St Catherine businessman, Rowan Hinds, is to be sentenced in the Home Circuit Court on July 10 after pleading guilty to the charges of failure to secure firearm and manslaughter in relation to the death of his three-year-old son. Hinds pleaded...

Human rights group Jamaicans for Justice says today's verdict in the Mario Deane trial brings a measure of accountability in a case that has «come to symbolise the deep systemic failures within Jamaica’s justice and law enforcement systems»....

The seven-member jury in the Mario Deane trial has retired to begin deliberations on the verdicts for the three police personnel before the Westmoreland Circuit Court for his death in 2014. Corporal Elaine Stewart and Constables Juliana Clevon...

A man was fatally shot and a policeman injured during an alleged confrontation today in the community of Ebonyvale, Spanish Town, St Catherine. The injured corporal, who is assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division, was rushed to...

A St Mary farmer, 28-year-old Ranneil Hoilett, is in police custody following a ganja bust on Wednesday in the Three Hills area of the parish. Police sources say that ganja weighing 408 pounds with a street value of $6,120,000 was discovered at...

The three police personnel in the Mario Deane trial were today found guilty in the Westmoreland Circuit Court on all the charges stemming from Deane's death in 2014. Corporal Elaine Stewart and constables Juliana Clevon and Marlon Grant were...

Jamaica’s poverty prevalence for 2023 was estimated at 8.2 per cent, a decline from 16.7 per cent in 2021. Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr Wayne Henry, disclosed that it was “the lowest figure ever recorded since poverty...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighbourhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities said. “We have jet fuel all...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines on Thursday morning said its Boeing 737 jet services are currently experiencing delays due to a regional outage of the SITA satellite communication system, which supports critical...

Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren has named a mixed squad of local and international-based players for the upcoming Unity Cup set to take place in London at the Gtech Community Stadium. Jamaica will face Trinidad and Tobago on May 27 in...

Air traffic communications entity SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) is dismissing reports of an outage impacting airlines. The company says all is well with its systems. “We can confirm that our systems have been...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) projects that the initial impact of rising US tariffs on prices in Jamaica will be minimal. “In assessing the near-term outlook, the Monetary Policy Committee contemplated the implications...

A 61-year-old St Thomas resident died from injuries he suffered after being hit by a motor vehicle while walking along a roadway in the parish last night. He is Assaro Stewart, a handcart operator of Bamboo River in Morant Bay. Reports are that...

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) has officially unveiled the nominees for the 40th Annual JCC Awards as it honours trailblazers, innovators, and changemakers shaping Jamaica’s economic future. Announced during a recent media launch, the list...

Several residents of Grants Pen, St Andrew, say they do not want to return to the days when bloodshed and hostility were the norm in the community and citizens resented the police. The call for cooperation with the security forces comes on the...

The police are urging two men they say are creating «mayhem» in the Grants Pen area of St Andrew to turn themselves in to the Constant Spring police by 6 p.m. following this morning's fiery protest of the fatal shooting of a man during an alleged...

Medical Technologies Limited is threatening legal action against opposition spokesman on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, following claims he made regarding the procurement of a neurosurgical drill for the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew....

A one-handed St Andrew man was freed of gun-related charges in the Western Regional Gun Court in St James on Wednesday. Jabari Campbell, a 28-year-old music producer, was found not guilty of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition by High...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be undertaking several clean-up and beautification projects across the island on Labour Day, which will be observed on May 23. Executive Director of the agency, Audley Gordon, told JIS...

The Government will be spending approximately $832 million on critical mitigation work across the island, ahead of what is projected to be an active 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. This includes a $172-million allocation to be distributed among...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says two police officers seen in a video at a house were responding to a distress call concerning children and were not engaged in any improper conduct. The video has been circulating online, prompting...

A one-handed St Andrew man was freed of gun-related charges in the Western Regional Gun Court in St James on Wednesday. Jabari Campbell, a 28-year-old music producer, was found not guilty of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition by High...

NASSAU, Bahamas - A court in the Bahamas has sentenced a 37-year-old man to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping his pre-teen stepdaughter resulting in her getting pregnant. The court has also ordered that the man be...

High Court judge Justice Courtney Daye today instructed the seven-member jury in the Mario Deane trial to carefully consider whether to accept the testimony of an inmate who reportedly witnessed Deane being mistreated by the police officers being...

A 54-year-old St Catherine man was shot during a robbery at his home along Jones Avenue, Spanish Town early this morning. He has been hospitalised in serious condition with a gunshot wound to his head. Reports are that about 3:30, the man was...

Petrojam’s project to convert heavy fuel oil (HFO) into asphalt is progressing and is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of the 2025/26 fiscal year. This initiative involves installing new facilities to process HFO and produce asphalt...

Ride-hailing company inDrive has expressed sadness at the disappearance of university student Anisa Dilworth but says there is no record of her using its service recently. Dilworth, 20, a student of the University of Technology, Jamaica, was...

Businessman Robert Bell, who is charged for allegedly assaulting a nurse during what is believed to be a case of road rage, was denied bail when he made his first appearance in the Gun Court this morning. Bell is charged with assault occasioning...

Residents of Grants Pen in St Andrew today mounted fiery roadblocks to protest the fatal shooting of a man by the police during an alleged confrontation in the community this morning. They have accused the police of wrongdoing. The shooting is...

LONDON (AP) — A British judge ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown released on 5 million-pound (US$6.7 million) bail on Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in...

In celebration of Labour Day 2025, Volunteers Incorporated (VI) will lead a major volunteer-driven renovation project at the Oasis Children’s Home, located in Yallahs, St Thomas. Taking place on Friday, the exercise forms part of VI’s commitment to...