Deadly gun violence that erupted in Hermitage, St Andrew, on the weekend, has driven fear into a grieving family and forced the abandonment of a peace march in August Town. Dadrian Shaye, 33, was reportedly shot in the head and his one-room wooden.....

Twenty-year-old Whitney Sinclair just can’t wait for the next crisis to conquer. The Glengoffe, St Catherine, native has bounced back better from just about every adversity and is carving out niche global markets in Africa, Europe, and North...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Relief agencies in Portland are now bracing for an influx of Haitian boat people arriving in the northeastern parish following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise and fears that the political turmoil in the CARICOM.....

National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has lamented the pace of investigations and prosecutions of alleged criminals, suggesting that institutional hurdles inside and outside the police force are to blame for trial delays and acquittals. Chang....

(Associated Press): Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on the island on Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis in one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory......

A multiagency search was still under way late Sunday for the Fallen Star fishing boat that set sail from Honduras but disappeared in the vicinity of the Pedro Cays. Fifteen Honduran fishermen were said to be on board. Roger Lyn, director of...

Head of the Kingston Eastern Police Division, Superintendent Tommie Lee Chambers, and a group of stakeholders will be visiting Jarrett Lane today following the shooting deaths of two men and the injury of three others on Saturday night. The...

Almost a week after the revelations, Jamaicans do not know which two of their lawmakers are subjects of a major corruption probe by the Integrity Commission, even as the two main political parties admit the allegations are “serious” and they w...

A businessman has been ordered by the Jamaican high court to remove a flock of exotic birds and other pets from his home in the upper-class Norbrook, St Andrew, area after one of his neighbours complained about the noise nuisance. Alexander Haber,.....

Thirty-five years ago, David Swanson, then a 26-year-old marketing executive, and his new boyfriend, Chris, decided to take their first holiday together in the Caribbean. They chose Jamaica. Barring the rainy weather over the first three days, the.....

Hundreds of Jamaican men are deeply scarred from forced sexual encounters during childhood, usually at the hands of older women who leave trails of psychological nightmares in their wake. That is the argument from experts as the island’s multi-......

Western Bureau: It would appear that the Government’s decision to ease the strict lockdown measures, which had been keeping the entertainment sector in check since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, could backfire as a result of the rampant...

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...