The St Catherine North police have confirmed that 53-year-old Paolo Grant of Cheese Field district in Linstead has been charged with the murder of his mother, 80-year-old Jasmine 'Sister Grant' Grant, whose decomposing body was discovered inside......

Jamaica's poverty rate dropped to a record low of 7.8 per cent in 2024. The rate, which is the lowest on record since 1989, is down from the previous historic low of 8.2 per cent in 2023. Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (.....

Sections of the Corletts Road community in Spanish Town, St Catherine, remains tense following the killing of a resident by unknown assailants this morning. Dead is Alphonso Samuels McDonlad otherwise called 'Boo', a 60-year-old of the area....

A 27-year-old truck operator died at the Spanish Town Hospital yesterday after he was found suffering from what police believe to be electrocution injuries. The deceased has been identified as Demari Lewis of Mountain Side District, St Elizabeth....

A Bahamian woman who blinded and disfigured the woman she believed was sleeping with her husband will stay behind bars for seven years after the Court of Appeal refused to reduce her sentence. Pandora McKenzie, 68, had begged the court to reduce....

A man accused of shooting a taxi driver during an alleged robbery attempt has been freed of gun and robbery charges after spending three years behind bars. Twenty-five-year-old Royon Baker of Smith Lane, Kingston, was freed last Monday in the...

Every afternoon, for the past two weeks, long before the final bell rings at Craighton Primary School, 36-year-old Marva Anderson leaves her yard in Irish Town, St Andrew and begins the quiet ritual she never imagined would become part of daily...

Kenyah Wilson, a 14-year-old ward of the State, went missing last Thursday, and her mother Karrell Bennett is pleading with the public for assistance in locating her. Kenyah was last seen at a facility in Falmouth, Trelawny on the morning that...

A motor vehicle crash along the PJ Patterson Highway, part of Highway 2000 in St Catherine, yesterday has resulted in the death of five persons and the injuring of 14 others. Up to press time, the police had yet to identify the deceased. Reports.....

Four weeks after Hurricane Melissa bruised Jamaica's yam belt, the people who grow and sell the island's prized staple insist that Christmas can still "bring back a smile". Trelawny, which supplies markets from Montego Bay to Kingston and...

Detectives assigned to the Kingston East Police Division have charged a man with shooting with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition, using a firearm to commit a felony, and unlawful wounding following a.....

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is looking to install prefabricated housing units in sections of the country to accommodate displaced persons, especially those who occupy school facilities following the aftermath of...

The Parliamentary Opposition has sharply criticised the Government's handling of recovery efforts in western Jamaica following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, calling for urgent and coordinated action to address the severe hardships......

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says Jamaica's leptospirosis outbreak continues to worsen, with more cases and more deaths now linked to Hurricane Melissa. Speaking at a special press conference at Jamaica House on Wednesday,.....

Traffic police and emergency crews rushed to the East-West Corridor of Highway 2000 this afternoon after a major crash involving a public passenger bus left several people injured. Preliminary reports indicate that a number of passengers were...

A St Catherine man who was caught driving a motor car with the wrong licence plate was fined $30,000 or 10 days' imprisonment in the Parish Court today, November 26, 2025. Alvin Baxter pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of licence plate. He was...

Twenty-three-year-old Gregory Park resident Orlando 'Venom' Gray was remanded yesterday when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court to answer to charges stemming from the 2024 gun slaying of a man in Portmore. The deceased is 32-year-old......

Some men who chose to turn sections of Burke Road in Spanish Town into their personal bathroom were left thousands of dollars lighter after they were fined in the St Catherine Parish Court on Wednesday. The group of offenders, all charged with......

At first glance, one could easily assume that Karen Arnold is splurging in profits from her fully packed shop in Middleton Settlement, East Rural St Andrew. But, according to the owner and operator of Karen's One Stop, she is making way less...

The Government will lend US$150 million (approximately J$2.3 billion) to the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to help fast-track the restoration of electricity across the island. This was announced yesterday by Energy Minister Daryl......