Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that it is not Jamaica’s intention to create division among CARICOM states, arguing that the country’s decision to name Kamina Johnson Smith as a candidate for the post of Commonwealth secretary general should ...

Poor salaries have been dismissed by Jamaica’s police chief as a contributor to corruption in the constabulary. Major General Antony Anderson’s comments come in the wake of recent revelations of a police-led Ranko Gang based in Clarendon, with.....

An immigration officer has accused several senior officials at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) of victimisation and has levelled allegations of corruption against some officers at the state agency. Kenton Senior, who has...

WESTERN BUREAU: With 90 per cent of planned tourism investments on track, the construction industry will need 12,000 workers, multiple building contractors, engineers, project managers and a number of other specialists, the tourism minister has...

The murder tide in the St Andrew North Police Division shifted to the Park Lane community on Tuesday after men reportedly posing as cops killed two men, setting off fresh fears in the crime hotspot. The deceased have been identified as 40-year-old....

The Independent Commission of Investigations has been commenced a probe into the shooting of a taxi operator by the police on Dawkins Drive in Portmore, St Catherine, on Tuesday. Several taxi operators withdrew their services shortly after the...

Joseph Joel John, the former Haitian senator linked to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, is to make his final appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on April 21 when the illegal entry charge against him is to be...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Alleged rapist and abduction suspect Davian Bryan, who surrendered to the police on March 24 after being on the run for five months, has been charged with wounding with intent. The charge relates to a March 9 incident in...

WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately 270 children have been successfully diverted from Jamaica’s criminal-justice system through targeted intervention. That disclosure was made by Venisa Clarke-Lee, child diversion national coordinator in the Ministry....

A surge in violent crime in western Jamaica has forced the police to “pivot” and launch a series of operations, Jamaica’s police commissioner has said. That response was initiated over the last week to rein in murders in Area One – covering...

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith’s bid to unseat Baroness Patricia Scotland as Commonwealth secretary general is likely to succeed amid waning support for the incumbent and favourable backchannel canvassing for the challenger, one of....

Eight Campion College students have earned places in Ivy League Colleges in a year when some have reported low admissions. Harvard University’s acceptance rate fell to 3.19 per cent, the lowest since it was founded in 1636. The students have...

Lawyers for ex-constable Lescene Edwards, whose murder conviction was overturned by the Privy Council Monday, say they are pleased that their client has been vindicated in the death of his children’s mother and will be seeking compensation for...

The stepmother of murdered 17-year-old student Jason Whyte Jr is still in disbelief that the Central High schoolboy won’t push open the door to their home in Effortville, Clarendon. Residents of Sevens Heights, also in the central Jamaica parish,....

With the assistance of the military, the St Andrew North police yesterday increased their presence in the Grants Pen and Cassava Piece communities, conducting walk-throughs as they searched for illegal guns and wanted persons, three days after a...

Fresh on the heels of a report that a number of William Knibb Memorial High students in Trelawny were turning to guard rings for protection, firebrand bishop, the Rev Dr Alvin Bailey, has called for the retention of devotions and other Christian...

WESTERN BUREAU: “Is this how my life is going waste away? Is this where my future ends?” Those are the painful reflections of 11-year-old Calyssa Walker, who was hit by a stray bullet during a gunfight as she travelled in a taxi along McCatty.....

A Clarendon pastor who had raped a 15-year-old schoolgirl at a church in the parish capital May Pen in 2012 has lost his appeal against his 20-year sentence but will now be eligible for parole after serving 13 years and 11 months. Oraine Ellis,...

With most hotels reporting full or near-maximum occupancy, the shortage of workers in the tourism sector remains critical, with outreach being made with overseas work programme directors to help ramp up training locally. In the meantime, two of St....

After becoming bored with his mother, La-Toya Samuels-Cousins, reading him bedtime stories authored by others, eight-year-old Liam Cousins began making up his own tales as a new night-time tradition. Those narrations of his wildest thoughts to his.....