During four days on a cardboard bed in the Half-Way Tree lock-up –in a 31-year-old case that has lingered in the system since 1995 – Courtney Anderson was introduced to the rats that patrol the cells, biting and searching for scraps from those b...

A 61-year-old Colombian national was gunned down in a brazen attack at Kensington Court in New Kingston on Friday night, in what investigators believe may be linked to transnational organised criminal activity. The deceased has been identified as Ju...

The Government’s push to provide free cervical cancer screening for women and raise awareness during April is showing results, with some clinics reporting that they have exceeded their screening targets. The South East Regional Health Authority (S...

Two St Catherine men, who had spent more than 15 years behind bars for the killing of a mother of five in Central Village, were on Friday freed after the Court of Appeal quashed their murder convictions. The men, Kimarley Fortella and Kestner Murray...

The Board and members of Peace and Love in Society (PALS) Jamaica is mourning the death of 13-year-old Kland Doyle, a Seaforth High School student fatally stabbed last week following a long-standing dispute with a schoolmate that families on both si...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

In one of the most high profile and controversial cases, James Broadnax, a Black man on Texas' death row, had rap lyrics he wrote as a teenager used by prosecutors during his capital murder trial, a move his legal team says unfairly shaped how...

After days in custody, Jaii Frais and Jhavy Ambassador are out on $1.5 million bail, but the court made it clear, no podcasts, no talk, and no slipping up as the Big Wall probe continues. The two men were granted bail by Justice Natalie Hart...

The Jamaica College student seen in a viral video repeatedly slapping a schoolmate has now been arrested and charged, as the fallout from the disturbing campus incident continues to unfold. Acting Senior Superintendent Mark Harris, commanding...

Tensions are boiling in Portland as cops ramp up security amid chilling intelligence that a gang leader has vowed that "at least one police officer must die" following a deadly police operation earlier this week. The threat surfaced after...

A St James community was rocked before sunrise on Wednesday as lawmen swooped in and snatched up a husband and wife wanted overseas, in a high-level operation targeting fugitives hiding in Jamaica. The couple, identified as 31-year-old Nicki...