The Government is cracking down on a criminal gang accused of a land grab on the outskirts of Clifton, St Catherine, and will today start the demolition of 30 illegally erected houses. The lands, which fall within the Government’s Greater Bernard....

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Executive Director Vitus Evans is batting for tougher sentences for unregulated operators in the gaming industry, arguing that judges have been too soft. Evans said that because of this, the...

A recent study has found that almost 13 per cent of Jamaicans are considered problem or moderate problem gamblers, but stakeholders have asserted that the country is not facing a crisis. Problem gamblers are those who experience negative...

The Bail Act 2022 tabled in Parliament on Wednesday has introduced new provisions that may deny bail to someone accused of committing murder within a zone of special operations (ZOSO), or in an area where a curfew or state of public emergency has......

Cuba is looking to expand its collaboration with Jamaica by supplying special-education teachers to address the deficit in the sector locally. Cuban Ambassador Fermin Gabriel Quiñones Sánchez made the proposal on Wednesday during a courtesy call o...

The Japanese government has donated a marine vessel to Jamaica to help strengthen the island’s capacity to police its borders. The vessel, which was donated through Japan’s grant aid programme, was handed over in a ceremony at Marine Police...

Justice Vinette Graham-Allen on Wednesday made an impassioned plea to the police, backed by a recurring court order, for Robert Fowler, the St Catherine mechanic accused of killing 20-year-old accounting clerk Khanice Jackson, to undergo blood...

PORTLAND Top five: 1. Dayton Jennings, Nonsuch Primary 2. Shaqualia Ricketts, Port Antonio Primary 3. John Greene, Port Antonio Primary 4. Shamellia Anderson, Buff Bay Primary 5. Dremaine McFarlane, Mount Pleasant Primary Top boy: Dayton...

In damning allegations drawing on DNA and video footage, prosecutors cast accused murderer Constable Noel Maitland as a calculated killer who schemed to clean up evidence linking him to the death of 23-year-old girlfriend Donna-Lee Donaldson. The......

WESTERN BUREAU: Twelve-year-old Laron Jurik, who was found hanging from an apple tree in Broughton, Westmoreland, on Tuesday, had a history of suicidal behaviour that sparked scrutiny and worry, his disheartened mother has said. Jurik, who was...

The St Ann police have arrested a man in relation to the gruesome murder of his sister in Content Gardens, Ocho Rios, Monday night. The woman has been identified as 56-year-old Michelle Roache, who operated the Healing Stream Spiritual Temple in......

G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is seeking to expand its campus’ facilities and double student enrolment to maximise revenue generation as part of its strategic five-year plan. Chairman Vishu Tolan said that the 42-year-old...

St Catherine North Eastern Member of Parliament (MP) Kerensia Morrison has called for the National Water Commission (NWC) to revise its 1985 regulation that ties water to the property owner rather than the customer. The lawmaker argued that the...

Dorraine Duncan and Jhordan Channer, co-founders of Island City Lab, have called for the Government to urgently establish cycle lanes in the Corporate Area. The youthful duo, who argued on the second day of a Jamaica Institution of Engineers’...

Weeks after his wife was slapped with a charge of attempted murder following allegations that she tried to mow him down with her car, Edward Lee, too, has found himself in trouble with the law. He is now facing an assault charge stemming from...

An ex-convict who defrauded veteran reggae singer Marcia Griffiths of approximately $4.8 million pleaded guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday and promised to start making payments next week Thursday. Ray Morgan, who was remanded, pleaded guilty to......

P – Plan: The more detailed the plan is, the closer the person is to the suicide act. I – Intensity of the method: The more drastic the method, the more likely the person is to complete the act. N – Nearness of the method: Does the person alre...

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says allegations of malpractice surrounding loan awards to the information and communications technology-business process outsourcing (ICT-BPO) sector by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) are unfounded....

St Catherine 1. Nathan Bailey, McAuley Primary 2. Shavaughn Roper, St Jago High 3. Skylie McLeod, Lucky Valley Primary 4. Nyasia Gordon, Marlie Mount Primary 5. Shaneil Clarke, St Mary’s College Top boy: Nathan Bailey, McAuley Primary Top girl:....

The nation’s firearm regulator is expected to add another layer of scrutiny for the granting of gun permits when it introduces a written component to the list of requirements for applicants. Come January, Jamaicans seeking a firearm permit will b...