An eighth-grade student has been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries to his kidney and intestine after he was reportedly shot by a policeman during an incident his family claim was unprovoked. The 13-year-old Cedric Titus High student was on...

Investigators probing Sunday night’s shooting at the Big Wall Carnival after-party say it is still “very early days as it relates to charges”, even as eyewitness accounts, reported security gaps, and the experience of an injured American visit...

Still grappling with the physical and psychological toll of Hurricane Mellissa, schools across the worst-affected parishes are racing to ready grade-six students for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams, now just days away.

Tensions flared along the Hertford main road on Monday as taxi operators and residents mounted a protest over deteriorating road conditions, with some going as far as forming human barricades to halt traffic and draw attention to their plight. Among...

WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, police commander for St James, is appealing to churches and communities to help the police to apprehend thieves who are committing multiple break-ins – even targetting churches. Samuels, who was ...

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...

The already chaotic shooting incident at the "Big Wall Revolution" event has taken a more disturbing turn, after reports emerged that a man who had only been inside the venue for about five minutes was struck by gunfire and is now facing the...

A St Catherine businessman has been slapped with over $850,000 in fines after he was caught selling uncustomed cigarettes, including products with no manufacturing date, in Spanish Town. Guan Xing was hauled before the St Catherine Parish Court,......

Chaos gripped sections of Hertford, Westmoreland on Monday as angry taxi operators pulled off the roads, as they protest leaving scores of commuters stranded and scrambling for transportation. The drivers blocked sections of the roadway,...

Popular influencer Jaii Frais is now under police guard in hospital after a wild shooting at the Big Wall Carnival after-party left three men nursing gunshot wounds and sent patrons running for cover at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre....

Parents should never give up on their children, no matter how they are born. That is the message 24-year-old mother Britania Fyffe is sending as she continues to fight for her baby girl Dejah Henry, who was born with Edwards syndrome and...