The St Andrew Central Police Division have arrested and charged 21-year-old Rushane Thompson, a warehouse assistant of Swallowfield Road, Kingston 5, with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, following a search of his home on Monday....

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it will open select Tax Offices this Saturday March 13, and every Saturday up to April 24, 2020, as it continues in its efforts to bring greater convenience to taxpayers as the fiscal year end draws...

Dancehall superstar Andre Sutherland, better known as Popcaan, has secured his first RIAA Gold certification. The artiste's 2015 single 'I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)', which features American rapper, Young Thug, was...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana's Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, said on Tuesday that 180 COVID-19 samples are being sent to the Icahn School of Medicine in New York for genomic sequencing, to determine if there are any variants...

Today will mark one year since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Jamaica. Since then, we have faced several curfew restrictions, lockdowns in some parishes, rising hospitalisations and an ever increasing death toll. Here is a look back at the....

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- In countries with historic ties to Britain, allegations by Prince Harry and Meghan that an unnamed member of the royal family had "concerns" over how dark their unborn baby's skin might be have...

Three St Catherine wanted men have been apprehended following intensified operations by police personnel within the parish and other divisions within the past two weeks. One of the men has since been taken into police custody, another was fatally......

Effective April 1, students seeking a loan from the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB), will now only require one guarantor instead of two. This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, who said this is being...

Jamaica on Tuesday recorded three more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 463. The deceased are: A 66-year-old female from St Elizabeth A 62-year-old female from St Catherine. A 28-year-old female from Westmoreland All three deaths were...

Five persons were reportedly killed in a shoot-out with members of the security forces in August Town, St Andrew this morning. The shooting reportedly occurred in a section of August Town known as Bedward Gardens, which residents say does not...

There is a now a Joint police-military operation under way in Bedward Gardens, August Town. It is being reported that a member of a joint police-military team was injured in a gun battle with alleged criminals. This was confirmed by Commanding...

The first coronavirus vaccine in Jamaica has been given to Marcia Thomas Yettman, a public health nurse. Thomas Yettman received her first jab at the Good Samaritan Inn in Kingston. She is among a host of frontline workers who are receiving...

The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) is carrying out investigations regarding an alleged incident of buggery of a minor in Clarendon. Head of the Clarendon Police Division, Senior Superintendent Glenford......

(CMC) : Cricket West Indies (CWI) president, Ricky Skerritt, has lashed out at the "antiquated, self-centered, and confrontational mindsets" of his opponents in the upcoming elections and says the March 28 showdown would be a chance for the...

After spending only two months in a home she had moved into on the outskirts of Mandeville, Manchester, with plans to continue building on her skills and sustaining herself, Peaches Hyman lost everything in a fire. The September 2020 ordeal,...

The mother of the taxi operator who was charged after a scuffle with a policeman in May Pen, Clarendon, last Thursday, is accusing the cops of assaulting her son while taking him into custody. Evelyn Dunkley, 55, said that when she visited her...

TURIN, Italy (AP): Sergio Oliveira scored in extra time to send 10-man Porto into the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite a thrilling 3-2 loss at Juventus yesterday. Porto, which played most of the second leg at a numerical...

The season of Lent is a period in which some persons substitute meats for seafood. Therefore, it has always been a good season for fisherfolk in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine. But COVID-19 has changed the fortunes of many. A visit to one of the......

When Wilford Wilson was attending Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester in 1990, he discovered that he had a knack for the arts after observing his friend Andrew Ingram. "He was the one who really inspired me, he is a very good artist. He....

The St Andrew Central Police Division have arrested and charged two men with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition following an incident that ended on Woolwich Crescent in Kingston 3 on Friday, February 5. Charged are 29-year-old David...