The terror of guns and internal gang warfare tore through Jamaica’s Old Capital Tuesday afternoon, prompting the imposition of a 24-hour curfew after at least three men were killed in related incidents in Spanish Town, St Catherine. It’s the �...

An “organised” band of criminals who stole nearly $50 million from an account at JMMB gained access to sensitive personal data through a cyber scheme, law-enforcement authorities have charged. “We can confirm that there is an act of fraud that...

The prosecution in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial conceded on Tuesday that it had no evidence to support claims made by its two main witnesses that the criminal entity had been extorting cabbies, bus drivers, and vendors in St Catherine. The...

A long-standing domestic dispute between two brothers in Rock Hall, St Andrew, turned physical on Tuesday, with a knife used to slash the throat of the elder sibling. The injured brother, who is recovering, was not the aggressor, residents said.......

Jamaica’s acting Chief Education Officer Dr Kasan Troupe has issued an appeal to the diaspora to increase their investment in the education sector. She expressed gratitude to expatriates for their “tremendous support” over the years and durin...

Pressure is mounting for parliamentary intervention in the more-than-year-long impasse between residents from at least 24 communities across Kingston and St Andrew and two state agencies responsible for urban planning in the country. Frustrated...

An elderly woman who slept under her bed until daylight when shots rang out in the wee hours Tuesday morning was devastated on learning that the Jamaica Defence Force reservist she informally labelled her ‘son’ was murdered. Dead is 26-year-old...

Jamaican migrants will be able to enrol in the National Identification System (NIDS) and obtain a national identification card. Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Floyd Green, said Jamaicans will be required to pre-...

Subcontractors executing the buildout of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project are satisfied that their voices have been heard and issues addressed following a meeting with the Government and other stakeholders on Tuesday evening. The...

Concerns are being raised by residents of middle-income communities in St Andrew about the background of housing developers, who are being accused of pricing low-income earners out of homes. The matter emerged during Tuesday’s virtual protest...

An initiative being explored by the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council could see youth aged 18-35 travelling to Jamaica under a suite of trips dubbed the Birthright Jamaica Programme. North representative of the council, Dr Kevin Brown, said given...

WESTERN BUREAU: Stung by public criticism over his proposal that the Government appease gangs and referee violent conflicts, State Minister Homer Davis has back-pedalled on his advocacy for the State to negotiate with St James’ underworld. Davis�...

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that special economic zones (SEZs), localised areas subjected to preferential economic regulations, must adapt to the world’s perpetual challenges in order to effectively serve the...

Jamaicans who live overseas and return home to vote in national elections could be breaching the Representation of the People Act (ROPA). But even as legislators mull over giving expatriates the right to vote, one senior Cabinet minister is urging.....

Continued social challenges plaguing the country have resulted in a growing diaspora, the concept of which one academic has described as complex, but the value of which amounts to billions of dollars in economic contribution through remittances and....

In the wake of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s disclosure that he has tested positive for COVID-19, it appears that Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness will not go into quarantine despite the two being photographed maskless in talks and.....

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes expressed astonishment on Monday at the prosecution’s admission during the Clansman-One Don trial that there was no supporting evidence from the police to corroborate the alleged murder of a man in 2018 in Spanish Town, S...

As the 9th biennial Diaspora Conference gets under way in Kingston today, Jamaican expatriates have unveiled their action wish list. Top of the agenda is the vexed issue of an implementation deficit. Michelle Fanger, an immigration attorney in...

Residents of several communities in the Point Hill division in St Catherine were left stunned yesterday by news that councillor hopeful Omar Francis had died in a motor vehicle accident. Francis, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for the...

The Government has been criticised for delinquency in paying its bills to security firms, causing a domino effect in a lag in tax and statutory obligations. Despite profiting from a booming multibillion-dollar industry, nearly 60 per cent of...