A Jamaican migrant is heaping praise on a countryman who freed her from security razor wire as she crashed to an 18-foot fall after being pushed off a United States-Mexico border wall by violent gangsters she was fleeing. The southern St Andrew...

Armed with weapons purchased with loot from the multibillion-dollar lottery scam, more crooks have reportedly joined an extortion racket, squeezing millions out of business and transport operators in Spanish Town daily, using deadly fear to secure.....

Canada-based Jamaican farm workers who are sending money to multiple families back home are driving the increase in remittances from the North American country, one money-transfer service is reporting. The disclosure was made by VM Money Transfer.....

The tension was palpable in Spanish Town yesterday as residents, commuters, and business operators nervously faced the ripples of the aftershocks of a daring deadly daylight gang attack in the St Catherine capital a day earlier, which triggered...

While lambasting prosecutors for their persistent failure to provide supporting evidence in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes also accused the police of taking too many shortcuts in the high-profile case. The tough-talking.....

There was a strong security presence at the funeral of teenage standout footballer Omar Laing as mourners gathered at his alma mater, St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), on Wednesday to grieve and reflect on his promising though short-lived......

The National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) left lawmakers with raised eyebrows Wednesday when a representative divulged that a teacher who was convicted for physically abusing a child at a Kingston-based primary school more than...

A young member of the Jamaican diaspora is urging the Government to consider a collective remittance scheme to fund grass-roots to state-level projects. Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council regional leader for Northeast USA, Asha Richards, said......

The terror of guns and internal gang warfare tore through Jamaica’s Old Capital Tuesday afternoon, prompting the imposition of a 48-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�...