Three persons were shot and killed this morning in Bounty Hall, Trelawny, after a group of six travellers were ambushed by men with high powered weapons. The deceased: 1. Daniel Williams, 24, otherwise called 'Alkaline', unemployed of Cross...

A woman who was stabbed by a man in Negril, Westmoreland, on Wednesday night, disarmed him and stabbed him to death with his own weapon. The deceased has been identified as Tejon Jackson, otherwise called 'Sean', labourer of Whitehall, also in......

Wayne Kerr, whose daughter Brianna and a man named Derrick Coley were killed under mysterious circumstances on December 3 along Mountain View Avenue, in Kingston, is furious that after 50 days, he is yet to hear from the police. "Only thing I...

A former Haitian opposition senator who is a suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise is said to be contemplating applying for asylum in Jamaica. The fugitive, John Joseph, appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish...

"Are you sure we are at the right place?" I asked my co-workers rhetorically as we drove into Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth. Just minutes earlier, I had rolled down the car window with the hopes of inhaling the spices from the shrimp vendors'...

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday urged Jamaicans to perish the thought of the country removing the need for the wearing of masks in public spaces. Under the Disaster Risk Management Act, the main legislative tool being used to...

A major player in the funeral business, Calvin Lyn, has described as "pure madness", the announcement by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Britons will no longer be required to wear masks as of Wednesday. Clinicians have recommended the...

Dancehall artiste and prolific songwriter Frankie Sly is so appalled at Jamaica's high murder rate that he has penned a song which speaks directly to it. The working title of the Cassette Jones production says it all - A Couldn't Jamaica This. "....

An ongoing feud on Plum Lane in Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew claimed the life of a 39-year-old businessman yesterday morning. According to police reports, at 7:35 a.m. Craig Gooden, aka 'Sprinta', operator of Splinta Auto Parts, was opening his....

A social enquiry report was requested for a woman who confessed to physically assaulting her two children when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Julene Adams pleaded guilty to child abuse and was given the...

Six persons have been killed over the past six days in St James, the latest happening yesterday in Mount Pellier, where a recording artiste was shot dead and another man shot and injured. So far the deceased has only been identified by the stage....

A sales clerk who was caught trying to smuggle ganja into a police lock-up in the Corporate Area was made the subject of a probation order when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Roxanne Buchanan pleaded guilty......

The Transport Authority is warning all public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators to stop overcharging commuters. The Transport Authority also says that although no fare increase has been granted for PPV operators since last year, they have...

World's oldest man dies The world's oldest man has died less than a month shy of his 113th birthday. Saturnino de la Fuente - was due to celebrate his next year on February 8 - passed away in the Spanish city of Leon on Tuesday. The shoemaker.....

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC: Barbadian voters bought into the philosophy that they are "safer with Mia" and re-elected the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) into government, with a consecutive clean sweep of the 30 seats in Parliament. Preliminary.....

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says with more than 700 beds occupied in public hospitals by coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, the priority is to save lives. Speaking with reporters at the National Health Fund (NHF) Marcus......

Popular dancehall producer ShabDon, who allegedly offered $2 million to a cop to remove an illegal firearm from his grey Mercedes-Benz motor car, is to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on March 28. The accused, Linval...

The Transport Authority is warning the operators of public passenger vehicles to immediately desist from overcharging fares. The authority says it has received complaints from several commuters that taxi operator have been issuing notices of...

Two security guards were charged in connection with the Boxing Day robbery at the Red Stripe warehouse on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. Michael Haughton, 30, of Oakland Road, Kingston 11 and Kemar Forbes, 22, of Gordon Town Road, St ...

The police in Portmore have made major breakthroughs into investigations of the death of a Flow Technician who was murdered at his home, after he refused the demands of gangsters to remove a CCTV surveillance camera he had set up at his house....