Convicted killer Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald is to return to the Home Circuit Court on February 5 of next year for a plea and case management hearing in connection with the alleged murder of his first wife. The 70 year-old businessman is...

Five men, including a 72-year-old, implicated in the almost $12-billion cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew in August, are expected to apply for bail when their case is mentioned on November 11 in the Home Circuit Court. The defendants, Kingston...

Today, SOS Children’s Villages Canada announced the launch of YouthRISE, a three-year project with a goal to reach some of the most disadvantaged young people in Jamaica and Mexico, enabled by funding from Scotiabank’s ScotiaRISE initiative....

THE HIGH Commission of India (Kingston) and AllKare Wellness Foundation will host their annual New Kingston Health Fair on Sunday, October 20, at the Victoria Mutual Group Parking Lot, St Lucia Avenue in New Kingston. According to Leroy Dallas,...

AN ALL-NIGHT vigil and search for the five men suspected of shooting four privates of the Royal Hampshire Regiment who went with local police personnel to raid a Rasta camp in Red Hills, St Andrew on Tuesday, June 22, 1960 was futile. The...

People's National Party Member of Parliament for Manchester North Western Mikael Phillips could be facing court regarding is 2022 statutory declaration. A report by the Integrity Commission, which was tabled in Parliament today, indicated that...

President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson, is strongly rebuking Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Retired Justice Seymour Panton, for suggesting that reports from the Integrity Commission might have leaked into the public...

The police are reporting that two people were arrested early Tuesday morning in Caribbean Estate in Portmore, St Catherine during an intelligence-led operation targeting suspected lottery scamming activities. In custody are a 32-year-old man who is...

The police are appealing to motorists who had their cars broken into or stolen at last night's football match at the National Stadium to come forward and make a report. A viral video showing several cars with damaged windows has been making the...

Members of the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee of Parliament and the leadership of the anti-corruption body on Tuesday debated whether a declarant who is being investigated by the entity can go public about the probe or is restricted by...

The taxi driver who was seen on video damaging a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus has been taken into custody. The police say he was apprehended today during an operation to nab him. They say the owner of the taxi came forward on Monday and he was...

The Government has commenced the transitioning of workers at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its four regional branches into 3,813 new permanent positions. The transition exercise, which includes drivers, sanitation...

The bus park at Nelson Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, has been cordoned off as investigators probe a police shooting incident at the location.  Buses are being rerouted and pedestrian traffic has been curtailed.  The...

Three policemen who were charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act were freed in the St Catherine Parish Court on Monday after the prosecution conceded that it could not mount a successful case against them....

AS PART of a global push towards the growth of the creative economy and cultural district revitalisation, Kingston Creative has partnered with key stakeholders to spearhead the transformation of downtown Kingston. This placemaking initiative aims...

WESTERN BUREAU: Amorkard Brown, the councillor for the Leamington division in the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC), says there are approximately 300 people in his division living in substandard housing conditions. “I may be able to...

Western Bureau: Dr Kaushal Singh, the medical officer of health for Hanover, says he is concerned about the high rate of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the parish, describing the situation as a ‘silent epidemic’. “We are going through a silent...

SuperClubs Resorts Chairman John Issa has been named a member of The Bahamas Order of Excellence by Bahamas Governor General Dame Cynthia Pratt and Prime Minister Philip Davis, in recognition of his exemplary service and friendship to the...

FROM THE very beginning, there was opposition to the rise of the Jamaican folk religion now known as Rastafarianism and its founder, Leonard Howard, who established a camp near Sligoville in St Catherine. The camp was called The Pinnacle because it...

Unstable weather associated with a tropical wave currently across Hispaniola is expected to affect Jamaica on Tuesday, noted the Meteorological Service of Jamaica. The tropical wave is expected to merge with a developing area of low pressure...

Nineteen-year-old Rohan Davis of Cherrington Road, Kingston 2, who was charged with the murder of a man on Yellow Sea Drive, Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11 on Thursday, April 6, 2023, was sentenced to life imprisonment when he appeared before the...

Lawmaker Juliet Holness' company, JAJ Development and Holdings Limited, and marketing consultant Charlene Ashley are again attempting to settle their bitter dispute over land in St Andrew.  A court trial, which started in May 2023 and last...

Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Beryl now have more time to apply for financial assistance through the National Housing Trust (NHT). The agency has advised that the application deadline for both the Disaster Relief Grant and the Special Home...

A call has been made for employers to foster emotional wellness in the workplace, as a means of increasing productivity, reducing illnesses and building motivation. Making the call, Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services at the...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded today to three economists who have studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open societies are more likely to prosper. The work by...

The Caribbean will observe Caribbean Statistics Day tomorrow, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS). Grenada's Prime Minister, Dickon Mitchell, hopes this milestone prompts Caribbean...

King's Counsel Peter Champagnie has been appointed Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council. The appointment took effective on October 1. Champagnie, who is well-known for his work in advocacy, has been practising as...

The Independent Commission of Investigations has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a Jamaican man who lived in the United States by a policeman at an event in Ewarton, St Catherine last night. The cop reportedly had to beat a...

Plans are advanced to expand the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, to include sports education. The JET programme offers highly qualified university graduates the opportunity to work as Assistant Language Teachers or Coordinators for...

The police have charged two men for the death of a man who died from severe injuries after being set on fire. Charged with murder are 57-year-old security guard Garnet Dale, otherwise called 'Lazarus', and 42-year-old Kemar Wilson, both of...

Three months after Hurricane Beryl wreaked havoc in sections of St Elizabeth, residents of Goshen, particularly pensioners and PATH beneficiaries who rely on the postal agency for their survival, are still feeling the effects. The category-four...

Ocho Rios, St Ann: Bucket loads of accolades and achievements were poured out during the 40th anniversary banquet of the class of 1984 of the St Mary High School, which was held Saturday night at Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St Ann. The event,...

The family of Rainford Crosbourne is desperately searching for him after the 71-year-old went missing from home in Willowdene, Spanish Town, Saturday afternoon. Crosbourne, otherwise known as Crosie, Maas Ren or Uncle Ren, was last seen wearing...

Twenty-six months after its launch, Project STAR is celebrating notable progress in the five target communities where its social intervention programmes are transforming lives and revitalising neighbourhoods. Saffrey Brown, Project STAR director,...

Regional law-enforcement leaders gathered in Kingston between October 7 and 8 to deliberate on how to deepen partnerships to implement effective law-enforcement strategies and legislation to enhance the region’s cybersecurity resilience. The...