A 54-year-old St Catherine man charged for the alleged sexual molestation of his 15-year-old stepdaughter was on Tuesday granted $300,000 bail with one or two sureties. The accused is answering charges of sexual touching, sexual grooming, and...

Motorists will pay less for gas when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $0.79 to sell for $148.55 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $0.77 to sell for $156.56....

A fire broke out in a section of the May Pen Cemetery in west Kingston on Wednesday. However, no injuries were reported, and the blaze was confined to a «very small» area, according to Robert Hill, chief executive officer of the Kingston and St...

The Trelawny police have come out against the illegal sand mining in Stewart Town. It is reported that mining activities have been observed along the Dornoch River, which falls within a no-mining zone in the Cockpit Country. "We became aware of...

The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists says it hopes the religious freedoms of Sabbath-keepers will not be infringed upon in the Government’s plan to open select tax offices on Saturdays. The announcement was made yesterday by...

Two policemen who were accused of shooting and killing a man in St Catherine 12 years ago were freed in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday. They are constables Ricardo Johnson and David Williams of the St Catherine South police division...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday extended its ban on flights to Haiti’s capital until September 8 because of escalating gang violence, which the UN’s human rights expert on the Caribbean nation said is more dire than ever. The...

The police in Manchester have charged a man for the shooting death of two persons and the injury of another in an attack at a bar in 2024. Killed in the attack were 39-year-old businesswoman Taniesha Burton and 74-year-old Wilford Mallison, both...

The Westmoreland Circuit Court was advised today that Deputy Superintendent of Police Kevin Francis, who has been testifying in the trial of three cops in the 2014 beating of Mario Deane, will be unavailable for the next five days due to ill...

The St Catherine South police have launched an investigation into the death of a man in Old Harbour Bay in the parish on Tuesday night. The deceased is Davin O'Sullivan, otherwise called 'Beenie Man', a 30-year-old fisherman of Budho, Old...

A top economist has described the Government’s budget for the upcoming financial year as “credible”. Dr Adrian Stokes cited, as evidence, the Government’s commitment to run a balanced budget for the 2025-2026 financial year, which begins on...

Two more persons have been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a $47.5 million phishing scam at the National Commercial Bank (NCB). The arrests were made about 5 a.m. Wednesday by personnel from the the Major Organised...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will be introducing Saturday operations at select tax offices in every parish across the island. The move is aimed at improving taxpayer convenience and boosting revenue collection. TAJ currently provides...

In a bid to enhance professional development within Jamaica’s security forces, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Area 5 Division, in collaboration with HEART/NSTA Trust, officially launched its Capacity Building Educational, Social, and...

The total annual cost of adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood in 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is estimated at US$15.3 billion or, on average, one per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report released this...

BambuSparks Publishing is enhancing its mission to birth 10,000 new Caribbean authorpreneurs by 2030 with an inaugural Publishing Summit...

Jocelyn Stovall’s little sister was four years old when she needed open-heart surgery, traveling from Prattville to a Boston hospital to undergo the procedure. Stovall, a music performance major at Huntingdon College at the time, went with her for...

The Annual Diplomatic Corps Dinner will take place this Thursday, March 13, at King’s House, beginning at 7:00 p.m. This highly anticipated event, hosted by Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, serves as a distinguished occasion for...

Lilleith Hill-Marson, the Jamaican woman in New York who was reported missing by her family, has been found alive and well. The 61-year-old was located at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, where members of her family visited her today. An intense...

A man was arrested and charged today for stabbing his brother repeatedly on the grounds of the St Catherine Parish Court, moments after the two had undergone mediation at the courthouse in relation to a previous incident. Charged with unlawful...

Southwest Airlines will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals. Southwest, which built years of...

A Portland cashier was arrested and charged on Monday for allegedly pocketing rent money collected on behalf of her employer. She is 23-year-old Jada Lindsay of Mount Pleasant in Hope Bay, who has been charged with larceny as a servant and...

The 18-year-old charged for allegedly breaking into White Marl Primary and Infant School in Central Village, St Catherine was today remanded in the St Catherine Parish Court. Prince Brown, of Windsor Heights in Central Village, is charged with...

NEW YORK, CMC – Michael Blake, the son of Jamaican immigrants, says his decision to run for Mayor of New York City is driven by his belief that “New York City deserves better and is due the best in leadership.” Blake, who grew up in a working-...

A 58-year-old man was fatally shot at his home in Central Village, St Catherine last night. He has been identified as Devon Brown, a mason from Compound in the area. According to reports, around 10:20 p.m., Brown was at home when he was attacked...

Finance Minister Fayval Williams, in her maiden budget speech on Tuesday, sought early to draw a clear distinction between the Andrew Holness administration and past governments, declaring that Jamaica would not return to reckless spending to win...

The Government has started wage negotiations with public sector unions for new deals, with Finance Minister Fayval Williams confirming that 11 claims have been received so far. The current three-year contract period will end on March 31....

Prime Minister of St Vincent, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has responded to statements made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the alleged abuse and exploitation of Cuban professionals by some countries. Gonsalves, who was addressing a public...

Sangster International Airport (SIA) says it has been alerted of fraudulent Facebook pages falsely claiming to be the official 'lost and found' service for the airport. In a media release on Tuesday, the airport's management said these pages...

An intense search is under way in New York in the US to find a Jamaican woman who has gone missing since Wednesday March 5. Missing is 61-year-old Lilieth Hill-Marson who has not been seen or heard from since leaving an appointment in Manhattan...

The off-duty policeman implicated in the shooting of a Ribbiz Ultra Lounge employee earlier this year was this morning offered $1 million bail when he appeared in the Gun Court section of the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Constable...

The operator of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston is advising that a full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise simulation will be conducted at the airport on Thursday. The exercise will take place between the hours of 4 p....

Laura’s Basic School in St Andrew is one step closer to expanding its facilities at its Baldwin Crescent location, thanks to the Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew. The club has pledged to construct three additional classrooms and a kitchen within the...

Measles is not often seen in the western hemisphere, but persons are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in the United States. Last week, an unvaccinated child died in the outbreak in rural West Texas, which...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness said it has taken note of the advice of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), which recommends that member states continue their efforts to sustain the elimination of measles...