The escaped prisoner, who says that it was never his intention to kill the policeman, after disarming and shooting the cop, yesterday apologised to the injured officer and begged him and his family for forgiveness. The 30-year-old convict, Ricardo....

Renowned actor Volier ‘Maffie’ Johnson has died. Sources have confirmed that Johnson’s daughter called with the news late last evening. “He had been confirmed to attend Deon’s [Silvera] party tomorrow and said he couldn’t wait to dance o...

Disgraced bank manager, Andrea Gordon, who is serving a 90-month prison sentence for robbing the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of $34 million, is to return to the Home Circuit Court on September 17 in relation to the Assets Recovery Agency’s plan...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging local and international investors to transform idle properties across Jamaica into meaningful economic activities. “Put together more deals and transactions with these properties that are just laying there,...

West Retreat, Portland: A teenager is dead while a man is now battling for life at the Port Antonio Hospital following a horrific three-vehicle accident along the West Retreat main road in Portland shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday. The deceased,...

Western Bureau: Homeless persons in Falmouth, Trelawny, are now poised to have a home as Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie broke ground on Thursday for the construction of a $25 million home for the homeless in Falmouth. The building, the.....

Western Bureau: Two women have been arrested and charged by the Hanover police following the conclusion of investigations into a recent operation in which millions of dollars worth of counterfeit and ‘uncustomed goods’ were seized at a house an...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Portland Eastern Ann-Marie Vaz has taken People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding to task over criticism he made against her regarding the state of murders in the parish. Addressing a divisional conference...

MANCHESTER: For the month of June, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has removed 1,301 throw-ups in several communities across central, south and northeast Manchester even as they seek to encourage residents to secure electricity legally. However,......

Paying attention to proper diving protocols can and has been making the difference for trained and certified divers as against those who are expert divers but have had no formal training, according to information provided by the Discovery Bay...

A high-profile party promoter has warned critics flagging emerging breaches of safety regulations at parties not to blame the entertainment sector if COVID-19 infections surge. Already, videos have started to circulate of maskless patrons huddled.....

Jamaica’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie and the cadre of workers on front-line duties during the 16-month fight against the spread of COVID-19 were the big winners at Thursday night’s RJRGLEANER Honour Awards Ceremony....

Pulmonologist Dr Kimberly Johnson vividly recalls the male patient who clung to her like a baby as he made the transition from life to death during treatment on the COVID-19 ward at the National Chest Hospital in Kingston. She remembers the trauma....

WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister Alando Terrelong has come out in support of black girls who wear Bantu knots, denouncing critics as self-haters. “It is discriminatory and reeks of racial prejudices steeped in self-hate,” Terrelonge, the junior......

Jamaica’s anti-corruption oversight body has recommended that parliamentarians and government officials be required to declare a raft of other financial assets as part of their statutory declarations to the Integrity Commission. In its annual...

Councillors of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation have almost unanimously demanded that they receive similar allocations as members of parliament under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). All 63 members of parliament are allocated $20...

Haiti, the hemisphere’s poorest and most unstable state, is now under a state of emergency following the predawn assassination of President Jovenel Moise and the wounding of his wife, Martine-Marie, on Wednesday. There are now fears that its...

Former Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Derick Latibeaudiere has supported a proposal from Jamaica’s anti-corruption watchdog for senior central bank personnel who are involved in regulations, examinations, or inspections to be restricted from...

Hope Zoo, Jamaica’s primary wildlife park, is facing possible closure because of a slump in revenues. The shutdown could force administrators to find new homes for its approximately 1,100 animals. The Ministry of Agriculture, which helped fund th...

Charging that the United States has had a “bad track record” in dealing with Jamaican seafarers under the Shiprider Agreement, prominent attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is insisting that details surrounding the newly established protocols and...