The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has reported that the country's unemployment rate was 3.3 per cent in October 2025, relative to 3.5 per cent inOctober 2024. Director General, STATIN, Leesha Delatie-Budair, provided details on the......

A Westmoreland woman is accused of turning a heated argument into a blazing act of revenge after allegedly throwing a bottle that sparked a fire, destroying a Grange Hill home. Twenty-five-year-old Kimberly Wedderburn, otherwise called 'Kim', a.....

A 30-year-old vendor is behind bars after allegedly using a metal chair to hit a woman who confronted her for reportedly bullying her daughter to the point of crying on Tuesday in Lucea, Hanover. The accused has been identified as Mickeisha...

Burnout, overcrowding and what doctors describe as dangerous working conditions have pushed medical staff at Cornwall Regional Hospital to the brink, with doctors joining nurses in protest action at the Accident and Emergency Department....

Four months after being shot in an attempted robbery at a Western Union outlet in Hope Bay, Portland, 26-year-old Rasheed Lyons was on Thursday killed by the police during an alleged shoot-out in his Craig Town, St Andrew community. Lyons was one....

A conductor who works on one of the popular "vibes" buses that terminate in downtown Kingston has placed much of the blame for reckless driving squarely on the shoulders of student passengers. The conductor, who asked not to be named, argued that....

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Once an illiterate child selling newspapers at a busy stoplight, Marlon Powell has risen to become a business owner and a sales and promotions supervisor at a food-processing company -- a transformation he credits to lessons learnt while selling......

Mosquitoes want more human blood Mosquitoes are increasingly turning to humans for their next meal as biodiversity loss strips them of traditional animal hosts, scientists have warned. New research from Brazil's Atlantic Forest -- one of the......

A New York-based pastor and his wife say they were lured into a bogus Jamaican farming venture by a couple they trusted as family in their church -- only to lose more than J$1.5 million before the pair allegedly vanished without a trace. Apostle.....

A man has been arrested and charged after he and his uncle allegedly broke into a shop in Quashie Gap, Mavis Bank in St Andrew stealing groceries mostly Supligen, tin mackerel, and a sum of cash. Thirty-one-year-old Quan Stephens, a handyman of.....

An angry shove of a door during a family dispute in Red Hills, St Andrew has left a man facing charges of unlawful wounding, while a woman who stood too close suffered a head injury. Shavaun Wallace, 37, a bus operator of Burnside Valley in the.....

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a man by the police in Bridgeport, Portmore, yesterday. Reports are that about 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, police personnel went to a.....

A grim early morning discovery has triggered a murder investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found in the farming community of Amity Hall, Old Harbour. Detectives assigned to the Old Harbour Criminal Investigation Branch are now....

The discovery of a senior citizen's body floating in the sea near Hellshire yesterday has prompted the St Catherine South police to launch an investigation into a suspected drowning. The deceased has been identified as 67-year-old George Brown of.....

A senior police officer accused in a multi million dollar cocaine bust walked free on $2.5 million bail on Wednesday, after making his first court appearance in connection with the seizure of the drug with an estimated multi-million dollar street.....

Despite Washington's shock announcement that it is pausing immigrant visa processing for citizens of 75 countries, including Jamaica, one embassy assistant in Kingston says she is unbothered by the potential impact on her business. For Simone "......

A self-admitted gang leader says he has imposed an informal curfew across his inner-city community, claiming that the move is meant to protect residents -- especially young men -- from violence and deadly encounters with the police. Known as Mike....

Residents of August Town are living a new reality as the St Andrew community celebrates a murder-free 2025, its first zero-kill year since 2016 -- almost a decade ago. The milestone comes amid a 41 per cent reduction in murders across Jamaica last....

WASHINGTON (AP) Jamaica is among 75 countries whose citizens will face a suspension of immigrant visa processing, the State Department announced yesterday. The list also includes Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, and Somalia, with the Trump...