SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search before she...

The police have confirmed that a 17-year-old boy has been charged over the alleged robbery of a man at gunpoint in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew. He's charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm. The police report that...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 19, CMC - The centre Hurricane Fiona is forecast to pass near or to the east of the Turks and Caicos on Tuesday as the Category one storm moves over the eastern portion of the Dominican Republic on Monday morning...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Sept 19, CMC - St. Lucia has begun the process of replacing the London-based Privy Council as its final court. The Phillip Pierre administration in a statement said that the island is hoping to become the fifth Caribbean...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, is imploring school leaders to follow the Interim Guidelines for Beverages in Schools. The guidelines serve to reduce students' exposure to and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages,...

Funds have been allocated to carry out repairs on the Toll Gate to Grange Hill, and Grange Hill to Glasgow roads in Western Westmoreland. Member of Parliament for the area, Morland Wilson, made the disclosure as he opened the 2022/23 State of the......

A group of murderous brutes yesterday unleashed terror on patrons a football match at the Jamaica Broilers playing field in Spring Village, Old Harbour, St Catherine, killing three persons and injuring six others. The deceased have been...

LONDON (AP) -- In retrospect, it seems as if she was preparing us all along. Whether it was due to age, ill health or a sense that the end was near, Queen Elizabeth II spent much of the last two years tying up loose ends, trying to...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that will draw presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers -- and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a...

Head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Superintendent Maldria Jones-Williams, said she has never received any report of women being sexually abused because of the length of their clothing. "We have......

Senator Damion Crawford used his address at the People's National Party's 84th Annual Conference yesterday to blast men who are strong supporters of political parties but provide little or no money to their families. "I cannot understand how.....

A heartbroken Michael Ricketts, the president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), has joined the list of Jamaicans clamouring for the resumption of the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. The teary eyed JFF boss called for the...

For Sheena Butler, St Ann South Eastern Member of Parliament Lisa Hanna has always been an inspiration. The Ewarton, St Catherine, resident, who was among hundreds of People's National Party supporters who turned up for the party's 84th Annual......

Tourism earnings to exceed US$4 billion Jamaica's tourism earnings are expected to be "significantly higher" this year, exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels, tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett, has said. "We are looking now at earning in excess of US$....

Car trouble leads to $100,000 lottery prize A Missouri man said car trouble led to his making a stop at which he bought a lottery ticket and won $100,000. The player told Missouri Lottery officials he made an unplanned stop recently at Casey....

Do you understand the term sub-division? Most people are more familiar with the term 'splinter title', which simply means that someone splits land into two or more pieces or parcels for sale, gift or lease. Sub-division in the process whereby a.....

Ann Marie, the mother of a Portmore, St Catherine woman, is at her wits' end as she seeks help for her 25-year-old daughter, Jane*, who she says is suffering from schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder. People who suffer from schizophrenia...

An October 4 bail hearing has been set for Constable Noel Maitland, the policeman accused of killing his girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson. The hearing will be made in the Home Circuit Court. The judge, as a result, requested his antecedents, which......

Monday, September 19, the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty, The Queen, will not be observed as a public holiday in Jamaica. "It is not a discussion or a contemplation at this time; and I would have to be guided otherwise for a...

St Andrew based high school Campion College says it is deeply saddened by the tragic death of fifth-form student Jordan Gibson. Gibson reportedly drowned Thursday in school's pool during water polo practise. "We grieve with his family,...