A St Ann hotel worker is currently awaiting his court date behind bars, after he was arrested and charged for his alleged involvement in the robbery of several items, including pairs of underwear. He is 26-year-old Javier Amos, of Lancewood...

The Old Harbour Bay Police report that a dozen 12-gauge cartridges were seized Road in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine on Tuesday. According to the police, about 10:20 p.m., a team was on patrol when they observed a motorcyclist driving along...

The National Water Commission (NWC), in conjunction with Rural Water Supply Limited, has laid pipes to recommission the use of the tank at Dolphin Head Mountain in Hanover Western. "This tank has been out of use for several years. It is with...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr Norman Dunn, says with medical cannabis gaining significant international traction, Jamaica remains on the cusp of being a major legal transhipment hub. Speaking at the...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising the public that select tax offices will be open this and every last Saturday of the month for the remainder of the 2022/23 financial year. The following Tax Offices will operate this Saturday between the....

Two illegal firearms were seized this morning during an early morning operation the St Andrew South Police confirmed. The weapons were found on a premises located on Fitzgerald Avenue in Whitfield Town, Kingston. Senior Superintendent for the...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sept 21, CMC - A strengthening Hurricane Fiona is moving away from the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Wednesday and is expected to approach Bermuda late on Thursday after leaving a trail of death and destruction in...

GENEVA (AP) -- FIFA came under pressure Wednesday from several European soccer federations who want their captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design during World Cup games in Qatar to campaign against discrimination. France and...

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- An explosion in Afghanistan's capital has killed at least three people and wounded 13 others, a Taliban official said on Wednesday. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief...

LONDON (AP) -- Soccer fans who run onto the field or use objects like smoke bombs and pyrotechnics at English Premier League matches will receive automatic bans from clubs for a minimum of a year. Top-flight teams agreed to introduce the...

When Trichel Williams got accepted to Howard University, she thought her biggest hurdle would be the years of study her chemical engineering degree would require. "I got accepted to Howard University to study chemical engineering, but I had to.....

A Jamaican man who was deported from Britain more than a decade ago is on his way back there, after waiving his rights to an extradition hearing. The man, Jermaine Scott, was arrested and charged with grievous bodily harm and malicious and...

PSOJ calls for action against gangs The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is taking issues with the failure of the country's political leaders to get behind closed doors to gain consensus on the short-term crime strategies which were.....

Murder-accused Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald, has fallen victim to fraud, after more than US$200,000 (approximately J$30.3 million) was taken from one of his bank accounts. The raid on the account, which is jointly held with another...

For Oracabessa resident B'jorn James, the path to finding his life's passion has not been easy. The 36-year-old self-taught uncovered his love for art three years ago when he tried his hand at painting and became smitten. "I started painting on......

Looking back, the family of Romario Burrell believes that the 22-year-old construction worker may have been marked for death, given the fact that he was shot and injured twice last year in the Delacree Lane, Kingston 11, community where he lived......

The olive oil has long been thought of as one of the most important weapons against demonic spirits. However, one obeah man is claiming that the 'anointing oil' is no match for certain ghosts that now roam the land. Reuben Williams, a dark-art......

At least two defence counsels are supporting the call for renovation of courtrooms by Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque, who recently expressed concern about the length of time prisoners stand in the holding area before being ushered...

Archbishop Dr Leslie Morgan, a Jamaican-raised church leader who lives in the United States of America (USA), said Christians should not appear "poor and ragged", especially if they are preaching a message of prosperity. "John the Baptist was......

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says a Jamaican man has been arrested and charged in the state for travelling to have sex with a minor. He has been identified as 31-year-old Taje Samuels. According to authorities, the investigation began.....