Renowned life coach, Iyanla Vanzant, is among those hailing the rich legacy of late veteran singer, Denroy Morgan. In a video tribute at a celebratory event for his life held at the National Indoors Sports Centre in Kingston today...

An unidentified woman died earlier today in a car explosion in St Thomas after the driver lost control along the Rowlandsfield Main Road. The incident reportedly took place around 11 am. Corporal S. Hemmings from the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. The move comes after a meeting of the...

A Jamaican police officer has pleaded guilty in federal district court in Fort Lauderdale to importing cocaine into the United States. As part of her guilty plea, 42-year-old Shelian Cherine Allen admitted that on February 3, she arrived at Fort...

Ewart Anderson, the taxi driver who escaped police custody and was later captured in a nearby gully last year, was denied bail when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday. Anderson's attorney, Donavan...

Moesha Smile and Crystal Waggan, the females who were charged last month for using a ratchet knife to rob a man of $20,000, made their first appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday. Smile, 21 and Waggan, 25,...

Lost in the woods for three days, a Clarendon man said that he had no choice but to eat lizard, tree roots and drink smelly water in order to survive. The man, 57-year-old Errol Nelson, said that he left his house in Savannah Cross, Clarendon,......

Terisa Miller has always wanted to help persons through medicine, and is doing everything in her power to acquire the skills to become a doctor. But her dream is fading as she cannot find the money to pay for tuition at The University of the West.....

Two women who fought over a piece of cardboard were freed of charges when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. Sandra Francis and Nadine Blake, both vendors in the downtown Kingston business district, were both...

Amid the sheer jubilation about the return of fans to the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships (Champs), seasoned vendors who ply their trade at the National Stadium wore a gloomy look on their faces. The vendors, who decry.....

Prosecutors say the firearm belonging to Theophilus Tracey, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) sergeant in whose car the body of an unidentified female was found with gunshot wounds last month, has been recovered and is now in the possession of the......

An accounts coordinator, who stole $3.2 million from the Corporate Area credit union he worked at, has until April 14 to start making restitution. Dwayne Latty, 47, pleaded guilty to eight counts of larceny as a servant when he appeared before...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the Government is moving toward a compulsory national service programme, which he said will be rolled out through the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) in short order. Holness made the...

Police personnel in the St Catherine South division have expressed concerns about the prevalence of students possessing illicit drugs, including snack bags stuffed with ganja. The observation was outlined by Corporal David Hammond, who is the...

Reggae singer Chris Demontague has defended US reggae band SOJA's reggae Grammy win, challenging persons who feel that it was 'disrespectful' that a band made up of white people could win the genre's biggest prize. "Reggae music is about peace......

Zum of Good Good Productions is pleased with his growth over the past 11 years. The label has produced more than 40 rhythms, such as the 'Cure Pain', 'Monument' and 'Liquid Sunshine' rhythms. In his first two years in the music industry, he did......

Gareth Davis Sr Sophia Gibson is elated that she no longer has to constantly spend money on phonecards to get data for internet access, as her community of Wood Park in St Mary recently became the first to be connected to the internet via...

Amid a surge of violent conflicts in the island's secondary schools, Education Minister Fayval Williams has announced programmes to facilitate the resocialisation of students. She said that the programmes are a necessary intervention as students.....

A senior citizen said that he has been flagged by two remittance services providers, and that the situation is hindering him and his sick wife from purchasing basic necessities such as food and medication. John Black*, 68, who hails from...

At least three commanders of police divisions have imposed a temporary restriction on the granting of permits for entertainment events, citing an upsurge in violent activities. Senior Superintendent Robert Gordon of Westmoreland told THE STAR...