The police are reporting that a man who broke into a Linstead, St Catherine home was nabbed under a bed inside the premises. Romaro Parker, 25, of Cheesefield district in Linstead, was subsequently charged with house-breaking and larceny. His...

One man is dead, and four others are nursing injuries, after armed men opened fire on a shop in German Town, St James on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Garrett Leslie, otherwise called 'Hush' of Backwood...

Two new Coaster buses were handed over to Lacovia High School in St. Elizabeth, on October 7, by the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project of the Government of Japan. The Project has been in operation since 1995, to help...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Oct 10, CMC - Education Minister Shawn Edward is urging parents to be part of the multi-pronged approach to curbing the perennial issue of student loitering following a stabbing incident involving students in the city...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 10, CMC -Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE), Dr Horace Chang, says the United States has given a commitment to the region that it will work...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kanye West's Twitter and Instagram accounts have been locked because of antisemitic posts from the rapper, now known legally as Ye. Spokespersons for Twitter and Instagram parent company Meta said Sunday that Ye posted...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "hit and wipe out" potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state...

Her voice cracked several times and then she broke into tears. The reality of losing her close friend, Rudolph 'Boxer' Shaw, was too much for Jane* to accept. She said that while the 30-year-old was "no angel", he was never the beast that the...

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force takes up position under the entrance to Clifton, situated in the Bernard Lodge, St Catherine, last Thursday. The authorities demolished several structures, which they said were built on captured land. Prime...

Following the signing of a memoranda of understanding (MOU) with private health facilities in western Jamaica under Project CODE CARE, five prostate surgeries were completed successfully and the patients now recovering at a St James-based medical.....

Leaders of the Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church at Maxfield Avenue, St Andrew, say next week's visit of Haile Selassie's grandson to the island will underscore the East African royal family's connection to Christianity. President....

The old adage that a dog is a man's best friend rings true for businessman Morris Goode, whose love and affection for canines goes way beyond the ordinary. The 37-year-old businessman says he spends hours each day nurturing and grooming his dogs.....

Road deaths passes 350 mark With more than 350 road traffic fatalities recorded in Jamaica since the start of the year, there is renewed appeal for Jamaicans to exercise greater care as they traverse the roadways. Minister of Transport and...

When Dr Kasan Troupe visited Seaview Gardens Primary School in St Andrew recently, she saw herself in the children who had assembled for the launch of an $8-million literacy programme at the institution. "I am an example of someone teachers...

Barbra-Lee Grant knew life held vast promise far beyond her Central Village, St Catherine home. Fiercely confident, the Cumberland High School graduate believed her destiny was working in the global fashion industry, and, through sheer...

Last week, we focused on encroachment and, as promised, this week we will focus our attention now on easement. An easement is a right granted by an owner of land (servient tenement) to the owner of another parcel of land for the benefit of the......

Kirk Wint, man who was wanted for several murders and shootings in the Gregory Park area of Portmore, St Catherine, was shot and killed during an alleged shootout with the police Friday evening. The police say that a weapon was recovered from...

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology has approved the licence for Elon Musk's Starlink Services to operate in Jamaica. The announcement was made via a press release earlier today. "We are working assiduously to broaden the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 7, CMC - A High Court judge Friday adjourned to November 9, the case of a 17-year-old Kingston Technical High School (KTHS) student charged with murder following the stabbing death of her fellow student late last month...

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) indicates that Jamaica is on track to returning to pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) levels of economic output by 2023. Clarke, who was addressing the Rotary...