The Denham Town police are currently probing the death of a 17-year-old mother who was shot and killed last night at the Kings Heights housing complex on Water Street in Kingston.

The Ministry of Education and Youth remains committed to increasing the number of uniformed groups in schools.

According to the police, at about 10:00 p.m on June 1, a man was walking along a roadway when he was pounced upon by three gunmen who opened fire hitting him in the face.

Members of the Rollington Town Police have arrested and charged a man for the robbery of approximately $22 million from couriers employed to the security firm Beryllium, in Kingston earlier this month. Omeal Richards, otherwise called '...

The St Catherine Police have charged 26-year-old Omar Manderson, a disc jockey, for the shooting death of a man and the injuring of two women on Oklahoma Lane, Gregory Park in the parish on May 7. The victim is 41-year-old Richard Bloomfield,...

The Police are probing the murder of a taxi operator who was shot and killed in the Springfield community located in Vere in Clarendon on Saturday. Dead is 44-year-old Ralston Cockett, also known as Mark of Springfield Housing Scheme. ...

The Manchester police confirmed that two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in the Chudleigh district, in the parish, on Sunday. The reports are that at approximately 5:30 am, the body of the...

A 27-year-old man will be heading back to prison for the sixth time after he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at hard labour in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Thursday. Omar York, who was released from prison almost a year...

A Bajan woman who said she was told by a drug dealer to take a package from Jamaica to settle a debt she incurred, found herself before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday after she was held at one of the island's airports with ganja....

In April, Sanchez was forced to come to terms with the loss of his mother, Bridget Ivey, who succumbed to cervical cancer. The reggae singer's mother was laid to rest in Canada. "It's been a journey," he said, adding that "love and prayers alone.....

The opposition People's National Party says it is not prepared to vote for the proposed regulations that are necessary for the operations of the state of emergency that has been declared in St Catherine. Opposition Leader Mark Golding, speaking.....

Murders and other serious crimes have continued to trend upwards in the once peaceful bread-basket parish of St Elizabeth. According to the division's commanding officer, Superintendent Dwight Daley, the influx of criminality can be directly...

A strange feeling had overcome 29-year-old Iandia McKess last Friday, moments before she received a disturbing call about the father of her one-year-old child. Her spouse, Robert Ewart, 37, was shot dead by unknown assailants. According to the...

Cats and dogs are best friends Cats and dogs are actually best friends, according to new research. The results, unveiled at the British Veterinary Association (BVA) live event in Birmingham last Thursday, found that 41 per cent of vets said.....

Having piped water was a dream for Elece Beasley, a resident of Brampton in Trelawny. Now that the Baron Hill to Samuel Prospect Pipeline Replacement Project has been commissioned, her reality is substantially more pleasant as she no longer has to....

It is not uncommon for people to believe that renting and leasing are the same thing, unfortunately as similar as they might be, there is a distinction between the two. A lease is a contract between a tenant and a landlord that gives a tenant the....

Paulton Edwards has been breathing life into back television sets, which most would consider dinosaurs in this day and age where smart TVs are common. The 66-year-old technician has found much satisfaction in the job he has been doing for the...

Several women in war-torn communities in Spanish Town, St Catherine, say they are fearful of venturing on to their verandahs as they have been told that they are marked for death. One of these women, a senior, told THE WEEKEND STAR that she has......

As the alleged Clansman-One Don Gang gangsters continue to disassociate themselves from the gang and any form of criminal acts, another one yesterday described himself as just an innocent homebody who does not even know how a gun looks. The...

A burning desire to care for her two children, ages two and 14, is what pushed Susanna McKenzie to leave her home in Ewarton, St Catherine, to attend yesterday's cruise ship job fair in St Andrew. McKenzie, 32, said she arrived in Kingston at 6 a....