituto de Mandevilla 40th Anniversary Homecoming and Awards Banquet did not meet the $5-million fundraising target. However, the organisers said the overall event was a success. As part of the event, the organisers intended to raise funds...

THREE OUTSTANDING students have emerged as the top finalists from the first round of the 2024 Junior Minister of Tourism Competition, held at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St Ann, on Tuesday, June 11. After a highly competitive public-speaking event...

Healthy Woman Ja has taken the next step in its evolution with the creation of its charitable arm, the Healthy Woman Foundation Limited, and the identification of its first five awardees under its Future Leaders Scholarship. A long-time dream of...

A mother is distraught after her son was allegedly beaten up by the police at the Mandeville lock-up in Manchester on Thursday. 

The Kingston Central police have charged a 33-year-old security officer over the seizure of a Glock pistol on Price Lane in the parish on Friday. 

The police and the Independent Commission of Investigations are investigating the death of a detainee in a lock-up in Trelawny on Thursday.

Human rights group Jamaicans for Justice is calling for the repeal of Jamaica's buggery law so that forced anal penetration can be classified as rape. Currently, under the Sexual Offences Act, men and boys cannot be legally recognised...

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Adjhanie Walker, a student of Hypolite Road, Kingston. About 7:05 p.m., on June 7, Walker and the 12-year-boy, were reportedly involved in a physical fight when the boy ...

Human rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is urging parliamentarians to support Opposition lawmaker Lisa Hanna's proposal for the law to be amended to redefine rape to protect men and boys. 

Two women have been charged with wounding with intent after they allegedly stabbed a man during a fight in their community in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on May 29.

Five people, including a father and his son, have been murdered in Hanover between last night and early this morning.  The father and son and another man were reportedly killed last night in Johnson Town in the parish. In another incident...

A man who pleaded guilty to having sexual intercourse with a person under 16 years old was given two years' probation in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Friday. He is Gerald Humes, 20 years old, of Planters district, St Catherine. Attorney...

The Court of Appeal panel hearing the Vybz Kartel retrial matter has received a report from the Supreme Court showing that two cases have been sent back for retrial in the Home Circuit Court since 2018. They are murder matters sent back for retrial...

Five people, including a father and his two sons, have been murdered in Hanover between last night and early this morning.  The father and sons were reportedly killed in a home invasion last night in Johnson Town in the parish. In another...

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has advised that no ban is currently in place on ride-share applications amid the refusal of local telecommunications companies to block the apps. Vaz announced the ban on ride-share applications in his Sectoral...

The absence of a comprehensive psychiatric report has resulted in the postponement of sentencing for Simeon Ramsay who pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter for the death of his parents. When the matter was mentioned in the St Catherine Circuit...

Over 100 line staff employed to the five star Round Hill Hotel and Villas, located in Hopewell, Hanover, have taken strike action, affecting operations at the resort. The employees, who are represented by the National Workers Union (NWU),...

Bird Shack Jamaica, a Montego Bay-based fried chicken franchise, has announced a commitment of J$5 million to Project STAR, a social and economic transformation initiative aimed at revitalising under-resourced and underserved communities across...

Remediation in literacy and numeracy for children aged six to 13 years will be the main area of focus at the annual summer intervention programme at The Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education Centre (MICO CARE). The...

“REGISTER, register, register,” Celia Barclay, Jamaica’s information commissioner, urged business attendees at Tuesday’s ‘Enhancing Security for Compliance with Jamaica’s Data Protection Act’ forum, hosted by Blue Chip Strategies at the Terra Nova...

PEOPLE FROM ‘yard’ and abroad will descend upon the Portland Maroon community of Charles Town from Thursday, June 20 to Sunday, June 23 for the 16th annual International Charles Town Maroon Conference and Festival, under the theme, ‘Land: Ancestral...

FOUR UNIVERSITY students of Jamaican descent in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have been selected to participate in the 2024 GraceKennedy (GK) Birthright Programme this summer. Following a rigorous selection process, the outstanding...

The Government has signed a US$20 million loan agreement with the World Bank for a project that will see the establishment of a national unemployment insurance scheme. 

The St Catherine North police have expressed concern that most of the 37 murders committed in the division since the start of the year have occurred in rural areas beyond Flat Bridge, and they are seeking a man they believe is involved in several...

The police have identified the bus driver who perished in a crash along the Font Hill main road in St Elizabeth on Thursday morning as 50-year-old Junior Ramsay of Fort Williams in Westmoreland. About 3 a.m., Ramsay was reportedly...

The recent death of 20-year-old Brittny Hunter has renewed calls for a stoplight to be placed at the Brunswick Avenue and Wynter's Pen Road intersection in St Catherine.

The man accused of killing three-year-old Asher Campbell in Pagee, St Mary, on May 29 has indicated to the court that he is willing to represent himself at his trial. Thirty-three-year-old Devon Williams was without legal representation...

The Court of Appeal has warned that the murder case involving entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused will not be sent back for a retrial if the witnesses are not available to testify. “This Court will not be sending any case to...