A murder-accused who escaped police custody after going to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for treatment said he was merely seeking to locate a doctor. The cops had to fire their weapons on the hospital compound in order to capture Lennox...

An 18-year-old youth has been hauled before the courts after he allegedly threw a half of a concrete block at his female cousin, hitting her on the head and causing her skull to fracture. The complainant has asked the judge to order Dwayne...

On three occasions on Thursday, an emotionally drained Gwendolyn Wright McKnight broke down in tears inside the Home Circuit Court as lawyers made submissions about an appropriate sentencing for Rushane Barnett, the man who killed her daughter and....

Commanding officer for the Kingston Central Police Division, Superintendent Berrisford Williams, has again urged residents not to provide cover for criminals. Williams made the call on Thursday, following the discovery of an illegal M-16 in Rose.....

In a section of Standpipe in St Andrew, four families are entering the rainy weekend without homes to call their own following a fire that consumed almost all their belongings. Pauline Edwards, who occupied her house for more than 35 years, said....

The usually quiet Free Town in Glengoffe, St Catherine, was rocked by violence on Wednesday, following the slaying of a man at a grave-digging in the farming community. Police said that 42-year-old farmer Noel Phipps, otherwise called David, was.....

Panties, brasseries and other items of clothing were removed from a sewer line in a section of Waterford, St Catherine, by The National Water Commission (NWC) contractors on Thursday. The workmen were called into action after residents complained....

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says it is working assiduously with the National Fisheries Authority to determine the cause of a fish kill in the Bridgeport area of Portmore, St Catherine, earlier this week. The area of concern....

Approximately three months after a bushfire destroyed 20 hectares of farm produce, members of the Flagaman-based farmer's benevolence society in St Elizabeth have welcomed the much-needed assistance of farm tools and fertilisers from corporate...

Frome Technical High School in Westmoreland received a major boost after the institution was presented with a cheque valued at $500,000 by one of its past students, Neville Saddler. The United States-based Saddler visited the school on Tuesday...

Ever since her house in the Riverton community of St Andrew western was razed by fire last April, 65-year-old Johanna Morgan and her daughter, Jessica, along with her four children, have been subjected to extremely impoverished conditions. The......

Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Ann Marie Vaz, says work is being undertaken to address flooding in the Free School district in the constituency. She indicated that the area experienced major flooding in 2021. "Many homes were...

The police have confirmed that 22-year-old construction worker Lebert Linton, otherwise called 'Joe', was arrested and charged after a homemade firearm loaded with four 9mm rounds of ammunition was found in his home. The firearm and...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sep 22, CMC - Residents began boarding up properties as the island braced for the arrival on Friday of Hurricane Fiona, a large and powerful storm that reports say earlier killed at least six people during its rampage...

Cocoa Piece killer Rushane Barnett is to know his fate on October 20, when a judge will impose a sentence. This afternoon, presiding judge Justice Leighton Pusey told the Home Circuit Court that he wants time to consider the sentence. Barnett, who.....

The Westmoreland police say they are on the hunt for the driver of a Black BMW X5 who was involved in a double accident which claimed the lives of two motorcyclists on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as 18-year-old Domanic...

Wayne Morgan, 49, a mason of Guava Road in Manchester was arrested and charged with murder after he allegedly stabbed another man to death during a dispute earlier this month.

Twenty-eight-year-old Westmoreland resident Tashwayne Coke was shot and killed at a tyre shop in the parish, after stopping on his way to a football match on Thursday. According to the Whithorne Police, about 3:30 p.m., Coke and two other men were.....

A 16-year-old boy and a 36-year-old man were both arrested and charged after they allegedly robbed a delivery man of a pair of Air Force sneakers, and other items at gun point. The incident occurred along Grosvenor Terrace, Kingston 8 in late...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has confirmed that over $3 million worth of marijuana has been seized in Clarendon. Seven persons were also taken into custody in relation to the almost 900 pounds of substance found. The police say information was......