Three members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who were on duty the day a Jamaican fugitive, Orville Purnell escaped from Kingston Central police lockup has been placed on interdiction. Purnell is wanted in St Lucia for murder and...

The 55-year-old man suspected of killing six-year-old T-Mora McCallum in Text Lane in Kingston was last night beaten by residents and now remains under police guard in hospital. It is reported that about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the man...

A promoter in one of the island's western parishes said taboo parties have grown in popularity recently, as she believes society is becoming acceptable of sexual acts performed outside the bedroom. The promoter, whose name is being withheld, will....

Two women whose video promoting a party that promised sexual acts went viral are insisting that they would never sell sex. Shanice 'Combo Boss' Wilson and her friend Kedesha Lewis say they were bored on a Sunday during one of the weekend...

"It is not an apartment" was the admonition from Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie to vendors at the reopening of the Red Rose Fish Market in downtown Kingston yesterday. "It is to sell fish and nothing else. For those who are operating.....

In spite of price increases, meat cutters in the Cross Roads Market say they are still hopeful for many Christmas customers. Owner and operator of Lloyd Weise...

Chief investigator in the Clansman-One Dong Gang case yesterday testified that an ex-member of the latter group had told him that at least five persons were buried in the gang's alleged burial site in Waterloo Lane in Spanish Town, St Catherine.......

Some travellers who were heading for the US were left scrambling at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston yesterday as they were unaware of that country's new COVID testing requirements. Effective yesterday, the US requests that all....

A police-led manhunt is on for two gunmen who shot and killed an infant school teacher this morning in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth. Twenty-eight-year-old Chanel Smith, who was a teacher at the Sandy Bank Infant School, was attacked...

Earlier today, three wards of the state absconded the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre. The Department of Correctional Services is reporting they were discovered missing by a correctional officer during a regular check at the...

Eight firearms and 87 rounds of ammunition were seized between Friday, December 3 and Sunday, December 5 as lawmen continue their heightened operational activities to increase public safety and citizens' security. On Friday, December 3 about...

One man has been taken into custody following the discovery of a firearm and ammunition during a snap raid along Oliver Road, Kingston 2 on Sunday, December 5. One Browning 9mm pistol and eighteen rounds of ammunition were seized. Reports...

Patrons who were eager to be satisfied at the highly anticipated event called 'Combo' were left disappointed as lawmen in the St Catherine South Police Division clamped down on the event before it could get going. Superintendent Hopeton Nicolson.....

A woman who had just celebrated her 24th birthday died after leaving a party early Friday morning. Birthday girl Brianna Kerr was travelling on a motorcycle being driven by Derrick Coley, 40, which crashed along Mountain View Avenue in Kingston.......

When Antonio Baker left Jonathan Grant High in 2003, he had no subjects. The Brunswick Avenue, St Catherine, native, recalled wasting time while being a student at the secondary school. He often left the school's compound after registration and......

Some $300 million is being spent to rehabilitate the Mount Salem Primary and Infant School in St James. The project, which is about 15 per cent complete, is among the social projects being done under the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), which...

Every Christmas, for the past three years, Robert Nesta Morgan engages his five-year-old son in tree shopping. In addition to buying the tree, Morgan spends time with his son decorating the freshly cute pine. "It is something he looks forward to....

Acting director for community liaison at the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McLaren, has called for victims of domestic abuse not to retaliate with violence but to get out of the relationship and seek help. In making the call, McLaren...

The Government is considering a vaccine requirement for new entrants to the island's infirmaries. Admissions to the poor relief facilities were suspended last March as part of the move by the Government to limit the spread of COVID-19. However,...

Some 16,237 cruise-ship passengers have visited Jamaica on 10 different cruise calls since the island's ports were reopened to cruises. Last Wednesday, Carnival Cruise Line's Conquest-class cruise ship (Carnival Glory) gave tourism capital Montego....