An Ananda Alert has been activated for 15-year-old Marco Dean Mullings of Naggo Head, St. Catherine who has been missing since Tuesday, December 28. Also missing is 19-year-old Shadell Clarke of  Milford Road, Ocho Rios in St. Ann  has...

A security guard shot and killed a man who attempted to rob the Scotiabank in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St James early this morning. The deceased is yet to be identified by the police. It is reported that about 8:45 a.m., the man, who...

A Portland man who said he was the person threatened by a policeman in a video that has been circulating on social media says he is now living in fear. The man said that since his encounter with the lawman nearly a week ago, he has hardly...

A St Mary woman is demanding justice after she says she was assaulted by a cop on Christmas Day. Lorraine Flemming-Rhoden, 63, said the police were called to her home in Clonmel following a dispute between her son and his girlfriend. "The...

The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has caused some world leaders to reinstate coronavirus restrictions amid fear that health systems could crumble due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases. The Netherlands government has ordered the...

The continued closure of the St William Grant Park in downtown Kingston has caused consternation for several persons who rely on the park for health and recreational purposes, as well as to earn a living. The park, named in honour of renowned...

A number of vendors in downtown Kingston say last weekend's turnout at Grand Market night on Christmas Eve was below par, but they are cautiously optimistic that things will improve when buyers come to shop on New Year's Eve on Friday. The...

Former sugar cane farmers in Kinloss, Trelawny, have gone into animal husbandry and other economic pursuits since the decline of king sugar. Through the support of the Caribbean Community and Common Market's Food and Nutrition (CARICOM FaN)...

St Lucians warned for fifth COVID wave St Lucians were on Monday warned of the potential of a fifth wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hitting the island. Cletus Springer, the chairman of the country's COVID-19 Management Centre (CMC.....

Raymond Sylvester, 24, otherwise called 'Prince', of 9th Street, Kingston 12 has been charged following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Monday, December 27. Sylvester is charged with illegal possession of...

A one-year-old girl is in hospital in serious but stable condition after she was shot in her buttocks and leg by gunmen as she slept early yesterday morning. Her father, Anthony Campbell, 22, was shot and killed in the incident that took place......

When Jodeon Davis-Lawrence decided to try her luck at the Wish Upon The STAR promotion, made possible through Digicel, NCB Foundation and THE STAR, she had no idea she would have won. But what has added even more joy to her life is the donation....

On Christmas Day, Orane Blackwood was chilling with his friend Ricardo Morgan down on Beeston Street in central Kingston, where they both resided. The 25-year-old said that he had a bad feeling that someone from their community was about to die.....

Kitson Evans, father of missing Hanover university student, Chaleen Evans, has admitted that after three days of searching, he is beginning to lose hope of finding her. The 27-year-old woman disappeared in bushes on the outskirts of the upscale......

Investigators in the St Catherine North Police Division were kept busy on Christmas Sunday, as two men were shot dead by gunmen in the Lakes Pen community. In the first incident, reports are that at 11:55 a.m., 30-year-old Rasheed Meyers,...

When Tamicia Porter got laid off from her job in the business process outsourcing sector, she had to find an alternative source of income. After some thought, she found out that her crotchet needle was the answer. Fast-forward six months later...

Organisers of the 1City Feed the Homeless and Toy Giveaways Christmas treat say that they are pleased to have met their targets, while also putting a smile on the faces of thousands across the Corporate Area last Friday, Christmas Eve. The joint.....

After nearly a decade of battling endometriosis and nearly removing her womb, Amanda Dawkins says she is grateful to have been blessed with a daughter. Endometriosis is a disorder that causes the tissue that should line the uterine walls to...

Despite being born on December 25, Jodi-Ann Archer, 32, doesn't get too worked up when celebrating her birthday. "My siblings always say I don't do much on my birthday but because it is a public holiday and everybody is celebrating family time, I....

Dane Brown, who now collects trash for cash at the Fairview traffic light in Montego, St James, says it is better to earn an honest wage than to beg. The 29-year-old Brown, who is known as the 'bucket man', recently took up the initiative to...