The man seen in a video making expletive-laced remarks against Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been taken into custody. The police say Shaquille O'Neal Higgins was accosted today by the St Ann Police. Higgins was reportedly taken into custody...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Authorities in Haiti arrested a top official who served as general security coordinator when President Jovenel Moise was assassinated, his attorney told The Associated Press on Monday. Jean Laguel Civil joins...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 27, CMC - St Lucia's outgoing Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, said the results of Monday's general elections that resulted in his United Workers Party (UWP) suffering a heavy defeat has come as a...

Jamaica has recorded one more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 1,179. Those who have died are a 76-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation. And one more fatality is under investigation...

TOKYO (AP) -- It wasn't the ending that Naomi Osaka -- nor her multitudes of fans across Japan and worldwide -- had expected. The start of the Tokyo Olympics, however, will forever be a bright memory for the tennis superstar....

TOKYO (AP) -- Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. It all came to a stunning halt in the women's gymnastics final on Tuesday night with an uncertain vault. In a flash, the...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's capital, Tokyo, reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, days after the Olympics began. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged people to avoid non-essential outings, but said there was no...

The change in the time for the nightly curfews has left event promoters and entertainment players disappointed but thankful that the sector that was reopened last month has not been shut down again. Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday...

Jamaicans have been placed on notice to expect tighter restrictions next month as the Government moves to stave off a possible third wave of COVD-19 infection on the island. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in a media briefing yesterday, said the.....

Bishop Rowan Edwards said that he believes there would be an immediate change in some violent-prone communities if local churches were to be included in certain social outreach programmes. "If you arm the church and give them financial aid --...

Residents of downtown Kingston have been targeted for participation in an ambitious mushroom-growing project which is aimed at improving the lives and livelihood of residents in inner-city communities. Mushrooms, protein-rich organisms, have...

Some Clarendon farmers have expressed enthusiasm at news that a mango-focused agro-park is to be established in St Jago, Toll Gate. The project is being facilitated by the Agro-Investment Corporation, an entity under the Ministry of...

Kingston Creative is planning to launch its 'Cultural Weekend' after the full reopening of the entertainment sector. The Cultural Weekend will be a three-day event, Friday through to Sunday, centred in downtown Kingston. Co-founder and...

Hard work is paying off for Guys Hill High School student Nathan Douglas in unexpected ways. The teenager, whose dedication to his secondary-school advancement, found him seeking employment on a construction site in the midst of the ongoing...

The police are reporting that a man was arrested and charged over the seizure of an illegal firearm and two rounds of ammunition during a targeted raid in Coffee Piece, Belfield district, St Mary on Sunday. Charged with illegal possession of...

The Hanover police have charged 21-year-old Renardo Humphrey, otherwise called 'Nardo', a labourer of Middlesex in the parish, for allegedly breaking into the house of a disabled woman and raping her. The police report that about 2:20 a.m....

TOKYO (AP) -- For Quinn, a midfielder for the Canadian women's soccer team, the opening match of the Tokyo Games carried more emotional weight than their previous Olympic appearances. Quinn became the first openly transgender athlete to...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - President Irfaan Ali says that his administration is in the process of looking at new ways to increase vaccinations while taking a cautious approach to reopening the country. Ali says among the proposals being...

The Mount Salem Police recovered an illegal firearm while processing a crime scene at a shop in the Rose Heights community in St James on Saturday. The police say the cops recovered a Browning nine millimetre pistol with two rounds. It is reported.....

Jamaica has recorded two more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 1,178. The deceased are an 81-year-old male from St Mary and a 76-year-old male from St Ann One more death has been listed as coincidental. Meanwhile...