The Matilda's Corner police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at his home on Sandy Park Road in St Andrew. He is 60-year-old auto-body repairman Wayne Blaine. It is reported that about 7:30 a.m., Blaine's body was found...

As part of efforts to locate missing children, an initiative is to be undertaken to broadcast messages to the public on digital screens under the Ananda Alert system. The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says the move boosts...

Three St Catherine men accused of being involved in lottery scamming were today each granted $200,000 bail with surety in the parish court. Akeem Haye, Tashon Sterling, and Steve Wilson are charged with breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent...

A man who was being sought in relation to last week's shooting death of an alleged gang leader in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew has been arrested in St Mary. The police say the suspect was apprehended around 6:00 a.m. on Monday during an...

An argument between a man and his uncle reportedly over a piece of property turned deadly in Bog Walk, St Catherine today. The nephew reportedly attacked and chopped his uncle, who is a licensed firearm holder, with a machete and the man opened...

The police in Portmore, St Catherine are investigating the death of a man who reportedly fell from a ladder during the passage of strong winds on Monday. The deceased has been identified as 55-year-old Devon Cunningham. The Gleaner understands...

MIAMI (AP) — A hurricane warning was issued Tuesday for a portion of southern Mexico as Tropical Storm Erick gained strength in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center said Erick was expected to rapidly intensify and...

It is the transitional period, a natural biological process before menopause, where a woman might believe she’s actually dying based on what’s happening to her, physically and emotionally. For women not familiar with the effect before it actually...

President of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, Dr Ransford Davidson, has hailed the developments taking place in the parish, along the north coast, attributing the growth to strategic investments, visionary planning, and the commitment of the...

The number of men screened at the annual Jamaica Cancer Society’s St Ann-St Mary Branch’s Men’s Health Fair, held in collaboration with the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), continues to rise. During the recent health fair at Turtle...

The Falmouth Health Centre in Trelawny is to be expanded as part of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Operation Refresh initiative. This was stated by Portfolio Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, during a press briefing at the centre on June 13...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is extending its internet connectivity drive to craft markets, beginning with the Kingston Craft Market, one of the largest in the island. Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Charlton McFarlane, said the...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it has restored power to over 41,000 of the 50,000 customers initially impacted by strong winds across sections of Jamaica on Monday afternoon. The JPS says the winds from the squall line threw debris,...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that its Special Arrears Settlement Programme has so far yielded over $18.6 billion in outstanding taxes. The programme allowed taxpayers with outstanding debt for selected tax types to pay the...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Anti-Lottery Scam Unit (ALSU) says it seized about $15 million in cash during operations in Hanover between June 12 and 14. The seizures were made under its ‘Scam Done, Justice a Run’ initiative. The JCF's...

The Portmore police in St Catherine are investigating the death of a worker at a stud farm in Clifton, whose body was found on the compound with gunshot wounds. Dead is 30-year-old labourer Renaldo Coates, a resident of Clifton. It is reported...

The police in St Thomas on Saturday night seized over 4,000 pounds of ganja in knitted bags in an unoccupied building at Cerlean Bay, Prospect in Morant Bay. A 70-year-old man who was found at the premises was taken into custody. The police say...

Jamaica’s murder toll surpassed 300 homicides on the weekend, according to the latest serious crime statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). As of June 14, the murder count stood at 303. This means that 14 people were...

A woman was killed and four others injured, including three minors, in St Mary early this morning when the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a concrete column. The deceased has been identified as 30-year-old Alldine McLeggon of Grant’s...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that approximately 50,000 or about seven per cent of its customers have so far been affected by outages caused by a squall line that affected the island on Monday afternoon. The weather...

Residents of Hampstead Park in St Andrew Eastern are set to benefit from safe, legal, and reliable electricity under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Rural Electrification Project. The grant-funded initiative, being jointly undertaken...

The Linstead Criminal Investigation Branch in St Catherine is probing the shooting death of a man along a roadway in Barnett district in Above Rocks. Dead is 27-year-old farmer Chanderpaul Creary, who lived in the area. No motive has been...

BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that...

A man who was positively identified by a police constable as the shooter in the execution-style killing of a man three years ago has been acquitted of murder and gun charges. Tyrick Phillips, otherwise called ‘Juss Buss’, of Adelaide Street in...

For Danielle Grizzle, a third-year construction management student at the University of Technology (UTech), the dream of becoming a site supervisor and project manager once seemed on the brink of collapse. “I would cry,” Grizzle shared, reflecting...

Jamaica College (JC) is celebrating its seventh consecutive year topping the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) virtual High School Stock Market Game. The team, coached by Mr Oliver Irons and comprising Justin Phinn, Jocade Hudson, Kyle Brown, Dhruv...

Sandy Bay Primary School in Hanover has emerged as the winner of the Trees for Peace Competition, an initiative of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information. The...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Multi-Country Office in Jamaica says it is ready to partner with Jamaica and The Bahamas on securing scaled up disaster resilience and recovery financing, including provision of technical assistance...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) has cleared WH Car Service, the popular Chinese-operated auto repair shop, to reopen following investigations into labour law compliance. The garage, located at Ferry Pen, near the St Catherine–St...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness argued Sunday that Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters are the administration's most «constructive critics» unlike some followers of the Opposition People's National Party, whom he suggested are not informed...

A People’s National Party (PNP) government will make it easier for police officers to access licensed firearms, Kingston Central representative Steve McGregor has declared. McGregor, a retired senior police officer, was addressing party...

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie has declared that the party will not back down in the face of what he described as political attacks from the People’s National Party (PNP), vowing that Labourites will stand firm behind...

Member of Parliament Rhoda Moy Crawford declared Sunday that Jamaica is at a crossroads and voters should support the Jamaica Labour Party, 'the builder', and reject the People’s National Party, which she labelled the bulldozers. “Every single...

The People’s National Party (PNP) says it will ensure that every Jamaican child becomes literate by the end of its first term in office. Opposition Spokesman on Finance and Member of Parliament for South East St Andrew, Julian Robinson, made the...

The Denham Town police in Kingston have charged a 20-year-old barber with multiple firearm-related offences following an incident in the community on May 9. He is Jaheim Bailey, otherwise called ‘Puddie,’ from Rodney Street in Jones Town. He has...