A buoyant murder-for-hire industry – through which Jamaicans engage marksmen to settle domestic disputes, disrupt love affairs, get their hands on insurance money and to bump off business partners – is believed to be the main driver behind the b...

Two guns that were seized by the police last year have been linked to more than 30 murders and shootings across several parishes over the last four years, senior law enforcement sources have revealed. The guns – a Smith...

NEW YORK: Law enforcement sources in the United States have outlined a number of key areas they believe Jamaica should focus on as it grapples with a high homicide rate and the continued use of the gun, many of which are sourced from overseas...

WESTERN BUREAU: Two unidentified gunmen were fatally shot in separate shooting incidents which occurred in the Newmarket and Thornton communities in St Elizabeth on Friday night into Saturday morning. The police have also reported that two illegal.....

Attorney-at-law Vaughn Bignall, who had been embroiled in a legal battle with the General Legal Council (GLC) for advertising his law firm’s services in the media and on social media, yesterday scored a major victory following a landmark ruling b...

Fear has gripped residents of Lowell Avenue in Duhaney Park after two men on a motorbike sprayed members of a household in the community with bullets yesterday afternoon. The Gleaner understands that four persons suffered bullet wounds and were...

WESTERN BUREAU: Newly minted Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce Aubyn Hill has identified the special economic zones (SEZ) as a key sector that can provide a well-needed boost to the Jamaican economy. Addressing the press launch of the.....

Senator Lambert Brown found himself in the cross hairs of President of the Senate Tom Tavares Finson during Friday’s sitting of the Upper House, when he tried to use his endorsement of the amendments to the The Sisters of Mercy of Jamaica, British...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Kamina Johnson Smith, has given the assurance that potential loopholes in the legislation governing the reporting requirements for real estate developers will be addressed when the laws come up for...

When Keonie White was just a few days old, she contracted pneumonia after her release from hospital. It was difficult to get transportation from the rural community of Auchtembeddie in Manchester, at that hour of the night, so her parents and...

Carey Fitz William Robinson, the journalist, author and historian known as the voice of the television programme, ‘Hill an’ Gully Ride’, has died. Robinson passed away in his sleep at his St Andrew home yesterday at the age of 97. He had been....

WESTERN BUREAU: The students of the Salt Spring Primary School in Salt Spring, St James, will now be able to walk along the roadway to and from school in a much safer environment, following Thursday’s official handover of the Jamaica Social...

SOMERSET, Manchester: Swirling dust caused by heavy-duty units carrying material through Somerset is just one of several issues that has triggered the ire of residents and taxi drivers, who are demanding solutions. During a protest on Thursday,...

On Friday the Senate was reminded of the selflessness, vision, kindness and charitable acts of the pioneering Catholic Sisters who, among other things, founded the Convent of Mercy (Alpha) Academy and whose legacy continues to impact the Jamaican......

A major data security breach at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Manchester could cost the Adventist-run institution millions of dollars as hackers have encrypted accounting and other files and are demanding payment for their release. A...

Law enforcers who have traditionally focused on hunting the triggermen behind Jamaica’s gangland violence are now targeting critical support cronies who repair and modify guns. The recent capture of an alleged armourer, dubbed ‘a ghost’, and.....

WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has rebuffed calls for his resignation amid an escalating homicide rate and pledged that Jamaicans will soon see the gains of an assault on violent crime. The country ended last year with.....

FAIRY HILL, Portland: The Portland police have confirmed that they have received reports that truckloads of white sand are being stolen in the dead of night from Winnifred Beach in east Portland. Commanding officer of the Portland police,...

Residents of the western St Thomas community of Grants Pen have slammed the access route to the under-construction South Coast Highway as unviable, but the state agency tasked with the roll-out has rubbished the counterproposals as impractical....

Following public outrage about new and increased fees, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) has moved to announce a new type of account, On The Go Lite, which will not incur charges, including at its own point-of-sale or automated teller machines (.....