The import duty on electric vehicles has been reduced from 30 per cent to 10 per cent, and purchasers of those vehicles will not have to pay licence fees over the next five years. The House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 19) approved the...

The police have arrested and charged a Trelawny fisherman for the possession of an illegal firearm after he allegedly used the firearm to threaten a man during an altercation. He is 44-year-old Kevin Miller, otherwise called 'Panda' of...

Fifty-six-year-old Clive Lawrence, a vehicle inspector of Love Lane, Kingston has been charged with murder and wounding with intent after he allegedly stabbed a man to death, and injured another in April. Lawrence had reportedly fled the murder...

Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the opening of the new 12-storey ROK Hotel Kingston will significantly contribute to the continued revitalisation of downtown Kingston, by further boosting the area's economic potential. "It means...

The Police High Command says they will not be deterred in the fight against crime in Jamaica. The command was responding to the brutal murder of Police Constable Jermaine Brown in the Johnson Pen community in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on Tuesday.....

A major narcotics operation across St James, and St Andrew this morning led to the arrest of five alleged key players in the illegal drug trade industry. Police sources say several "high-end" vehicles were also seized during Wednesday...

A fight broke out in a Corporate Area-based police lock-up after one prisoner allegedly masturbated in the bathroom. The incident resulted in a fight between two men, one of whom was allegedly pleasing himself in the bathroom. Both men were left.....

Junior Ricardo Riley would have celebrated his 30th birthday today. But instead of a party, his family members will be staging a candle light vigil along Bond Street in west Kingston where he lived. Riley was among four men from Denham Town who......

Fearon McIntosh was separated from his mother,  Melinda Diaz, when he was six months old. His mother, he has been told, was 17 years old when she gave birth to him at Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston on July 11, 1978 — which is 44 years ag...

A Clarendon woman who confessed to stealing more than $100,000 from her friend is expected to begin restitution later this month. Racquel Foster, 33, pleaded guilty to simple larceny and unauthorised access to computer data in the Kingston and......

Tuesday afternoon's gunfight between two licensed firearm holders in Montego Bay, St James, is indicative of a gun culture eating away at civility in Jamaica, according to the director of the Firearms Licensing Authority (FLA) Shane Dalling. In......

A one-legged man who pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property and housebreaking on June 3, and who has been in custody awaiting sentencing, will spend additional time behind bars. This as the social enquiry report requested by Senior...

"Dung yah feel like foreign," raved vendor Nasheba Authers following the official opening of the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston. "Somebody all tell me seh out here look like Palm Beach a Miami. Mi nuh know if a because of the palm tree dem or wah....

J. Grayson is far advanced in his plans to add a bedroom to his house. The golden ager, who has been held back by illness for some time, recently won $1 million in the Digicel Golden SIM promotion. He said that he plans to use the money to put the....

Woman buys sex doll for husband A wife struggling with her husband's demands to make love has bought him a sex doll that looks like her. Char Grey treated her partner Callum to the doll to take the pressure off if she isn't in the mood for...

The fanfare that usually comes with a global track and field tournament has been markedly low-keyed across the Corporate Area, with some street vendors in downtown Kingston saying it's because Jamaicans have grown accustomed to success on the...

Dancehall entertainer Merciless was found dead at a hotel near Lyndhurst Road in St Andrew earlier today. Merciless, whose given name is Leonard Bartley, is said to have died a natural death. More details soon. We want to hear from you! Email us......

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The remains of two adults have reportedly been found in the search for four men allegedly abducted in Denham Town, western Kingston on Saturday night. 

Residents have been cautioned against ignoring pleas by the local authorities to evacuate their homes when threatened by a natural disaster. Speaking at a Disaster Preparedness Town Hall Meeting in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, on July 14, Minister of.....