Reputed leader of the One Don Gang, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, had reportedly promised that he was going to get rid of all his cronies who had turned against him while he was in prison. An ex-member of the Clansman-One Don Gang who had secretly......

Shion Allen was just about rounding a kerb leading to the Kingston waterfront on New Year’s Eve in 2021 when she saw a man walk up to the sidewalk and take off his bag. What should have been a routine walk to work ended in a hellish nightmare....

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has expressed concern about the police’s interaction with mentally ill persons, noting t hat there have been three fatalities stemming from four incidents since the start of the year. Speakin...

Cecile Walker, acting president of the Greenwich Town Community Development Committee (CDC), used Thursday’s handover ceremony for green spaces at the St Andrew Primary School and Greenwich Town Fishing Village to call attention to the deplorable....

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has said that despite requests, it has never received footage from body-worn cameras to assist with any of its probes into the actions of agents of the State. INDECOM Commissioner Hugh Faulkner....

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reminding the security forces of the agreed criteria which subject its members to being retrained and recertified in weapons handling. The reminder comes against the background of recurring....

After 19 months of a strong police-military presence with the aim of dismantling at least seven heavily armed gangs and restoring peace in August Town, St Andrew, the build phase of the zone of special operations (ZOSO) has formally commenced. A...

Dennis Meadows, the former deputy chairman of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) who is embroiled in an unfolding scandal at the entity, has denied claims that he was part of a group that granted gun permits to persons previously denied, without....

WESTERN BUREAU: The head of the Westmoreland Police Division wants the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) social intervention committee to prioritise the issue of job placements for youth in the troubled Russia community who have already received......

The late Winston Witter, the jocular talk-show host and academic whose use of Jamaican vernacular and saucy wit wowed radio audiences and bucked mainstream trends decades ago, has been praised by friends and colleagues as “a voice for the poor”...

The Jamaican economy expanded by six per cent in the December quarter, largely spurred by the continued relaxation of global COVID-19 containment measures that facilitated increased domestic and external demand. Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ....

One lawmaker has described as “a deep crisis” the lack of proper skills training and sufficient educational support to juveniles in correctional centres. St Mary Central Member of Parliament Dr Morais Guy has warned that the absence of adequate...

The Holness administration has offered loans to Jamaican students in Ukraine wanting to return home amid uncertainty in the Eastern European country of an invasion by the Russian military. In an email to students last week, several of whom had...

Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has said that the petition for posthumous exoneration of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first national hero, deserves the unwavering support of every citizen of the world who stands for justice and equality.....

With ways to go in making public spaces and buildings more disabled-friendly, chairman of the Combined Disabilities Association, the Reverend Arthur Taylor, is hailing Monday’s long-awaited effecting of the Disabilities Act as a “bittersweet mom...

Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) CEO Shane Dalling has released a barrage of allegations against several employees at the under-fire entity, claiming that an extortion ring once headed by a former senior official benefited key players in the $6.5-....

The Integrity Commission (IC) has asked the Supreme Court to order an investment firm and a commercial bank to release information on an undetermined number of public officials who are the subject of its investigations. The Government’s main anti...

The former gangster who secretly recorded his phone conversations with alleged members of the Clansman-One Don Gang will return to trial to give evidence today about the audio as it is being played. The much-anticipated secret recordings were...

A high-school teacher in Manchester who admitted to having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old student on the school compound has been sentenced to almost 14 years in prison. The convicted teacher, whose name is to be added to the Sex Offender.....